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Crisis & fears - What are the main obstacles to Chinese growth? China's leadership tackles economic challenges including weak consumption, 14.2% youth unemployment, property crisis, local debt, export pressures, and falling foreign investment. Financial pressures, asset shortages, and currency depreciation risks...
11 Jul, 2024, 08.16 PM ISTHydrogen sector asks EU to help local firms compete with China The companies want Brussels to do more to ensure Europe-made equipment powers the EU's plan by 2030 to produce 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen using electrolysers, machines that use electricity to split water to produce the green fuel.
02 Jul, 2024, 10.23 AM ISTChinese EVs to be hit with multi-billion-euro tariffs at European Union toll gates The European Union plans to increase tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to 25%, despite German warnings of a trade war. France and Spain support the move to protect European manufacturers and generate revenue. Currently, the EU imposes a 10% duty ...
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Dutch voters kick off marathon EU elections Dutch voters kick off EU election marathon, testing far-right shift in EU parliament amid geopolitical uncertainty after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
06 Jun, 2024, 10.05 AM ISTPolice search the European Parliament over possible Russian interference, prosecutors say Belgium's federal prosecutor's office announced police searches at a European Parliament employee's residence and offices in Brussels and Strasbourg over suspected Russian interference. The investigation involves passive corruption and criminal orga...
29 May, 2024, 04.44 PM ISTEU warns Microsoft to give Bing AI risk data or face fines The EU has identified generative AI as one of the key threats to elections being held across the 27-country bloc June 6-9. Brussels in March pressed Bing, alongside several big digital platforms including Google Search, TikTok and YouTube, about act...
18 May, 2024, 12.54 AM ISTEU queries X over cut to content moderation resources The EU on Wednesday told digital platform X to explain a cut to content moderation resources, amid concerns over disinformation ahead of European elections in June. The European Commission said it wanted more information about X's "content moderatio...
09 May, 2024, 08.40 AM ISTEurope's auto suppliers reach the end of the road Emrullah Karaca has made brakes for the past 20 years, but he is now learning to assemble heat pumps instead, as the Continental factory where he works in northern Germany is slated to close. "Brakes or heat pumps, it's all the same to me," said Kar...
06 May, 2024, 12.42 PM ISTEU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewards The EU on Monday launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an "addictive" feature on it that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety concerns. TikTok Lite users can win rewards if they log in d...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.07 AM ISTUkraine will be a NATO member; more aid urgently needed: US Secy Antony Blinken US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Ukraine will eventually join NATO as support for the country remains "rock solid" among member states. More aid is urgently needed for Ukraine, Blinken said following a NATO meeting of foreign ministers...
05 Apr, 2024, 03.35 PM ISTNATO turns 75 in shadow of Ukraine war -- and Trump NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg emphasized the importance of solidarity between the United States and Europe as NATO celebrated its 75th anniversary. The alliance faces challenges from an aggressive Russia and the potential return of Donald Trump to pow...
04 Apr, 2024, 05.26 PM ISTRussia says NATO, at 75, has returned to Cold War mindset Russia has accused NATO of reverting to a Cold War mindset as the alliance celebrates its 75th anniversary. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that NATO's actions reflect a return to Cold War dynamics, despite Russia's visio...
03 Apr, 2024, 06.17 PM ISTBrussels farmers unrest: Protesters, police clash over EU policies with water cannons, manure trucks Protests by farmers in Brussels turned violent Tuesday, as EU agriculture ministers met to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the bloc.Brussels farmers unrest: Protesters, police clash over EU policies with water cannons, manure...
27 Mar, 2024, 05.42 PM ISTBig tech told to identify AI deepfakes ahead of EU vote The EU called on Facebook, TikTok and other tech titans on Tuesday to crack down on deepfakes and other AI-generated content by using clear labels ahead of Europe-wide polls in June. In the new guidelines, the commission said the largest platforms "...
27 Mar, 2024, 04.07 PM ISTBelgium: Protesting farmers spray manure at police during demonstration in Brussels Belgian farmers sprayed manure towards police on Tuesday in a protest ahead of a meeting of 27 EU agriculture ministers who were planning to discuss the crisis in the sector.The police responded by using water cannon and tear gas.Dozens of tractors ...
26 Mar, 2024, 11.33 PM ISTMoscow concert hall attack and Paris attack were the deadliest IS attacks in Europe Friday's massacre at a Moscow concert hall, in which at least 137 people were killed, was the deadliest attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Europe. - Paris attacks, 130 dead - The worst attack in France's post-war history is c...
25 Mar, 2024, 04.40 PM ISTEU countries to demand bloc does more to help farmers, draft statement says Draft conclusions for an EU summit on 21-22 March, seen by Reuters, showed EU country leaders plan to ask the European Commission to work without delay on "all possible short-term measures, including those to reduce the administrative burden and ach...
12 Mar, 2024, 03.19 PM ISTBelgium: Protesting farmers bring tractors back to Brussels as EU agriculture ministers meet Hundreds of tractors arrived in Brussels Monday and more are on their way as European Union agriculture ministers meet to address farmers' concerns. It follows weeks of protests by farmers across the EU. Farmers are demanding the reversal of some of...
26 Feb, 2024, 11.04 PM ISTAngry farmers invade Brussels, protesting low pay, and high taxes ahead of the EU Summit Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, started fires near the building and set off fireworks as they demanded EU leaders do more to help them with taxes and rising costs.Angry farmers invade Brussels, prote...
02 Feb, 2024, 11.31 AM ISTThousands of demonstrators from Europe expected in Brussels to protest austerity measures in the EU The rulebook, which has often proved difficult to enforce and has served as a source of tension, was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic but should be reactivated next year. Current rules stipulate that member states' total public debt must not e...
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