Weather tracker: Europe and China in midst of record-breaking heat
Temperatures over 40C recorded in Portugal and Spain, while China endures heatwave conditions in high 40s Temperature records for early June are being broken across...
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Weather tracker: Fierce thunderstorms and big hailstones hit parts of Europe
France particularly badly hit, while rainfall across southern China triggers landslides and widespread disruption This week, large parts of Europe have been affected by a...
Trump indicates ‘positive’ progress in US-EU trade talks
Wall Street up in early trading after US president commends bloc for calling to ‘quickly establish meeting dates’ Donald Trump has indicated there has been...
World’s seven wealthiest countries agree to counter China’s trade practices
G7 finance ministers and central bank governors pledge to address ‘economic imbalances’, without naming China Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies set...
Xi Jinping begins four-day Russia visit as Ukrainian drones attack Moscow
Chinese leader will attend Victory Day parade and hold talks with Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow at the start of a four-day...
North Korea confirms for first time it has sent troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine war
Battle in Kursk showed ‘highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship’ between North Korea and Russia, state news says, hailing ‘heroes’ North Korea has...
China’s new tariffs on US goods to come into effect as Trump pauses measures for other countries – business live
China’s 84% retaliatory tariffs on US goods, announced on Wednesday, are due to come into effect on Thursday Read the latest full report Hello, and...
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of...
‘Several people’ arrested in EU bribery investigation linked to Huawei
Homes searched in inquiry into alleged corruption at European parliament relating to Chinese technology giant Several people have been arrested and homes searched as part...
EU ambassador to China urges Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants
Jorge Toledo’s comments come after approvals for coal power projects increased in second half of 2024 The EU’s ambassador to China has urged Beijing to...
