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Shielding steelmakers from extreme global competition could prove unacceptably expensive for their European customers, an alliance representing producers of goods as diverse as cars and tin cans warned EU policy makers on Tuesday. In October, the European Commission proposed to almost half the volume of steel that can be imported tariff-free into the bloc, and […]

Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has welcomed the US government’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying it will bring down global oil prices to his country’s benefit. “The United States together with Venezuela … will be able to meet 40 to 50% of the world’s oil demand,” Orbán said during an almost three-hour […]

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The European Commission has refused to evaluate the legality of the US attack on Venezuela and capture of leader Nicolás Maduro, arguing that it would be premature to provide a legal assessment of Saturday’s dramatic events. “As the events just unfolded, it is too early to look into and assess all the implications in terms […]

A Paris court on Monday sentenced 10 people accused of cyber-bullying President Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte by spreading false information about her gender and insinuations related to the age difference between the first couple. The relationship between Emmanuel Macron, 48, and Brigitte, 72, who met while she was a drama teacher at his school, has […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A Paris court on Monday found ten people guilty of cyber bullying France‘s first lady, Brigitte Macron, in the latest legal action sparked by false claims that she is […]

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin urged “open trade” in talks with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, during a five-day visit aimed at strengthening economic ties with the world’s second-largest economy. Martin’s China trip, the first by an Irish Taoiseach since 2012, comes against the backdrop of trade tensions between China and the […]

Ukraine military says Russian strike on Kyiv kills civilian A Russian air attack on Kyiv killed one civilian, Ukraine’s military said this morning, in what appeared to be the first reported death in Russian strikes on the capital this year. “One person has been killed so far as a result of the attack. The attack […]

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen slammed the Trump administration’s latest comments about annexing Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory under Denmark. After US President Donald Trump said in an interview with The Atlantic published on Sunday that more countries could expect military intervention and that the US “absolutely needs Greenland,” Frederiksen responded in particularly forthright terms. Trump […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Denmark‘s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to cease threats over Greenland, after he reiterated his desire to acquire it in The Atlantic magazine. […]