World Jun 1, 2022
Climate change is behind weird rainfall patterns in Europe, study says
by Laura Millan Lombrana
The research is the first to show the direct link between seasonal rainfall trends in Europe and climate change
Business May 31, 2022
Europe's dash for gas puts Australia's LNG import plans at risk
by Sonali Paul and Florence Tan
Most Australian projects have not yet reached the stage of locking in re-gasification infrastructure and are getting pipped by European users.
World May 30, 2022
EU envoys race to break deadlock on Russian oil ban before emergency summit
The latest round of proposed sanctions has been blocked by landlocked Hungary, which has no access to seafaring oil cargo ships.
World May 27, 2022
How does it end? Fissures emerge over what constitutes victory in Ukraine
by David E. Sanger, Steven Erlanger and Eric Schmitt
Differing objectives make it all the more difficult to define what victory — or even a muddled peace — would look like.
Commentary / World May 25, 2022
by Mark Leonard
What is most off-putting is the way that Europeans tend to universalize their own experience, often assuming that what is right for them is right for others.
World May 24, 2022
EU oil embargo 'in days' as Ukraine isolation drives Russia closer to China
by Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Hans-Edzard Busemann
The European Union will likely agree to an embargo on Russian oil imports "within days," according to its largest member, Germany.
World May 17, 2022
Turkey puts the brakes on NATO expansion in Nordics
by Selcan Hacaoglu
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poured cold water on expectations that Turkish opposition to the enlargement plan could be easily resolved.
World May 16, 2022
NATO prepares to add Finland and Sweden to its northern defenses
by Kati Pohjanpalo and Niclas Rolander
Most NATO foreign ministers have embraced the bloc’s northern enlargement, a process that requires unanimity among the 30 allies.
World | ANALYSIS May 16, 2022
Neutral Switzerland leans closer to NATO in response to Russia
by John Revill
The Defense Ministry is drawing up a report on security options that include joint military exercises with NATO countries and "backfilling" munitions.
World / Crime & Legal May 15, 2022
‘Straw owner’ hides $1 billion worth of Russian yachts, U.S. says
by Stephanie Baker and Jonathan Browning
In the race to seize assets from sanctioned Russian billionaires, U.S. authorities believe two yachts are being sheltered from scrutiny — including one linked to Vladimir Putin.
World May 13, 2022
How can Europe get gas if Russia's supply is disrupted?
by Nina Chestney
Russia supplies about 40% of Europe's natural gas, mostly by pipeline.
World May 12, 2022
Finland must apply for NATO membership 'without delay,' president and PM say
Finland, which shares a 1,300 kilometer border and a difficult past with Russia, has gradually stepped up its cooperation with the bloc as a partner since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.