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Olympics reading the US, China, Japan, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Britain, South Korea, Italy and Germany, one is bound to ask: why do some countries fare better than others? Discussions usually attribute wins and losses to individual abilities, training and dedication. These factors are undoubtedly crucial. But there could be other determinants like economic prosperity. In each of the last three Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the top 10 medal-winning countries have been high-income countries based on World Bank's income-level classifications, with the exception of China (upper-middle income) in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia — upper-middle income) in PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. However, research has found a range of determinants beyond economic prosperity — team size, growth rate, expenditure on health, population, etc — to have a significant impact. We investigated the association between the total medal count for each country at the Beijing 2022 Olympics and their GDP per capita (PPP). A moderate positive relationship is observed with a correlation coefficient of 0.62.

Veronika Rinecker is based in Germany, studied international journalism and media management. She specializes in politics and regulation, energy, blockchain, and fintech. Since 2017, she has been...

China won the women's team event in table tennis at the Paris Games on Saturday for the country's 300th gold medal in Olympic history. China beat Japan 3-0 in the final for its fifth consecutive gold in the women's team event, a feat that the men had also achieved on Friday. «Each of us went all out today and played every position well,» No. 1-ranked Sun Yingsha said. South Korea took the bronze with a 3-0 win over Germany, its first medal in the team event since the Beijing Games in 2008.

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Canada’s Brooke Henderson stood by the side of the 14th green at Le Golf National on Saturday and practised her putting motion several times before walking to the next hole.She never did regain her touch on the greens after a 67 a day earlier gave her an outside shot at a medal.Henderson threatened midway through the final round after reeling off three straight birdies, but her putter didn’t co-operate when she needed it.“I gave myself a lot of good opportunities,” Henderson said. “I feel like if I had made two or three different putts throughout the round then I feel like the momentum would have been more in my favour.“It might be a different story standing here.

K-pop videos to cooking chimichangas with celebrity chefs, movie stars like Ryan Reynolds are trying ever-more unorthodox stunts to reach fragmented Gen-Z audiences, according to Disney's marketing chief. The giant Hollywood studio is enjoying a blockbuster summer, with irreverent superhero movie "Deadpool & Wolverine" becoming its latest film set to pass $1 billion at the global box office this weekend. Speaking at Disney's D23 fan convention Saturday, chief brand officer Asad Ayaz attributed a large part of that breakaway success to stars Reynolds and Hugh Jackman pushing the boundaries of traditional marketing.

Opel Astra? It was India’s first tryst with German technology on the roads. With automatic transmission — a rarity in those days — ventilated disc brakes and a CFC-free air-conditioning system, Astra quickly became the car to dream for. It single-handedly launched the premium luxury sedan segment in India. Opel, then owned by Detroit, US-based auto major General Motors, doubled down, launching Corsa with an ad campaign that auto enthusiasts still remember—“Achtung Baby”—flaunting its German origins. The Opel cars scored high on product satisfaction, but the sheen wore off quickly, thanks to expensive maintenance and sub-par after-sales experience, all of which affected the resale value. Opel exited India in 2006, 10 years after its entry. French manufacturer Peugeot was another early mover in the 1990s and launched the 309 —a boxy sedan with 80s design language—in India. Not even the choice of the TUD5 engine, a legendary motor, could save the Parisian car maker. You would think that after initial hiccups, things would have become different in the new millennium and the Europeans would have made the most of their early-mover advantage. But that was not to be.

autonomous driving startup WeRide said on Friday it was seeking a valuation of as much as $5.02 billion in its initial public offering in the United States. The IPO announcement comes at a time when the Biden administration is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the United States in the coming weeks. WeRide is aiming to raise as much as $119.4 million by offering 6.45 million American depositary shares at a price range of $15.50 and $18.50 per share.

Here is the list of award money athletes get for finishing on the podium in Olympics. Hong Kong and Singapore top the list for the highest cash payouts for Olympic victories.

Berlin's newest tourist attraction, a swing on the top of a 40-storey tower block. Billed as the highest swing in Europe, the contraption on top of a hotel next to Berlin's famous TV tower is a novel way to take in the city — with a dose of adrenaline thrown in. Once strapped into a harness, customers are propelled forward so that when they are at the high point of the swing, there is nothing between them and the ground 120 metres (nearly 400 feet) below.

Veronika Rinecker is based in Germany, studied international journalism and media management. She specializes in politics and regulation, energy, blockchain, and fintech. Since 2017, she has been...

2024 Paris Olympics, a stage where athletic prowess meets global attention, saw the German track star Alica Schmidt, often hailed as the “world’s sexiest athlete,” fall short of her Olympic dreams. Despite high expectations, Schmidt and her team were unable to secure a spot in the women’s 4×400-meter relay final, marking a disappointing end to her campaign.

Veronika Rinecker is based in Germany, studied international journalism and media management. She specializes in politics and regulation, energy, blockchain, and fintech. Since 2017, she has been...

Germany's proposed Low Emission Steel Standard (LESS) is expected to pose new challenges to Indian industry which is already reeling with lower exports, higher imports and Europe's carbon tax, think tank GTRI said on Friday. India's steel exports have dropped by 31.2 per cent from USD 31.7 billion in 2021-22 to USD 21.8 billion in 2023-24, while imports have increased by 37 per cent, from USD 17.3 billion to USD 23.7 billion, making India a net importer, it said. The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said that the Indian steel industry is not legally bound to follow the new German steel standard, but ignoring it could hurt domestic exports.

apparatchiks in Beijing had seemingly not realised that the ensuing prosperity would turn their society into a liberal democracy, given time. Newly democratic Russia was also headed beyond history: it was planning an underwater gas pipeline to Germany, the home of Wandel durch Handel (change through trade). Even the head of its security service at the time of Kosovo, one Vladimir Putin, would denounce communism as “a blind alley".

₹1,830 crore) to the project. The tenders are yet to be put out for the auctions. Officials at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) seemed open to explore further discussions on the matter, said Susana Moreira, executive director and co-chair of the board of H2Global Foundation.

₹150 crore this year to overhaul 25 outlets, enhancing customer experience and transforming showrooms into luxury lounges for clients to make car purchases leisurely. This is no surprise. The German luxury carmaker derives a significant chunk of its revenue and a quarter of its sales volumes from its most expensive cars, all with a price tag in upwards of ₹1 crore.

Alysha Newman has addressed the critics of her OnlyFans presence amid a surge in her profile's popularity following her bronze medal win at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Newman, who gained viral fame for her celebratory twerking at the Stade de France, is embracing the newfound attention to her subscription-based fan page.

Veronika Rinecker is based in Germany, studied international journalism and media management. She specializes in politics and regulation, energy, blockchain, and fintech. Since 2017, she has been...

Veronika Rinecker is based in Germany, studied international journalism and media management. She specializes in politics and regulation, energy, blockchain, and fintech. Since 2017, she has been...

The stock and crypto markets have been experiencing turbulence for several weeks, causing uncertainty among many investors. Despite this volatility, a new study released on August 8 by Bitpanda , Europe’s leading crypto broker, in collaboration with YouGov, a UK-based market research company, shows that young investors still believe in the potential of cryptocurrencies.

Digital asset service provider BitGo has become the latest crypto player to receive the Major Payment Institution (MPI) License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).