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Sultan Al Jaber is accused of a conflict of interest. The conference president is also the head of Adnoc, the national oil company of Abu Dhabi.

Over 500 million aluminum tubes and cans are produced in Viechtach, Lower Bavaria, every year - and they are completely sustainable. The medium-sized family business Linhardt has won several awards for this. We visited the company.

Christmas business begins for florists at the weekend. Many nurseries in Schleswig-Holstein will then start selling Advent arrangements and wreaths. There is also an Advent exhibition in Neumünster covering 14,000 square meters. The local florists are now really stressed so that they have enough wreaths and arrangements for all tastes when the big rush arrives.

In the frosty expanse of Russia's Chelyabinsk region, brave cows venture on a slippery mission: the clumsy four-legged friends cross an icy country road. An unusual spectacle that shows that winter and its challenges are also making their way into the animal kingdom.

German retailers are pessimistic about the upcoming Christmas season. The German Retail Association (HDE) expects sales to be down 5.5 percent in real terms - i.e. adjusted for price increases - compared to the previous year. Only due to high inflation will sales increase by 1.5 percent in nominal terms to 120.8 billion euros. This was reported by the German Press Agency. A price-adjusted drop of four percent is predicted for online retail.

Train journeys, car journeys, air travel: They can all be exhausting, but they are often not relaxing. What applies if you take them as part of a business trip. Is this working time?

Even after his departure from the DFB, former managing director Oliver Bierhoff remains in contact with former national team coach Hansi Flick. The new advisor to the New England Patriots can imagine Flick returning to the coaching bench - even if not yet this season.

At the world premiere, Volkswagen presents the first photos and facts of the completely newly developed Passat. The focus is on powerful aerodynamic design, new efficiency drives, high quality and a host of new technologies. The car will be presented to the public for the first time in just a few days at the IAA Mobility in Munich (05.-09.09.2023). The new Passat will be launched on the market in the first quarter of 2024 as an all-purpose estate. With more than 34 million units sold, the Passat is the best-selling VW model of all time after the Golf and ahead of the Beetle. The design is clean and powerful - clearly Passat, clearly VW and yet new from every perspective. Efficient is the customer-oriented range of three new plug-in and mild hybrid drives as well as five turbo petrol and turbo diesel variants. The quiet, spacious Passat Estate, which will be available with an optional new adaptive chassis ("DCC Pro") and new ergoActive seats (with pneumatic pressure point massage), is extremely comfortable. The intuitive features of the digitalized cockpit landscape have been completely redeveloped. If desired, the new Passat can also park itself and cover long distances with assistance.

Tennis idol Boris Becker returns to the coaching business after almost seven years. The ex-Wimbledon winner will coach the young Danish star Holger Rune in the future. Becker plans to be at the 20-year-old's side for the first time at the ATP tournament in Basel starting Monday.

Tennis icon Boris Becker is back on the World Tour. According to media information, the 55-year-old will be part of the coaching team of a promising youngster. He was already active as a coach between 2013 and 2016 and celebrated numerous trophies.

More dynamic than ever, with a wealth of digital innovations and, for the first time, fully electric - this is how the new BMW 5 Series Sedan presents itself. As the BMW i5, the new edition of the world's most successful business sedan takes the lead on the road to sustainable premium mobility in the upper mid-size vehicle segment. Thus, in its eighth model generation, the BMW 5 Series Sedan once again stands for advanced technology combined with sporty, elegant design and characteristic driving pleasure. Consistent electrification, the latest generation of the BMW iDrive display and control system with new digital services, and increased sustainability throughout the entire product life cycle characterize progress in the fields of the future that are central to the current transformation of the BMW Group. As a result, mobility and business are seamlessly combined in a premium automobile. The new BMW 5 Series Sedan stands for outstanding technological expertise and a progressive attitude, with which it confidently fulfills all the wishes and needs of modern target groups.

The shares of Zalando slumped on Tuesday to another low since October 2022. The annual minus of the weakest Dax value 2023 now amounts to 35 percent. On Tuesday, weak figures from competitors were added.