Chinese officials have indicated that they will file a complaint to the World Trade Organisation against the EU’s new carbon levy, which came into force on Thursday (1 January), describing it as "unfair" and "discriminatory." 

US regime change in Venezuela was an "opportunity for democratic transition", the EU Commission has said, as the UN Security Council meets in New York to take stock of global reaction.

The European Commission has stopped short of condemning Donald Trump’s renewed claim to take over Greenland, even as international outrage mounts after the dramatic abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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