US President Joe Biden waves as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Oct 7, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS – US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to implement a European Union-United States data transfer framework announced in March that adopts new […]
This file photo taken on Nov 8, 2011 shows a view of the gas pipeline prior to an inaugural ceremony for the first of Nord Stream's twin 1,224-kilometre gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea, in Lubmin, northeastern Germany. (JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's largest gas producer Gazprom announced Friday that it had stopped […]
Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, Lubmin, northeastern Germany, close to the border with Poland, on Aug 30, 2022. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) FRANKFURT/LONDON – Russia halted gas supplies via a major pipeline to Europe on Wednesday, intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels […]
In this July 19, 2022 photo, municipal workers spray water on bridges over the city's canals, as the Dutch capital baked in the heat, to prevent the metal in the construction from expanding, which can jam them shut blocking boat traffic, in Amsterdam. (PETER DEJONG / AP) AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government on Wednesday declared […]