By Reuters Staff
World Stunned by Violence in U.S. Capitol, Attempts to Overturn Election
New EU-China Agreement Will Sideline Biden Administration, Experts Say
A new trade agreement between the European Union and China may obstruct President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to cooperate more with Europe, experts on China told the Washington Free Beacon.
Turkey’s EU Membership Bid Evaporating
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s executive said on Tuesday that Turkey’s government was undermining its economy, eroding democracy and destroying independent courts, leaving Ankara’s bid to join the EU further away than ever. China’s Apology Tour to Europe Fails
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s two-week trip to mend fences with European economic partners and counter Washington’s stand against China has so far brought little dividend, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
EU Sanctions China Over Hong Kong National Security Law
The European Union will sanction China for its imposition of a harsh national security law on Hong Kong, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. France Announces De Facto Ban of Huawei 5G Equipment By 2028
French authorities are telling telecommunications companies across the country they will not renew licenses for equipment from the Chinese tech firm Huawei, effectively pushing the company out of France by 2028, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Trump Suspends All Travel From Europe to the U.S. to Fight Coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the United States will suspend all travel from Europe to the United States for 30 days starting on Friday in order to fight the coronavirus. Present at the Demolition
Column: The post-WWII order is ending—and nothing has replaced it
Economists at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund must feel pretty lucky these days. They work for just about the only institutions set up in the aftermath of Word War II that aren't in the middle of an identity crisis. From Turtle Bay to Brussels, from Washington to Vienna, the decay of the economic and security infrastructure of the postwar world has accelerated in recent weeks. The bad news: As the legacy of the twentieth century recedes into the past, the only twenty-first century alternatives on offer come from an authoritarian surveillance state. Iran Further Breaches Nuclear Deal, Says It Can Exceed 20% Enrichment
'We have started lifting limitations on our Research and Development imposed by the deal'
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it was now capable of raising uranium enrichment past the 20% level and had launched advanced centrifuge machines in further breaches of commitments to limit its nuclear activity under a 2015 deal with world powers. Queen Allows Boris Johnson to Suspend Parliament Before Brexit
Opposition leaders wrote to the queen to express their concern and asked for a meeting
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament’s ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. 