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Carbon tax turns into climate fight at COP28
The European Union's plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported fr…
PTI
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A full phaseout of Russian liquefied natural gas is possible for some EU states, energy commissioner says
"The EU's gas storages are more than half full, which means we finished this heating season in a co…
Filip De Mott
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Then-President Trump warned that the US would 'never' help Europe if attacked, a top EU official said
An EU official said Donald Trump's comments when he was president were a "big wake-up call" and exp…
Alia Shoaib
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X and TikTok told by EU to 'step up' countering hate speech and Israel-Hamas disinformation
TikTok's CEO and an X executive met with a European Commision vice president, who warned about hate…
Pete Syme
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Removed over 500K videos, closed 8K livestreams: TikTok responds to EU
Chinese short-video-making app TikTok has said that the platform removed over 500,000 videos and cl…
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Google may be forced to break up its ad business after EU charges
Google could be forced to sell part of its business after regulators ruled its digital advertising …
Hasan Chowdhury
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Elon Musk's X could face expulsion from Europe over Israel-Gaza disinformation, EU official says: 'These are not empty threats'
Elon Musk's social platform could be banned from Europe if it fails to abide by the bloc's rules on…
Thibault Spirlet,Lakshmi Vara…
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Elon Musk demands to see a 'list of violations' after the EU called him out over the rapid spread of Israel-Gaza disinformation on X
The European commissioner for internal market said the EU had "indications" X was being used to dis…
Beatrice Nolan
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Apple, Amazon, and Meta among 6 tech giants deemed 'gatekeepers' set to face strict competition rules under new EU law
The European Union named Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft as "gatekeepers." …
Pete Syme
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Meta, Google, and Twitter are set to face huge fines if they don't tackle deepfakes and fake accounts on their platforms
An EU document seen by Reuters shows tech firms could soon face fines of up to 6% of annual turnove…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Russia's energy chokehold over the EU means it will continue to pose a danger, even if it's defeated in Ukraine
The EU is banning Russian oil by sea, but it's still funding Putin's war machine via pipeline and g…
John Haltiwanger,Ben Winck
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European leaders reach an agreement on a Russian oil ban, a significant measure aimed at cracking down on Moscow
The ban will cut some 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of 2022, the European Com…
Rebecca Ungarino
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The EU says the bloc will likely enter a recession if Russian gas is cut off or even if supplies keep flowing and prices spike
The bloc's economists warned that any halt of natural gas from Moscow or an EU oil ban will likely …
Phil Rosen
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The EU wants to make it easier to seize wealthy Russian oligarchs' yachts, jets, and properties
Proceeds from sanctioned Russian oligarchs' assets would be sent to Ukraine, an EU justice commissi…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk says he's 'exactly aligned' with strict new EU rules on policing social-media platforms
Musk, who's buying Twitter for $44 billion, said Monday: "Anything my companies can do that would b…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The EU hit Apple with a preliminary antitrust complaint over Apple Pay
The European Commission said Monday its preliminary view was that Apple "abused its dominant positi…
James Dean
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EU warns Elon Musk that being too lax on Twitter moderation could get the platform banned in Europe
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton said he wanted to give Elon Musk a "reality check" during an intervi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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EU nations unanimously agree to accept Ukrainian refugees for 3 years without going through asylum process: report
"We support our Eastern Member States in hosting and taking care of these refugees," President of t…
Taylor Ardrey
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EU Commissioner Vestager slammed Mark Zuckerberg for allowing lies in political ads: That's not democracy, it's 'manipulation'
She said the democratic world has already, long-ago, hashed out the rules over political speech
Julie Bort
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Intelligence on terrorists will be deleted from EU databases after a no-deal Brexit, former security commissioner warns
'UK data that was held in EU systems could, indeed would, be deleted if there was no data adequacy …