•Overthrown Niger President Mohamed Bazoum and the coup leaders The European Union and French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday urged Niger’s ruling junta to release ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, two years to the day the army detained him. Bazoum has been held, along with his wife Hadiza, in a wing of the presidential palace and according...
•EU logo The European Union today banned Chinese firms from government medical device purchases worth more than five million euros ($5.8 million) in retaliation for limits Beijing places on access to its own market. The latest salvo in trade tensions between the 27-nation bloc and China covers a wide range of healthcare supplies, from surgical...
•International Criminal Court, Hague The European Union (EU) “deeply regrets” the US sanctions imposed on four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the European Commission said today, voicing full support for the Hague-based court. “The ICC holds perpetrators of the world’s gravest crimes to account and gives victims a voice,” Com...
•Trump US President Donald Trump today threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on imports from the European Union, accusing the 27-member trading bloc of stalling trade talks. Lamenting that negotiations with the EU “are going nowhere,” Trump said on Truth Social he is recommending “a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on [&h...
The EU today sharply cut its eurozone economic growth forecast for 2025 because of global trade tensions sparked by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The European Commission said the 20-country single currency area’s economy should grow 0.9 per cent in 2025 — down from a previous forecast of 1.3 per cent — due to […]
The European Union today said Russia and China were using “massive digital arsenals” to interfere in Western democracies, while their messaging around the war in Ukraine had become increasingly aligned. “Foreign information manipulation and interference is a major security threat to the EU,” foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a report. “...
•Ukrainian rescuers stand among burnt-out cars following a missile attack by Russia today The European Union Monday widened sanctions against Iran over its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine, including targeting vessels and ports used to transfer drones and missiles, as Britain also expanded its measures. In a move decried by Tehran, the 27-n...
•Elon Musk and Donald Trump The European Union today issued a stern warning to Elon Musk, urging him to curb the spread of harmful content on his social media platform, X (formerly known as Twitter). This came just hours before the tech billionaire is set to interview former U.S. President Donald Trump live on the […]
•Sun Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said today, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service [&hellip...
•A group photo of EU officials, and all recipients of the Erasmus+ Scholarship The European Union (EU) has awarded postgraduate scholarships to 142 young Nigerians for the 2024-25 academic session under its prestigious Erasmus+ program. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Nigeria has led in Africa as the top recipient of these scholarsh...
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