Brent crude retreated below the $100-per-barrel threshold on Wednesday after Donald Trump indicated that US and Iranian officials had engaged in what he described as highly productive diplomatic talks, raising expectations of a potential easing in tensions.
The Eurosystem’s new ‘Pontes’ platform allows banks to settle tokenised asset trades in central bank money, with the ECB committing its own funds to the initiative as Europe pushes to modernise its financial infrastructure.
Germany’s chancellor confronts renewed domestic pressure following a poor CDU showing in regional elections, while Kyiv escalates its aerial campaign against the Russian capital.
Xi Jinping is set to meet Donald Trump in Washington as an expiring trade truce, billions in potential tariff relief and the future of AI trade policy put the bilateral relationship under intense scrutiny.
Facing punitive US trade measures and unsettling territorial rhetoric from Washington, the European Union and Canada are accelerating a strategic partnership that extends well beyond commerce.
European Union member states are pushing for binding commitments on clean energy and fossil fuel reduction at this year’s global climate summit, signalling a shift from pledge-making to measurable delivery.
Brent crude climbed sharply on Monday after a merchant vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz and Saudi Arabia suspended operations on a key pipeline, stoking fresh fears over Middle Eastern energy supply routes.
From defence cooperation to securing critical raw materials, Brussels is preparing an ambitious agenda ahead of high-level talks with Ottawa.
Millions of visitors are expected to descend on Munich’s Theresienwiese for Oktoberfest 2026. Here is what organisers and city officials say everyone should know before they arrive.
The European Commission is considering circulating trade deal documents in English only to speed up ratification, but France is reportedly preparing to block the plan over longstanding concerns about the status of other EU languages.