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EU official says United Nations is in urgent need of reform

By Associated Press

The EU is not a U.N. member-state but is one of three permanent observers allowed to speak at the General Debate.

Turkey’s Erdogan says he trusts Russia ‘just as much as I trust the West’

By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrian Aranda

The nation of Turkey sits at a crossroads of the world, and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is its preeminent leader. Reelected to office earlier in 2023, he has now been in power for 22 years. In an exclusive interview…

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EU lets Ukrainian grain ban expire as countries threaten to pass their own

By Associated Press

The European Union has decided not to renew a ban on Ukrainian food imports heading to nearby countries.

European regulators hand TikTok $368 million fine for failing to protect kids’ privacy

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

It's the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules.

In the pursuit of jobs, Ukrainian refugees are choosing Germany over Poland

By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

A report says Poland is losing large numbers of Ukrainian refugees from its workforce as they travel to Germany to seek higher wages and government benefits in the rich Western economy.

European Union to rush more than $2 billion to disaster-hit Greece, using untapped aid funds

By Associated Press

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said 2.25 billion euros could be made available in the short term, with much of the money coming from unclaimed aid funds.

Poland calls on the EU to extend the embargo on Ukraine grain to protect farmers

By Associated Press

Poland's government has called on the European Union to extend the embargo on imports of Ukrainian grain beyond Friday deadline to protect Polish farmers.

EU lawmakers approve a deal to raise renewable energy target to 42.5 percent of total consumption by 2030

By Associated Press

European Union lawmakers endorsed a deal Tuesday to raise the share of renewables in the bloc's energy mix, another step to accelerate its green transition away from fossil fuels.

EU rebukes its representative’s tone after he called out Austria’s Russian gas imports

By Associated Press

EU representative Martin Selmayr said at a discussion event on Wednesday that Austria continues to get 55 percent of its gas from Russia but no one is out on Vienna's central Ringstrasse boulevard to protest that.

Devastating Greek wildfire now in its 11th day is the biggest ever recorded in the EU

By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press

After burning across vast tracts of land, the blaze in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region is mainly concentrated deep in a forest near the border with Turkey, in an area difficult to access.