Europe

US, Russia discuss Nord Stream gas flows to Europe amid Ukraine war

US and Russian officials discuss bringing a US investor into Nord Stream pipelines, raising the prospect of renewed Russian gas flows to Europe after the Ukraine war.

Exporters to get an extra year on methane rules: EU's Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will give methane exporters an extra year to prepare for its methane regulation amid concerns over high energy costs

Heat deaths in western Europe top 34,600 during warmest summer ever

Spain saw its deadliest summer since records began in 2015, with 5,805 excess deaths attributable to heat between May 15 and Sept. 30, according to data

Swiss glaciers lose 5.5% of ice volume in 2026, second-highest on record

Glaciers in Switzerland the home to the most in the Alps lost 5.5 per cent of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record due to heat waves and low winter snowfall, experts report. "Alpine glaciers have no chance of surviving in the long term under such conditions," the GLAMOS Swiss glacier monitoring service and Swiss Academy of Sciences said in a statement released Thursday. The trend has worsened in recent years: Over the past five years alone, the volume of ice in Switzerland has declined by nearly a fifth, the experts say. The report testifies to the latest concerns that global warming is wreaking havoc on Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent. "The warming that we are experiencing now can be attributed 100 per cent to anthropogenic climate change. It's as simple as that," said Matthias Huss, who heads GLAMOS. "Without human emissions or fossil fuels, we wouldn't have any warming at the moment." This year's ice volume loss continues ...

Britain could rejoin the EU after next election, says PM Andy Burnham

Burnham outlined three options he would discuss at a UK-EU summit slated for later this year

EU seeks energy alternatives as W Asia war leads to $113 bn in extra costs

Jorgensen said the ministers would discuss plans to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to electricity and expand electrical infrastructure across the bloc

Europe, India ties have achieved level of a political intensity: EU envoy

The Ambassador of the European Union to India further said that understanding India is also "seeing India and meeting Indians"

Alibaba Group to add data centres in Europe, West Asia in AI push

The Chinese ecommerce leader will set up its first cloud regions in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months

Jaishankar discusses India-EU cooperation, Ukraine with EU counterparts

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed India-EU cooperation, multilateral issues and key global developments, including the situation in the Gulf, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific, with his European Union counterparts here. Jaishankar arrived in New York on Sunday, leading an Indian delegation for the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. "Appreciated meeting my European Union colleagues this afternoon in New York #UNGA81," he said in a social media post on Monday local time. "Discussed India-EU cooperation, multilateral issues and current developments, including in the Gulf, Ukraine and Indo-Pacific," Jaishankar said. Earlier, he met Nauru President David Adeang on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly high-level week. "Appreciate the strong bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Naoreo. India remains strongly committed as a development partner," Jaishankar said.

Google fined $463 million for breaching EU's privacy rule on location data

Google has been fined 403 million euros (USD 463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Monday. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data in users' Web & App Activity, a Google setting that tracks browsing and search history, and in their Location History, a service that maps places they've been with their mobile phones. Regulators also found the company failed to be lawful, fair and transparent when it processed personal data in its Location Accuracy feature in the Android mobile operating system. Ireland is the lead regulator for Google in the 27-nation EU because the US tech giant's European headquarters is based in Dublin. The investigation, which opened six years ago, examined how Google applied the EU privacy rule book, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, from the time it took .

Bankers face EU privacy wall in race to stem evolving credit risk

European banks are struggling to assess growing exposure to wildfires, floods and droughts as data-privacy rules limit access to detailed information on properties and insurance coverage

Canada and Europe should ally to protect markets, democracies: PM Carney

Carney did ‌not adopt the term "associate member" used a day earlier by von der Leyen, but ​said he appreciated "the ambition" that her suggestion conveyed.

Tata Electronics to sign 16 pacts at SEMICON India, says CEO Thakur

Tata Electronics will be signing 16 agreements at the SEMICON India conference with players across Europe, Japan, Singapore, and India, CEO Randhir Thakur said on Thursday, adding that the company's 'fab' in Dholera, Gujarat and the packaging facility in Assam are "on track" to meet scheduled commitments made to the government. Terming chips and semiconductors as an industry of the future, Thakur said India is ready to write the next chapter of the semiconductor story. "Five years ago, India Semiconductor Mission was formed. Today, there are 12 factories which are under different stages of completion, and we are already exporting Made in India chips to customers globally," he said, outlining India's growing prowess in the global chip-making ecosystem. The government is "in perfect sync with the semiconductor industry", bringing conducive policies that are building the foundational layer of a vibrant ecosystem and removing the barriers, he said, addressing the inaugural session of ..

EU president backs AI slowdown, to invite frontier labs for talks

Von der Leyen's comments in her annual speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg came amid growing ‌worries about the potential danger posed by artificial ​intelligence

EU chief von der Leyen proposes ban on social media for children under 13

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots on Wednesday during her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg. "I am aware that many perceive the power of Big Tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I disagree," said the EU executive. "We do not have to accept addictive features. We do not have to accept children being drawn into ever more extreme content. We do not have to accept that girls have their photos used for AI-generated sexualized images," she said. Von der Leyen said that under her proposal "mini accounts" chaperoned by guardians would be granted to kids aged 13-15. The EU's 27 member nations will now vote on the proposal, which could spark tensions with US President Donald Trump, who has long criticized Europe's tech regulations.

Current inflation shock likely to last longer than expected: ECB president

The ECB raised interest rates this week for the second time since the Iran war sent oil and gas prices soaring

Ukraine says it needs $27 bn more as Europe scrambles to understand why

An unexpected request from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered a stark reminder that the cost of the war will rise, challenging Europe

EU to boost Greenland investment amid Trump's campaign to control island

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ​is expected to unveil plans to invest in sectors including critical minerals, satellite communications and renewable energy in Greenland

ECB doubles down as G7's hawk with second rate hike likely this week

In a move set to reaffirm the ECB as the most hawkish central bank among the Group of Seven, a quarter-point increase on Thursday has been widely signaled

Norwegians line up to mourn late King Harald V, funeral set for September 9

Tens of thousands of Norwegians lined up Sunday in front of cathedrals and churches across the country for memorial services held for the late King Harald V, who died at 89. Harald passed away Friday and his son immediately became the new King Haakon VIII. Since Harald's death, the royal family and the country have been in an official state of mourning. Norway's royal palace said Sunday evening the funeral will take place on Wednesday, September 9. Mourners expressed their grief over the weekend by laying flowers, writing cards and lighting candles in front of the royal palace in Oslo, where the coffin arrived late Friday from the hospital. "This Sunday is different. His Majesty King Harald is dead. A family has lost their spouse, father, grandfather, father-in-law," said Dean Pal Kristian Balstad as he opened the funeral service in Oslo Cathedral, Norway's public broadcaster NRK reported. The royal family attended a service at Asker Church, southwest of Oslo. Some Norwegians deci