The German state should "in very important cases" block foreign firms from buying up companies working on key technologies by itself stepping in as an investor, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said Tuesday. "The state should only be able to buy shares in a company in very important cases and...

U.S. technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) said it had reached a deal with France to pay an undeclared amount of back-dated tax, with French media putting the sum at around 500 million euros (438 million pounds). Apple’s French division confirmed the tax payment agreement, but did not disclose...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday Germany needs guarantees that China’s Huawei Technologies will not hand over data to the Chinese state before the telecoms equipment supplier can participate in building its 5G network. Merkel, on a visit to Japan, said that due to security...

Football Federation Australia have ramped up their campaign to free jailed Bahraini refugee player Hakeem Al Araibi and pledged A$10,000 ($7,263) on Tuesday to kickstart a fundraising drive to help efforts to have him returned to Australia from Thailand. Araibi was arrested in Thailand last...