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New Year Brexit changes ‘permanently damage’ EU trade, says food body
Jan 02, 2022 06:17Britain’s small businesses should expect trade with the EU to be “permanently damaged” from 1 January, the refrigerated supply chain trade body has said, after new customs checks take effect that it says will make imports from the bloc “more expensive, less flexible and much slower”.
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Europe tops 100 million COVID-19 cases amid scaled-down New Year festivities
Jan 02, 2022 05:59Europe has recorded more than 100 million COVID-19 cases, over a third of all coronavirus infections worldwide, as the Omicron variant spreads rapidly across the continent.
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France suspends transit ban for UK nationals
Dec 31, 2021 12:38The French government has suspended a road travel prohibition for UK nationals, allowing Britons to drive through France to reach their residential homes in EU member states.
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US flies 2nd spy plane over Ukraine ‘to gather intel’ amid tensions
Dec 31, 2021 08:20Amid heightened tensions, the US Air Force flew a second spy aircraft over eastern Ukraine hours before the telephonic conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday.
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Good progress made in Vienna talks on sanctions removal, verification: Bagheri Kani
Dec 30, 2021 13:12Iran’s top negotiator in talks held in the Austrian capital with the goal of removing sanctions imposed on Tehran says during the eighth round of negotiations good progress was made with regard to the removal of sanctions and subsequent verification of sanctions removal.
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World’s top 2021 climate disasters cost nearly $200 billion: Study
Dec 30, 2021 11:14A new report shows that 2021 continued the trend of annual climate devastation worldwide that is costing the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars as planet-heating emissions unleash exactly the kind of damage scientists have warned about for decades.
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UK steel industry braces for slump in trade as US reduces tariffs on EU
Dec 30, 2021 05:45The UK steel industry is bracing for an immediate slump in trade as government talks between London and Washington aimed at removing Trump-era tariffs on British steel and aluminum failed.
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Russia: US, Iran’s partners in 2015 deal satisfied with ‘positive trends’ in Vienna
Dec 30, 2021 04:12A senior Russian diplomat says the participants in a meeting in Vienna between the US and Iran’s five partners in the 2015 agreement have voiced satisfaction with the “positive trends” in the ongoing discussions aimed at securing a removal of American sanctions against Iran.
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Italy finally lets 500+ refugees disembark from rescue ship after two weeks
Dec 29, 2021 14:18Italy has eventually allowed more than 500 refugees to disembark from a rescue ship after almost two weeks at sea, while a German rescue ship with 440 people on board is still waiting for permission to dock.
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Russia will face no failure in Nord Stream 2 certification, senior Russian diplomat says
Dec 29, 2021 05:26Russia believes that it won’t face any failure regarding the certifications for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the project will eventually be launched, a top Russian official has told RBC media.