MOSCOW, June 29 — The price of gas for the European Union (EU) has increased 2.5-fold since the introduction of large-scale sanctions against Russia — in just four years, from 2021 to 2025, it has increased twice as much as in the previous 20 years, according to RIA Novosti's calculations based on Eurostat data.

GENEVA, June 20 — European foreign ministers met their Iranian counterpart on Friday, hoping to test Tehran's readiness to negotiate a new nuclear deal despite there being scant prospect of Israel ceasing its attacks soon, diplomats said.

BRUSSELS, June 20 — Chinese companies will be excluded from bidding on certain large-scale public contracts for medical devices in the European Union (EU), the bloc's executive arm announced on Friday, the German News Agency (dpa) reported.

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 — Malaysia and Poland have expressed readiness to deepen cooperation between Asean and the European Union (EU), leveraging their respective chairmanships to drive a more strategic and long-term interregional partnership.

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 — Malaysia has conveyed its sincere appreciation to Poland for extending humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, particularly through its support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the provision of emergency relief.

BEIJING, June 9 — China’s trade with Asean and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries continued to gain traction in the first five months of 2025, with trade between China and Asean rising 9.1 per cent year-on-year to CN¥3.02 trillion (US$415.5 billion).

JAKARTA, June 8 — Indonesia has said that free trade negotiations with the European Union (EU), which have been ongoing for nine years, are expected to be concluded by the end of June.

BEIJING, June 5 — The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines has urged the European Union (EU) to stop "provoking trouble" in the South China Sea, advising Manila not to "fantasise" about relying on outside forces to resolve disputes in the waterway.

BEIJING, June 4 — Alarm over China's stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday as global automakers joined their United States (US) counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures, and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution.

MANILA, June 2 — The Philippines and the European Union (EU) have agreed to establish a dialogue to deepen cooperation on defence and security, aimed at combating emerging challenges including cyber threats, foreign interference, and information manipulation.

PRAGUE, May 28 — The Czech Republic has claimed that China was responsible for a "malicious cyber campaign" targeting a network used for unclassified communication at the Foreign Affairs ministry, and summoned the Chinese ambassador to condemn the incident.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The ringgit opened higher against the United States (US) dollar today, buoyed by continued weakness in the greenback amid growing concerns over the US' fiscal trajectory and trade policy inconsistencies.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The ringgit opened higher against the United States (US) dollar today, buoyed by continued weakness in the greenback amid growing concerns over the US' fiscal trajectory and trade policy inconsistencies.

TOKYO, May 26 — The euro jumped along with risk-sensitive currencies like the Australian dollar today after President Donald Trump backed down from threatened 50 per cent duties on European Union shipments from June 1, after the bloc asked for time to "reach a good deal".

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — Bursa Malaysia opened marginally higher but retreated thereafter, weighed down by mild profit-taking in selected heavyweights as Wall Street slipped following the latest US tariff threats against the European Union (EU), analysts said.

PARIS, May 24 — France has detected four cases of the new Covid-19 variant NB.1.8.1 for the first time.

ISTANBUL, May 23 — United States (US) President Donald Trump has said that trade talks with the European Union (EU) “are going nowhere” and proposed a 50 per cent tariff on EU goods, effective from June 1.

BRUSSELS/LONDON, May 20 — The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for the United States (US) to join them, a day after President Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin without winning a promise for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

BUCHAREST, May 19 — Romania's European allies and markets welcomed centrist Nicușor Dan's presidential election victory over a Eurosceptic hard-right rival on Sunday, relieved that the European Union (EU) member had avoided a lurch to a Donald Trump-inspired political path.

BRUSSELS, May 16 — Microsoft has offered to sell its Office product without Teams at a lower price than Office with Teams, as well as offer rivals better interoperability access to its services and products, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday.