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EU leaders consider using seized Russian assets to fund loan to Ukraine
Copenhagen: European Union leaders on Wednesday weighed a new scheme to provide longer-term financial and military support to Ukraine using hundreds of billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets held in Europe.…
- World
EU proposes tough sanctions, tariffs to pressure Israel over Gaza war
Brussels: The European Union laid out Wednesday, September 17, its toughest plan yet to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza as Palestinians fled en masse from Israeli tanks, drones and…
- India
Trump urges EU to impose 100pc tariffs on India and China over Russia
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has asked the European Union (EU) to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on India and China as part of a joint effort to…
- World
US, EU plan to discuss new Russia sanctions
Washington: A team of European officials, led by EU sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan, will visit the US Treasury on Monday to discuss various forms of economic pressure to exert on Russia, including…
- Middle East
Iran to hold nuclear talks with EU powers ahead of sanctions deadline
Tehran: Just days away from a European deadline, Iran said Friday its foreign minister would hold a telephone conference call with his French, German and British counterparts to avoid the reimposition of…
- India
Indian refinery ships diesel to China for the first time since 2021
Faced with sanctions from the European Union (EU) for procuring oil from Russia, India-based Nayara Energy has shipped diesel to China. This is the first time since 2021, an Indian company has…
- World
18 EU nations seek 147 billion USD from new defence fund
Brussels: Eighteen European Union countries have applied for billions of euros from a new defence fund aimed at helping Europe provide for its own security, the bloc’s executive branch said Wednesday, with…
- World
Trump’s 30 pc tariffs is unacceptable: EU trade ministers
Brussels: EU trade ministers have agreed that US President Donald Trump’s announcement of 30 per cent tariffs on the European Union was “absolutely unacceptable”, and they are studying a new set of…
- Business
European ministers meet to forge strategy after Trump’s surprise 30 pc tariffs
Brussels: European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday, following US President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement of 30 percent tariffs on the European Union. The EU is America’s biggest business partner…
- World
Trump says he’ll delay 50 percent tariff on EU until July
Washington: President Donald Trump has said that the US will delay implementation of a 50 per cent tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy…
- World
UK, EU hail new chapter as they ink fresh deals, 5 years after Brexit
London: Britain and the European Union hailed a new chapter in their relationship Monday after sealing fresh agreements on defence cooperation and easing trade flows at their first formal summit since Brexit.…
- World
EU to help Ukraine purchase weapons using Russian frozen assets
Kyiv: Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Friday said the European Union will allocate almost 1.9 billion euros for military support to his country. Shmyhal posted on his Telegram page that a…
- World
EU says that it holds lot of trade cards on eve of Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’
Brussels: A top European Union official warned the US on Tuesday that the world’s biggest trade bloc “holds a lot of cards” when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration’s new…
- World
Trump’s steel, aluminium tariffs go into effect; EU, Canada hit back
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from anywhere in the world went into effect on Wednesday morning drawing swift retaliatory levies from the European Union and Canada.…
- World
Whatever they tax us, we tax them: Trump to India, EU, China
Washington: US President Donald Trump, in his first address to a joint session of Congress, said the reciprocal tariffs would take effect on April 2, reinforcing his administration’s stance on trade policy…
