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BRUSSELS: The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials, including a senior security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, to which Beijing responded by blacklisting Europeans in a rare escalation of diplomatic tensions. Unlike the United States, the EU has tried to avoid confrontation with Beijing, …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s father said on Thursday that he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union (EU) after Brexit. Stanley Johnson, a former member of the European Parliament who voted to Remain in the 2016 British referendum, …

The final agreement established a 25 percent cut that will be implemented gradually over a period of five and a half years. London: Britain is poised for a new chapter on Friday after securing a trade deal with the European Union in the aftermath of close Brexit as EU envoys …

By: AP | Brussels | Updated: December 24, 2020 9:00:18 pm The agreement should ensure that the two parties can trade goods without tariffs or quotas. (AP Photo / Virginia Mayo, file) After months of talks and almost at the last minute, Britain and the European Union reached a provisional …

Britain formally left the EU in January after a deeply divisive referendum in 2016. (Archive) Brussels: The European Union and the UK reached a post-Brexit trade deal on Thursday to cushion the economic blow of the UK’s impending exit from the single market after 10 months of tortuous negotiations. “A …

Negotiators from the UK and the EU set out to resume talks on the deal amid an ongoing deadlock on several key issues. The UK and the European Union have just hours to navigate the very narrow path to a trade deal that would prevent the most turbulent end of …

India has become the largest buyer of confirmed vaccine doses with 1.6 billion as countries are securing vaccines to fight the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has already killed 1.5 million people across the world. world, a study by Duke University showed in the US India has so far registered more …

Moderna Inc plans to apply for authorization for its coronavirus vaccine in the United States and Europe on Monday, after a new analysis showed the vaccine was highly effective in preventing Covid-19, without serious safety concerns. The primary analysis, which included 196 cases, found the vaccine to be 94.1 percent …

America’s relations with China are the worst since the countries normalized ties four decades ago. America’s allies in Europe are alienated. The most important nuclear antiproliferation treaty is about to expire with Russia. Iran is accumulating enriched nuclear fuel again, and North Korea is brandishing its atomic arsenal. Not to …

The British pound sank on Friday, boosting the London stock market after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned he was ready to walk away from European Union trade talks and prepare for a “no deal” Brexit. . The British pound fell below $ 1.29 after Johnson accused the EU of …