EU and six member states ratify UN treaty on high seas
World 14:40 29/05/2025The European Union and six of its member states ratified the treaty to protect the high seas Wednesday, bringing it closer but still far short of the number needed for it to come into force.
Eleven countries demand EU weakens deforestation law further, document shows
World 11:03 27/05/2025The European Union is facing further pressure from member countries to delay and weaken its upcoming law to restrict deforestation, with 11 governments demanding changes, a document seen by Reuters showed.
Trump threatens new tariffs on European Union and Apple, reigniting trade fears
World 18:11 25/05/2025U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to ratchet up his trade war again, pushing for a 50% tariff on European Union goods starting June 1 and warning Apple he may slap a 25% levy on all imported iPhones bought by U.S. consumers.
Council of Europe chief criticises push to ease expulsion of foreign criminals
World 10:59 25/05/2025BRUSSELS - The head of the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog, criticised an initiative by nine European countries calling on member states to make it easier to expel foreign criminals.
European leaders to ask EU for easier expulsion of foreign criminals
World 15:42 23/05/2025Nine European countries, led by Italy and Denmark, will on Thursday call on the European Union to make it simpler for member states to expel foreign criminals, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
Brazil can no longer export poultry, meat to EU due to bird flu
World 12:28 20/05/2025BRUSSELS/PARIS -- Brazil, the world's largest poultry exporter and main poultry meat importer into the European Union, is no longer allowed to ship poultry and meat products to the EU due to the outbreak of bird flu, the European Commission said on Monday.
Britain poised to reset trade and defense ties with EU
World 10:35 19/05/2025LONDON -- Britain is poised to agree the most significant reset of ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday, seeking closer collaboration on trade and defense to help grow the economy and boost security on the continent.
China slaps anti-dumping duties on plastics from US, EU, Japan, Taiwan
World 17:30 18/05/2025BEIJING - China on Sunday announced anti-dumping duties as high as 74.9% on imports of POM copolymers, a type of engineering plastic, from the United States, the European Union, Japan and Taiwan.
Italy's Meloni warns EU green policies risk 'industrial desertification'
World 12:22 18/05/2025ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned on Saturday that rigid green policies could devastate Europe's industrial base, and called for a more cautious approach to the ecological transition that protects economic and social stability.
EU riles nuclear industry with delay to 'low-carbon' hydrogen rules
World 11:29 14/05/2025European Union draft plans to wait until 2028 to classify hydrogen produced from nuclear power as a "low carbon" fuel, risk knee-capping the market for the nascent energy source, Europe's nuclear industry has said.
Pricing birdsong: EU mulls nature credits to help biodiversity
World 15:45 06/05/2025Could farmers get money for protecting birds or plants? That's the hope of the European Union, which is seeking to monetise biodiversity by creating a market for "nature credits".
TikTok fined 530 million euros by EU regulator over data protection
World 11:49 04/05/2025TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) by its lead EU privacy regulator on Friday over concerns on how it protects user information and was ordered to suspend data transfers to China if its processing is not brought into compliance within six months.
