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EU court fines Poland a million euros a day in legal row

LUXEMBOURG: The EU’s top court on Wednesday ordered Poland to pay one million euros a day for not suspending a...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am

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Climate pledges not honoured

BRUSSELS/GENEVA: Global governments' plans to cut emissions in the years ahead are not enough to avert catastrophic...

Updated 26 Oct, 2021 09:41am

World

Russia urges West to engage with Taliban

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday urged Western countries to engage with the Taliban and for the European Union to re-open ...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am

World

Taliban promise to protect EU Afghan mission

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban government promised Monday to ensure the security of any renewed European Union mission...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am

World

EU demands immediate release of Sudanese leader, cabinet members

The European Union condemned the detention of Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other cabinet members on...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 07:31pm

World

Russia urges West to engage with Taliban

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday urged Western countries to engage with the Taliban and for the European Union to re-open ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 05:49pm

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Britain set for £7bn transport investment

LONDON: Britain’s upcoming budget will invest almost £7.0 billion ($9.6 billion, 8.3 billion euros) on transport...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 04:06am

World

'A great European': warm send-off for Merkel after 107 EU summits

BRUSSELS: European leaders paid warm tributes to Angela Merkel on Friday as they wound up an EU summit, her 107th as...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 05:01pm

Pakistan

Rashid rules out expulsion of French envoy

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Thursday ruled out possibility of expulsion of French ambassador on ...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 04:13am

Markets

Paris wheat, rapeseed ease after highs

PARIS: Euronext wheat edged lower on Thursday as the market paused after a rally fanned by strong export demand and...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 04:13am

Opinion

One taxonomy to rule them all? Investors face myriad of green investing rules

After years of complaints that there were no rules to determine what constitutes a “sustainable” investment,...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 04:38am

Pakistan

Ismail describes human capital as country's 'greatest asset'

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Imran Ismail on Monday observed that Pakistan's greatest asset was its human capital and we...

Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am

Markets

Returning to coal amid energy crunch would be climate 'tragedy': EU

JAKARTA: The European Union's head of climate change policy said that returning to using dirty energy from coal...

Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am

World

Life after COVID: EU re-thinks budget rules for new era

BRUSSELS: So often the source of rows between its members, the European Union starts reviewing its rules for ...

Published 18 Oct, 2021 02:05pm

Business & Finance

Europe car sales sink on chip shortage

PARIS: European new car sales fell to their lowest level for a month of September since 1995 as a global shortage of...

Published 16 Oct, 2021 04:49am

World

Iran says agreed with EU on Brussels nuclear talks 'in days'

TEHRAN: Iran and the EU agreed Thursday to hold further dialogue in Brussels aimed at resuming talks on a faltering...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Business & Finance

BoE hike expectations push sterling to 2-week high

LONDON: Sterling hit a two-week high on Thursday, adding to the previous session’s gains, as traders focused on...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

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Next GSP Plus extension: Pakistan’s performance to be reviewed: EU envoy

LAHORE: Ambassador of European Union to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara on Thursday said that two-year performance ...

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 09:29am

Markets

France raises 2021 maize and sugar beet crop estimates, cuts wheat

PARIS: France's farm ministry on Tuesday raised its estimate of the country's 2021 grain maize and sugar beet...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am

Markets

European gas price surge prompts switch to coal

PARIS: Soaring European wholesale gas prices are encouraging more utilities to switch to carbon-heavy coal to...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am

Markets

EU wheat and rapeseed fall from previous week's highs

PARIS: European wheat edged lower on Monday, further consolidating after touching contract highs in the previous...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

Business & Finance

Second phase of EU-Pakistan Business Forum begins tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Pakistan is launching the second phase of the EU-Pakistan...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

World

French EU presidency to push for worldwide end to death penalty, says Macron

PARIS: France will launch a campaign for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty as part of its upcoming...

Published 09 Oct, 2021 04:48pm

World

Czech PM, named in Pandora probe, leads polls ahead of vote

PRAGUE: A populist billionaire at odds with the European Union who featured in the Pandora Papers is the narrow...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 09:58am

World

UN body agrees to establish investigator on Afghanistan

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council agreed on Thursday to appoint a special rapporteur on Afghanistan to probe...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

Pakistan

Sindh to announce 'human rights policy' before year's end

KARACHI: A comprehensive Sindh Human Rights Policy will be announced before the end of 2021 as the process of...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

World

EU leaders seek unity on how to face China and US

BRUSSELS: EU leaders will have a hard discussion on Europe’s place in the world at a summit on Tuesday, as they...

Published 06 Oct, 2021 04:17am

World

Pandora Papers revelations: EU must do more says Von der Leyen

HELSINKI: The European Union must do more to combat tax evasion and aggressive tax planning, EU Commission President...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 11:52pm

Pakistan

Hunar-Rozgar Mela provides 1,000 job opportunities

KARACHI: The donor-funded TVET Sector Support Programme implemented by National Vocational and Technical Training...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:56am

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‘Lot of work’ before climate summit, host Britain admits

MILAN: Nations have “a lot of work to do” in the weeks left before the COP26 climate summit, host Britain said...

Published 03 Oct, 2021 04:24am