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The commission found that Google and its parent company, Alphabet, breached EU antitrust rules by imposing restrictive clauses in contracts with websites that used AdSense. (Photo: AP)

EU fines Google USD 1.7 billion for abusing online ads market

Last year, Vestager hit the company with a record 4.34 bn euro fine following an investigation into its Android operating system.

20 Mar 2019 5:23 PM

Armando was just one of more than a hundred birds sold by respected Belgian breeder Joel Verschoot. (Representational Image)

Belgian pigeon gets auctioned for world record prize!

Belgium's best long-distance racer had been expected to break the previous record of USD 425,000 paid for a pigeon called Nadine.

18 Mar 2019 3:10 PM

German automobile groups last year exported 470,000 cars from Germany to the United States, according to the VDA manufacturers' federation. (Photo: File)

EU vows 'swift' riposte to threatened US auto tariffs

Trump has threatened 25 percent duties on European autos, especially targeting Germany, which he says has harmed the American car industry.

19 Feb 2019 9:55 AM

'I don't expect an immediate breakthrough but what I do hope is that we can start to work as quickly as possible on the assurances that are necessary,' British Prime Minister Theresa May said. (Photo: File | AP)

Theresa May says will step down before 2022 UK general election: report

British Prime Minister Theresa May warned she expects no 'immediate breakthrough' on her Brexit deal at Thursday's EU summit.

13 Dec 2018 6:49 PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May, right, and European Council President Donald Tusk attend a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (Photo: AP)

EU leaders seal Brexit deal, urge Britons to back PM Theresa May

PM May will now have to see the deal through British parliament amid fierce resistance from both supporters and opponents of Brexit.

25 Nov 2018 5:12 PM

The USD 50 billion corridor that connects Kashgar in western China with Gwadar port in Pakistan, spanning 3,000 kilometres, is also one of the pain points in ties between India and China. (Photo: File)

PoK activists allege China, Pakistan trade corridor a pro-military project

Activists in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir or PoK said they want an end to Pakistan's 'illegal' and 'forceful occupation' of the region

18 Nov 2018 10:28 AM

'If nothing extraordinary happens, we will hold a European Council meeting in order to finalise and formalise the Brexit agreement. It will take place on Sunday the 25th of November at 9:30 am,' Tusk said. (Photo: AP)

Brexit deal to be signed on November 25 in summit, says EU President

'If nothing extraordinary happens, we will hold European Council meeting in order to finalise, formalise Brexit deal,' EU president said.

15 Nov 2018 1:34 PM

Prime Minister Theresa May says she Britain will consider extending the transition period after Brexit for a few months. (Photo: AFP)

Open to extending post-Brexit transition period for few months: British PM May

But May emphasised she did not expect the extension beyond the current date of December 2020 to be needed.

18 Oct 2018 6:07 PM

Trump stressed that NATO’s budget had been unfair to the United States but now he was sure it would be fair. (Photo: AP)

US pullout from NATO 'not necessary': Trump after crisis session

US prez said other 28 allies agreed to increase their defence spending more quickly to meet NATO target of 2 pc of their national income.

12 Jul 2018 5:40 PM

Trump says of Germany: 'We’re supposed to protect you against Russia' and yet you make this deal with Russia. (Photo: AP)

Trump claims Germany is 'captive to Russia' referring to pipeline project

US President was referring to Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would double gas amount Russia can send Germany directly, project opposed by US.

11 Jul 2018 2:11 PM

Dispute between Trump and Western allies at the Group of Seven summit last month is a gift to Beijing because it showed European leaders losing a long-time ally, at least in trade policy. (Representational Image)

China presses EU for anti-US alliance on trade, faces resistance

Brussels shares Washington’s concern about China’s closed markets, Beijing’s manipulation of trade to dominate global markets.

04 Jul 2018 12:30 PM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders upon her arrival at Egmont Palace, Belgium (Photo: MEAIndia/Twitter)

Sushma Swaraj holds talks with Belgian Deputy PM, EU counterpart

The two leaders reportedly undertook a comprehensive review of bilateral ties and exchanged views on regional and multilateral issues.

23 Jun 2018 4:25 PM

Britain risks a shortage of electric cars after Brexit as carmakers will lose an incentive to sell low-emission vehicles there, a Brussels-based think-tank warned.

Britain's supply of electric cars at risk from Brexit

Britain was the third largest market for zero emission vehicles in the EU last year.

28 May 2018 1:38 PM

The Belgium border region near France has become a magnet for migrants, with many heading towards Calais to try to board lorries and reach Britain. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

2-yr-old Kurdish toddler dies in police chase near France-Belgium border

In the van intercepted by the police were 30 people including 26 adults, all of Kurdish origin and are now being questioned.

18 May 2018 1:15 PM

Neither 28-year-old Abdeslam -- who is being held in jail in France pending a separate trial over the 2015 Paris attacks in which 130 people died -- nor Ayari, 24, were in court for the verdict. (Photo: AFP)

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 yrs over Brussels shootout

In its judgment, the court said 'there can be no doubt' about jihadist Salah Abdeslam and Sofiane Ayari’s involvement in extremism.

23 Apr 2018 3:34 PM

The European Union is considering applying 25 percent tariffs on USD 3.5 billion of goods - a third steel, a third industrial goods and a third agricultural - to "rebalance" bilateral trade, EU sources said. (Photo: Representational | File)

EU targets Levi's, bourbon, Harley Davidson to counter Trump trade war

The European Commission has called Trump's plan a blatant intervention amounting to protectionism.

03 Mar 2018 12:12 PM

'Russian statements threatening to target allies are unacceptable and counterproductive,' NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said in a statement. (Photo: AFP)

Russia’s warning to allies are ‘unacceptable’: NATO

The Crimea crisis has given NATO a new sense of purpose, but alliance insists its new deterrents in the Baltics and Poland are defensive.

03 Mar 2018 8:17 AM

Foreign ministers will also ask Mogherini and the EU's foreign service, the EEAS, on Monday to look at ways to strengthen the bloc's 1990s-era arms embargo on the Southeast Asian country that remains in place. (Photo: File)

After US, Canada, EU looking to levy sanctions on top Myanmar generals

Any new travel bans and asset freezes would be the EU's toughest measures yet to try to hold the military accountable for the abuses.

23 Feb 2018 7:01 PM

Police closed down a street in southern Brussels in a major security operation involving specialist armed units on Thursday after a report of a possible murder. (Representational Image)

Brussels on alert amid reports of gunman, police say no terrorist attack

Brussels is still on alert after suicide bombers killed 32 people at the airport and on the metro in March 2016.

22 Feb 2018 8:10 PM

The EU originally screened a total of 92 countries to draw up the list, which is expected to be continuously updated. (Photo:AP)

EU removes Panama, 7 others from tax haven list

The blacklist now covers: American Samoa, Bahrain, Guam, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa and Trinidad and Tobago.

23 Jan 2018 7:21 PM

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