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Reuters
29 minutes ago
- Business
- Reuters
Germany regrets Arcelor's decision to halt carbon-neutral steel production
BERLIN, June 20 (Reuters) - Germany's economy ministry on Friday expressed regret over ArcelorMittal's ( opens new tab decision not to proceed with two key hydrogen steel projects in Germany, foregoing government help amounting to 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion). "It is important to note that no money has yet flowed. This means that no money has to be reclaimed," the ministry said in an emailed statement. ArcelorMittal said it had dropped plans to convert two plants in Germany to carbon-neutral production because the country's energy costs were too high. ($1 = 0.8687 euros)
Reuters
2 hours ago
- Automotive
- Reuters
German car manufacturers incurred costs of half a billion euros in April due to tariffs, says VDA
BERLIN, June 20 (Reuters) - German car manufacturers are likely to have incurred costs of around half a billion euros in April due to import tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the head of the VDA auto industry lobby group said an interview published on Friday. "We have roughly estimated that German manufacturers probably incurred additional costs of around half a billion euros in their export business from Germany to the USA in April," Hildegard Mueller told the Funke media group.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
German car manufacturers incurred costs of half a billion euros in April due to tariffs, says VDA
BERLIN (Reuters) -German car manufacturers are likely to have incurred costs of around half a billion euros in April due to import tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the head of the VDA auto industry lobby group said an interview published on Friday. "We have roughly estimated that German manufacturers probably incurred additional costs of around half a billion euros in their export business from Germany to the USA in April," Hildegard Mueller told the Funke media group. (Writing by Friederike Heine, Editing by Miranda Murray)
Malay Mail
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Malay Mail
French Open winner Gauff falls to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu at first hurdle on Berlin grass
BERLIN, June 20 — Twelve days after winning her second Grand Slam title at the French Open, Coco Gauff fell at the first hurdle on grass in Berlin yesterday as beaten Paris finalist Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarter-finals. Recipient of a first-round bye, American Gauff lost 6-3, 6-3 to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu as world number one Sabalenka beat Rebeka Masarova 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) in her second-round tie. Winner of 10 main tour titles, including the US Open in 2023 and the WTA Finals in 2024, Gauff has yet to lift a trophy in a grass-court tournament. 'After I won the first set, I told myself, 'OK, let's take a minute and enjoy this. I'm playing the French Open champion and I won the first set',' Wang said afterwards. 'No matter how the second and third go, I was like, 'Let's enjoy it for once second.' Wang had lost her only previous match against Gauff in straight sets on the Berlin grass in 2022. 'It was a tough match, but I'm happy I hung in there on the tough moments,' said Wang. The 49th-ranked Chinese player trailed 3-1 in the second set before reeling off five straight games. She will play Spain's Paula Badosa, the 10th seed, in the quarter-finals. Earlier, Sabalenka completed her match, suspended on Wednesday after the first set, The Belarusian had to work hard on the resumption as the 112th-ranked Swiss Masarova took her to a tiebreak. The win takes Sabalenka into the quarter-finals as she looks to build up her grass court form ahead of Wimbledon. The 27-year-old has won 20 titles but none on grass. She will face 11th-ranked Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who beat Czech doubles specialist Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 7-6 (7/5). Sabalenka is bidding to reach the last four in Berlin for the first time in her career. In the first match of the day, 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, ranked down at 164, needed two hours 20 minutes to overcome Russian 12th seed Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3. In the last eight she will face the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the woman she beat in the Wimbledon final two years ago. — AFP
Independent Singapore
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Independent Singapore
‘I just played two games on that side' — Aryna Sabalenka frustrated as Rebeka Masarova cancels match due to slippery courts at Berlin Open
Photo: Sabalenka BERLIN, GERMANY: Top athlete Aryna Sabalenka did not hide her frustration when her match against Rebeka Masarova was first suspended, then cancelled at the Berlin Ladies Open due to complaints about poor lighting and a slippery court. The athlete won the first set with a scoreline of 6-2 when the umpire halted the match. Her opponent, Masarova, was the one who requested to stop the match, and it was granted the way she wanted. With this Sabalenka expressed angrily: ' You are stopping the match because she says that side is slippery? I just played two games on that side.' This news was made worse because the previous match between Liudmila Samsonova and Jessica Pegula took more than three hours to finish. Samsonova won against the American with a final scoreline of 6-7 (8/10), 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in a match that featured two tie-breaks. Moreover, this incident happened days after Sabalenka lost to Gauff in the French Open final. Sabalenka described that match as 'the worst final' she'd ever played, and she remarked back then: 'I don't think she won the match because she played incredibly well, but because I made all those mistakes.' However, before the Berlin Open, Sabalenka admitted to Eurosport that her comments were unprofessional and declared: 'I let my emotions guide me. I absolutely regret what I said.' In a social media post made by The Tennis Letter, it stated: 'Sabalenka and Masarova's match in Berlin was stopped due to the court getting slippery… Rebeka wanted to stop play… Aryna wanted to continue..' Netizens expressed their thoughts and opinions on the post in the comments section: 'Showing favouritism to one player. Not good', 'It wasn't slippery….yet… The match was stopped because Masarova was down a set and there was a theoretical chance of it becoming slippery', Sabalenka pulling much drama lately. Went over the Gauff incident and now Masarova', and 'I mean, Rebeka was losing so.. we all know why she wanted to stop the match.' Aryna Sabalenka aims to win a WTA title on grass for the very first time. She has missed playing at Wimbledon in two of the last three years. However, it is evident that her powerful playing style compliments the complexities of the grass courts. Moreover, the Berlin Open, which is one of the world's oldest women's tennis competitions, has shifted from clay to grass courts back in 2021. Since then, it has been a warm-up event for Wimbledon, which usually takes place in June.
