Putin agrees to 30-day halt to attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine
(CN) — Over the course of a long telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to not attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for 30 days but...
View ArticleIstanbul mayor, Erdoğan’s chief political rival, arrested along with 105 others
(CN) — In a dawn raid, Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the chief challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 22-year rule, sparking a major crisis for...
View ArticleEU leaders struggle to firm up rearmament plans, Ukraine aid
(CN) — The European Union’s big plans to rearm, defend Ukraine to the hilt and turn the 27-nation bloc into a military superpower were in trouble Friday. A Brussels summit of European leaders ended...
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In Rome, scaffolding and construction add to the hustle and bustle
ROME (CN) — Workers in hard hats clamber around the stone palaces on Capitolium, a hilltop square designed by Michelangelo which was, in its time, the symbolic heart of ancient Rome with a temple to...
View ArticleEU court affirms cartel case against UBS, Nomura, UniCredit and other banks
(CN) — The European Union’s second-highest court on Wednesday upheld hefty fines against the UBS, Nomura and UniCredit banks for colluding during the 2008 financial crisis to reap illegal profits from...
View ArticleEU court fines Italy for sluggish pace purifying wastewater
PALERMO, Sicily (CN) — Italy was hit with millions of dollars in fines on Thursday for failing to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities in Sicily and one near Mont Blanc years after it was ordered...
View ArticleExperts: US-EU relations are at a new low — and forever damaged
(CN) — The transatlantic alliance has had its rough patches, but not like anything that’s happening now. In the short time since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, a great and...
View ArticleTrump announces worldwide tariffs as fears of global recession, trade war grow
(CN) — U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a raft of tariffs on Wednesday that could trigger a global recession and a catastrophic trade war among the world’s biggest economies. Dubbing Wednesday...
View ArticleWorld reels from Trump’s tariffs: Markets tumble, China and EU vow to retaliate
(CN) — Stock markets went into the red around the world on Thursday as the shock of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs policy set in, raising fears of a global recession as economic...
View ArticleDuring Netanyahu visit, Orbán says Hungary will leave ICC
(CN) — In an act of defiance while playing host to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said his country would withdraw from the International...
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