European Union

Pompeo inks deal for US troop move from Germany to Poland

8:31 pm August 15, 2020

Warsaw: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday sealed a defence cooperation deal with Polish officials that will pave the way for the redeployment of American troops from Germany to Poland. In Warsaw at the end of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe, Pompeo and Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signed an Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement that sets out the legal framework for the additional […]

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

9:04 pm August 14, 2020

Dhaka: When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few sacks of rice and clothes. Like him, an estimated 17.5 million people across South Asia are suffering as a result of […]

EU to review ties with Belarus, mulls action over crackdown

11:41 pm August 11, 2020

Minsk: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday that the 27-nation bloc will hold a thorough review of its ties with Belarus, and is mulling action against those involved in the massive police election crackdown, or against officials who might have interfered with the vote. “We will be assessing the Belarusian authorities’ actions … and conducting […]

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EU regulators investigate Google’s plan to buy Fitbit

10:17 pm August 4, 2020

London: European Union regulators say they’re opening an in-depth investigation into US tech giant Google’s plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit. The EU’s executive commission said on Tuesday it’s concerned the deal would entrench Google’s position in the online ad market by “increasing the already vast amount of data” that the company could […]

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Italian island runs out of room to quarantine new migrants

11:19 pm August 1, 2020

Rome: About 250 Tunisian migrants in several small boats have reached a tiny Italian island that has run out of room to quarantine them as required by Italy’s anti-coronavirus measures, local officials said Saturday. The Sicilian newspaper Giornale di Sicilia quoted Lampedusa Mayor Toto’ Martello as saying the island can’t wait until the government sends a chartered ferry where the migrants can be held for […]