World Jan 21 E.U. summit assesses virus restrictions amid worrying reports European Union's top disease control official said Thursday that urgent action was needed to stave off a new wave of hospitalizations and deaths.
Health Jan 20 Delay in Pfizer vaccine shipments frustrate Europe, Canada Frustration is mounting from Europe to North America over reduced shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine while the U.S. pharmaceutical company increases production capacity at its Belgian plant. Governments say it is costing critical time during the early stages of the…
World Dec 24 UK and EU reach post-Brexit trade agreement Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.
World Dec 24 UK, EU on cusp of striking Brexit trade deal at last Negotiators from the European Union and Britain worked through the night and into Christmas Eve to put the finishing touches on a trade deal that should avert a chaotic economic break between the two sides next week.
World Dec 23 With time running out, EU and UK near post-Brexit trade deal After resolving a few remaining fair competition issues, negotiators were down to dealing with fishing quotas and transition terms Wednesday as they worked to secure a deal for a post-Brexit relationship by an end-of-year deadline.
World Dec 23 Brexit negotiations inch closer to trade deal After resolving a few remaining fair competition issues, negotiators were dealing with EU fisheries rights in U.K. waters as they worked to secure a deal for a post-Brexit relationship.
World Dec 10 European Union strikes deal on landmark budget, virus recovery fund The 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.21 trillion) seven-year budget and recovery package is vital for virus-battered European economies. Hungary and Poland had threatened to veto it over a move to tie the use of EU funds to upholding the rule of law.
World Dec 10 U.K. Prime Minister Johnson say “strong possibility” Brexit talks will fail The U.K. and the EU have given themselves a deadline of Sunday to unlock their gridlocked trade talks. Both sides told their citizens to brace for a New Year's shock, as trade between the U.K. and the 27-member bloc would…
World Dec 06 Last-ditch post-Brexit trade talks to resume between EU, UK European Union and British negotiators Sunday entered what is potentially the final attempt to strike a deal over future trade ties, even though “significant differences remain” on three essential points.
World Dec 04 U.K. says E.U. trade talks at tricky point as hopes of deal dim Britain’s business minister said Friday that U.K.-EU trade talks are at a “difficult” point, as British officials poured cold water on hopes of an imminent breakthrough — and France said it could veto any agreement it didn’t like.