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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attacks on Italy’s cultural heritage – from libel suits against intellectuals to her government’s censorship of texts critical of Mussolini – have made headlines across Europe. Less attention, however, has been granted to the agricultural minister’s blows on the country’s natural heritage. Francesco Lollobrigida, who has…

The European Union is moving to hike tariffs on electric vehicles made in China

A once-peaceful country that does not produce the drug is now a war zone as gangs vie for control to meet European demand

The European Union is hiking tariffs by up to 38% on Chinese EVs. That includes Tesla and other foreign automakers exporting from China.

In September 2023, several people came down with dengue fever in Paris, France. The presence of this mosquito-borne disease was notable for two reasons. It was the most northerly outbreak ever recorded, and none of the people had travelled recently. This demonstrated it is now possible for dengue to be…

The European Union threatened on Wednesday to hit Chinese electric car imports with additional tariffs of up to 38 percent from next month following an anti-subsidy probe, a move that risks triggering a trade war.

The EU has escalated its trade war with China after placing prohibitive import tariffs on carmakers including BYD and Geely.

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The Fen Carbonatite Complex may be Europe's key to a secure rare-earth-element supply chain following the discovery of a huge deposit at the site.