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2 weeks ago | channel3000.com | Thom Poole |CHRISTIAN EDWARDS

London (CNN) — The European Union has announced it is putting retaliatory measures against the United States on hold for 90 days after US President Donald Trump unveiled a similar pause Wednesday. “We want to give negotiations a chance,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X Thursday. The EU on Wednesday backed its first countermeasures against steel and aluminum tariffs announced by Trump in March.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | CHRISTIAN EDWARDS |Thom Poole |James Frater

The European Union has announced a 90-day pause on countermeasures against the United States, a day after President Donald Trump unveiled a similar pause on his “reciprocal” tariffs. “We want to give negotiations a chance,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday. This comes after the EU on Wednesday announced it would begin collecting higher duties on US imports, in retaliation for the steel and aluminum tariffs announced by Trump in March.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Joseph Ataman |Saskya Vandoorne |Sérène Nourrisson |CHRISTIAN EDWARDS

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ruling that has shattered her hopes of winning the presidency in 2027. A Paris court also handed Le Pen, who was the frontrunner for the next election, a four-year prison sentence with two years suspended, to be served under house arrest, and a €100,000 ($108,000) fine.

3 weeks ago | egyptindependent.com | CHRISTIAN EDWARDS |Joseph Ataman

London and Paris CNN  — It was a televised ambush that many in Europe hope will stop a war. Donald Trump’s dressing-down of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House was a lightning strike to the transatlantic alliance, dispelling lingering illusions in Europe about whether their American cousin will stand with them to counter Russian aggression. Reeling, perhaps even fearful, Europe may have finally come to its senses over its self-defense needs in the era of Trump.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | CHRISTIAN EDWARDS |Stephanie Halasz

US Vice President JD Vance has now said he will join his wife Usha on her highly contentious visit to Greenland later this week, a decision that added fuel to the diplomatic fire while revealing major changes to the United States’ itinerary on the Arctic island. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday accused the US of putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory coveted by the Trump administration.