Tag: european union
Ukraine: Ukraine downs Russian drones but some get through due to gaps in air protection
KYIV: Ukrainian air defences downed 32 of 35 Shahed exploding drones launched by Russia early Tuesday, most of them in the Kyiv region, officials said,…
Europe is world’s fastest warming continent: climate report
PARIS: Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world’s fastest-warming continent was some…
Greece: At least 78 migrants dead and dozens feared missing after fishing vessel sinks off Greece
ATHENS: At least 78 people have died and dozens are feared missing off the coast of southern Greece after a fishing boat carrying migrants capsized…
Billionaire Silvio Berlusconi brought burlesque to Italian politics
ROME: Brash, ebullient and a self-made billionaire, four-time prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was a media mogul and political showman whose financial and sexual scandals made…
UK politics reels from shock of ex-PM Boris Johnson’s departure
LONDON: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson‘s angry departure from parliament over Covid lockdown-breaking parties sparked fevered speculation on Saturday over his and the current…
wto: India, EU ask WTO dispute settlement body not to adopt ruling on ICT import duties till September 19
India and the European Union (EU) on Monday asked the WTO‘s dispute settlement body not to adopt a ruling against New Delhi’s import duties on…
China preparing for extreme scenarios: Xi amid rift with West
BEIJING: China is facing more complex and difficult security concerns, President Xi Jinping said, as he warned citizens to prepare for “worst-case and extreme scenarios”,…
Union Cabinet approves CITIIS 2.0, under the Smart Cities mission
The government on Wednesday approved the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) 2.0 that seeks to support projects promoting a circular economy with…
Denmark PM delivers speech partly written by AI
COPENHAGEN: Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday delivered a speech to parliament partly written using artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to highlight the revolutionary aspects…
wto: India may defer ICT case appeal against EU in WTO
India is considering deferring its appeal against a ruling by the dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that had favoured the European…