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Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, speaks during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The United States is failing to keep up with Europe in regulating technology corporations like Facebook …

Simon Dawson | Bloomberg via Getty Images A logo sits above an automated teller machine (ATM) outside a Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) bank branch in London, U.K. RBS, which is more than 70 percent owned by the British taxpayer following a 2007 bailout, said the redundancies and closures …

Aris Messinis | AFP | Getty Images An EU and a Greek flag wave in front of the ancient temple of Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill in Athens. Not so long ago, at the height of the so-called euro zone crisis, the phrase “Greek debt” graced headlines and news bulletins …

Stefano Montesi | Corbis | Getty Images The Five Star Movement launched its election campaign on December 7, 2017, in Rome, Italy. The leader of Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star (M5S) party has called for a fresh election in June to resolve who will govern the country. Talks to form a …

Chris J Ratcliffe | Getty Images In this arranged photo illustration, a Sainsbury’s shopping bag is seen on the ground in the car park of an Asda supermarket on April 29, 2018 in London, England. Major supermarket chains Sainsbury’s and Asda have been reported to be in talks over a …

Kay Nietfeld | Pool | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel before the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. France’s Macron had initially sought to persuade the Trump administration to abandon its combative stance on both trade …

Samir Hussein | WireImage Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge depart the Lindo Wing with their newborn son at St Mary’s Hospital on April 23, 2018 in London, England. Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate named their newborn son Louis Arthur Charles. “The baby will …

Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images CEO of German carmaker Daimler and Mercedes-Benz, Dieter Zetsche. Automaker Daimler AG saw first-quarter net profit fall 11 percent due to shifting currency exchange rates and one-time gains in the year-earlier quarter. But the company had stronger earnings from its Mercedes-Benz luxury car …

Eddie Mulholland – WPA Pool | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry attend the European Premiere of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at Royal Albert Hall on December 12, 2017 Britain’s Prince Harry has asked his elder brother Prince William to be …

Francois Lenoir | Reuters Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2018. “We are leaving the customs union, we will have an independent trade policy and we will strike trade deals around the world,” May’s spokesman said this week. That …