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UN expert ‘alarmed’ by UK politicians’ attacks on green protesters
LONDON — British politicians are putting environmentalists at risk of “threats, abuse and even physi...
8 months ago
Russia fuel export terminal halts operations after suspected Kyiv drone attack
A huge Russian fuel export terminal near St. Petersburg was forced to suspend operations on Sunday a...
8 months ago
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade agenda is faltering. Are the Gulf states his last hope?
LONDON — On the Red Sea coast at the northwest tip of Saudi Arabia, plans for an outlandish £400 billion ‘mega-city’ featuring an artificial moon and flying taxis are starting to take shape.While far from completion, the enigmatic project — known as NEOM...
6 months ago
Tony Blair seeks climate role at COP29 in Azerbaijan
LONDON — Tony Blair was once hired to lobby for a gas pipeline from Azerbaijan that activists described as a “carbon bomb.” Now he wants to help the Baku government run its climate talks.The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), which was founded...
6 months ago
Anne Hidalgo’s vision of a greener Paris faces political reckoning
PARIS — Nearly 10 years ago, newly minted Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo made “a genuine energy and environmental transition” a cornerstone of her plans for the city.The Socialist politician stayed true to that platform — in the process becoming one of the most...
6 months ago
UK Energy Minister Graham Stuart quits government ahead of election
LONDON — Energy Minister Graham Stuart has stepped down from his role at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.Stuart announced his decision to return to the backbenches on Friday afternoon, ending a ministerial career that spanned eight years.H...
6 months ago
Maltese central bank governor, deputy PM face charges in snowballing corruption case
Malta's political elite is facing a reckoning as a long-running investigation into alleged corruption under former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat comes to a head.Central Bank of Malta Governor Edward Scicluna and Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, who both...
4 months ago
Labour’s top policy priorities
LONDON — Keir Starmer has arrived in Downing Street with his new Cabinet. So what are their first priorities?Big-ticket items include decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, building 1.5 million homes over five years, hitting long-missed health servic...
2 months ago
Global tech outage takes down banks, media, airports
Global business operations came to a standstill on Friday morning due to a glitch at a cybersecurity software provider that grounded airplanes and disrupted financial institutions. The outage was caused by a software update at cybersecurity firm Crowdstri...
2 months ago
China, EU agree to start consultations on electric-vehicle subsidies
China and the EU on Saturday agreed to start consultations over the EU’s anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).“On June 22, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and Executive Vice President and Trade Commissioner of the European C...
2 months ago
Germany issued arrest warrant for Ukrainian over Nord Stream bombing, reports say
German prosecutors have obtained a European arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man they believe was involved in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, according to media reports Wednesday. The man, however, was able to escape arrest, German media repor...
2 months ago
The European Commission hopefuls with one thing on their mind
BRUSSELS ― It’s as if the European Commission is a trendy nightclub with a long line of eager party animals desperate to be admitted.Only a handful will get the chance to strut their stuff the way they crave. And that means a place in the Commission for t...
1 month ago
Denmark nominates Dan Jørgensen as EU commissioner
Denmark has put forward Dan Jørgensen to be part of Ursula von der Leyen’s second team of EU commissioners, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed Wednesday, just two days before the deadline for making nominations.The widely expected nominatio...
1 month ago
Macron wishes Serbia was more eager to join the EU
French President Emmanuel Macron said he regrets the lack of enthusiasm in Serbia for accession to the EU ahead of his visit to the country Thursday.In a letter published Thursday in Serbian media, Macron said that despite Serbia’s closeness to the EU, th...
1 month ago