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EuroWire, BRUSSELS: French President Emmanuel Macron is set to urge European Union leaders to consider activating the bloc’s Anti-Coercion Instrument, a powerful but never-used trade tool, as the EU weighs its response to new tariff threats from U.S. President Donald

EuroWire, EDINBURGH: Researchers have produced the most detailed map yet of the landscape buried beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet, revealing a rugged terrain of mountains, valleys, canyons and plains that shapes how the continent’s ice moves. The map, described in a

EuroWire, ASUNCIÓN: The European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur signed a long-negotiated free trade agreement on Saturday, concluding talks that began in 1999 and setting up one of the largest trade accords the EU has ever concluded.

EuroWire, VIENNA: Eight people were killed in three separate avalanches in the Austrian Alps over the weekend, authorities said, as mountain rescue teams urged skiers and tourers to heed warnings amid unstable snow conditions.

EuroWire, LONDON: United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is in London this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, an event that opened in the British capital in January 1946 as the

EuroWire, ASUNCION: The European Union and the Mercosur bloc are signing a long negotiated trade agreement in Paraguay on Saturday, concluding more than 25 years of talks aimed at lowering barriers between Europe and South America. Mercosur is made up

OSLO: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has drawn criticism in Norway and elsewhere after presenting her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump during a White House meeting, a gesture Nobel officials quickly said does not and

WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed a 25% tariff on a narrow range of advanced computing chips, including Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence processor, under a presidential proclamation that cites national security concerns tied to semiconductor supply chains. The measure, signed

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to the Federal Reserve in a criminal investigation involving Chair Jerome Powell, escalating a clash between the White House and the central bank that has drawn bipartisan concern and unsettled financial

EuroWire, WASHINGTON: The United States will suspend the processing of immigrant visa applications for nationals of 75 countries starting Jan. 21, the State Department said, citing public assistance concerns under longstanding “public charge” standards used in immigration adjudications. The pause