The job cuts affect 6% of the Google parent's workforce, and follow thousands of layoffs at tech giants who are downsizing after a pandemic-led hiring spree left them flabby in a weak economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday touted the need for greater cooperation between China and Germany amid "times of change and turmoil" in a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the first G7 leader to visit China since the pandemic began.