Starmer renews UK bid to join EU defence fund
LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants the United Kingdom (UK) to join the European Union's (EU) flagship 150bil (US$178bil) defence fund after negotiations last year ended in failure.
Vietnam, EU vow stronger ties as bloc's chief visits Hanoi
HANOI: Vietnam and the European Union pledged to deepen economic and security cooperation on Thursday (Jan 29), upgrading their diplomatic relationship to hedge against an increasingly unpredictable United States.
Some good news: Beacons of success in the fight against climate change
From better air quality in Shanghai to the car-free zone in Paris, there are beacons of success in the fight against climate change.
Vietnam, EU to agree to boost work on minerals, chips, "trusted" 5G, draft document says
Hanoi has signalled interest in developing processing capacity for rare earths, whose global supply and refining is dominated by China.
Modi can make history with EU’s India visit
AT Davos, Ursula von der Leyen made India the centrepiece of her declaration of European independence.
EU weaponising US assets a risk, Deutsche Bank’s Saravelos says
FRANKFURT: US President Donald Trump's trade threats towards European governments over Greenland raise the possibility the latter may trim their holdings of US assets, supporting the euro, according to a Deutsche Bank AG strategist.
World markets jolted, dollar dips as Trump vows tariffs on Europe over Greenland
LONDON: Global markets are facing volatility after President Donald Trump vowed to slap tariffs on eight European nations until the U.S. is allowed to buy Greenland, injecting fresh trade uncertainty as stocks slid and the dollar broadly weakened.
EU set to halt approval for trade deal with the US
BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) lawmakers are poised to halt approval of the EU's trade deal with the United States over President Donald Trump's vow to impose tariffs on countries that supported Greenland in the face of American threats.
EU will not recognise Rodriguez as Venezuela's interim president, says spokesperson
MOSCOW: The European Union (EU) will not recognise Delcy Rodriguez as the interim president of Venezuela but will maintain limited contacts with the South American country to safeguard its interests.
EU faces renewed US ire after ESG cutbacks
WASHINGTON: The European Union's (EU) environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework – a shadow of its former self after a year of deep cuts – is drawing renewed threats from the United States.
