BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
Read More »EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after overnight talks
BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
Read More »Time for post-Brexit deals expires
LONDON – European stocks were muted on Thursday morning as markets traded on the Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU this week. Pan-European stocks are hovering around the flatline in early 600 trade, with the food and beverage sector climbing 0.8% while travel stocks are down 0.7%. …
Read More »Johnson from the UK will leave for Brussels amid the Brexit stalemate
BRUSSELS (AP) – More than four years after helping Britain determine the curriculum from the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to get the job done by heading to the EU headquarters. Less than a month after the UK’s economic collapse and new trade deals with the European Union …
Read More »Brussels lockdown escapes Orgy cops, European legislators and diplomats
PARIS – Belgian police have carried out an illegal lockdown of at least 25 people, including at least one foreign politician and several diplomats, at a central Brussels bar, according to local reports. Officials in the Belgian capital on Friday night smashed the ground floor of a bar on the …
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