European Union

Rishi Sunak is privately drafting plans to rebuild Britain’s ties with the EU

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (picture) has privately asked senior ministers and officials to draw up plans for rebuilding the UK’s relations…

1 month ago

Malaysia weighs trade curbs to fight EU’s anti-palm oil policies

Malaysia, the world’s second-biggest palm oil producer, is weighing a range of trade curbs to strike back against what it…

1 month ago

Qatar bans insect food after EU expands menu

DOHA – Qatar has reaffirmed a religious ban on consuming insects in a move that comes after the European Union…

2 months ago

50 years of EU expansion: who’s in and who wants to join?

PARIS – The European Union, which holds a summit with war-battered membership candidate Ukraine in Kyiv on Friday, has gone…

2 months ago

Meta fined €390m, ordered to change way it processes ads

Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with €390 million ($414 million) in fines by the European Union’s main privacy watchdog over…

3 months ago

Russia may raise crude oil exports if EU ban cuts refining

Russia may increase its crude oil exports if the European Union ban on imports of the nation’s fuel results in…

3 months ago

EU targets big plastic with rules to cut packaging waste

THE European Union (EU) is targeting coffee pods, hotel toiletries and throw away water bottles with a set of proposals…

4 months ago

Bosnia may be granted EU candidacy status as early as next week

European Union leaders may grant Bosnia-Herzegovina official candidacy status as early as Dec. 15’s summit in Brussels, according to people…

4 months ago

EU bans imports of products that drive deforestation

BRUSSELS – The EU reached an agreement Tuesday to ban the import of several products considered the "main drivers of…

4 months ago

Jokowi vows to appeal WTO ruling against nickel ore export ban

INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo (picture) vowed to challenge any World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) ruling against the country’s ban on nickel ore exports…

4 months ago

Commonwealth finds no Brexit benefit when it comes to UK visas

Commonwealth countries may have hoped that the British government’s promise to focus on the rest of the world after leaving…

4 months ago

Brexit ‘permanently damaged’ UK economy, Michael Saunders says

Former Bank of England policy maker Michael Saunders said Britain’s exit from the European Union is one of the reasons…

4 months ago

Growth in renewables saved the EU $11b in gas imports since the war

An increase in wind and solar power capacity saved the European Union billions of dollars that would otherwise have been spent…

5 months ago