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EU diplomats insist there is no plan to resume Russian gas purchases, citing continued sanctions pressure amid peace talks with US and Ukrainian officials in Brussels.

The last ice on Slovenia’s Triglav glacier has vanished, scientists confirmed, ending a feature central to national identity amid record heat.

A 2003 supply scare pushed China toward renewables, but two real crises haven’t woken Europe, a new paper argues. China’s ‘Malacca dilemma’ became the basis for its clean-tech rise, while some governments still favour fossil fuels.

A tanker carrying Russian diesel is heading to New York after a deal between Trump and Putin, the first such shipment since 2023.

Eastern Spain grapples with deadly floods from Storm Adam, while the UK and Ireland prepare for back-to-back winter storms Austen and Boelo, and Super Typhoon Champi threatens Taiwan.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will not ease sanctions on Russian fossil fuels despite a U.S. diesel deal with Moscow, and announced a new trade tool targeting China.

The death toll from the severe flooding that struck Istanbul and surrounding areas has risen to eight, with search efforts continuing for one missing person.

EU leaders clashed over the bloc’s carbon market at a Brussels summit, with Nordic countries defending the Emissions Trading System and the Visegrad group demanding delays and relief amid soaring energy prices.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed that EU leaders examine the creation of bloc-wide strategic gas reserves amid concerns over a possible winter shortage.

Norway leads the world in EV adoption, but around one in four new electric cars registered there comes from a Chinese-owned brand — a trend that sits uneasily with growing European scepticism about Chinese technology and trade.