T HE EUROPEAN UNION and Mercosur, a bloc of South American countries, first started negotiating their trade deal last century. In 1999 Bill Clinton was in the White House, Boris Yeltsin was stumbling around the Kremlin and China had yet to join the World Trade Organisation.

Trump’s threat to annex an autonomous part of Denmark has plunged NATO into an unprecedented situation: An alliance based on collective defense now faces the prospect that one member might attack another.

Europe's latest measures to expand domestic critical minerals supplies lack the funding tools needed to spur investment and wrestle supplies from dominant countries like China.

Historic buildings along a canal in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Photo Credit: Adobe Stock/Noppasinw)

The European Union is implementing ETIAS to "strengthen border security, streamline traveler screening, and monitor public health risks," according to the ETIAS website.

Surging renewable output overwhelmed Europe’s power grid in 2025, driving electricity prices below zero more often than ever before.

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Seven of Europe’s best thermal spa destinations - In countries such as Iceland, Italy, Switzerland, you can soak in warm mineral-rich waters

Last January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was eager to have an ally in the White House to go after foreign regulations “pushing” American tech firms “to censor more” content.