Europe

Former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

US, Europe need to do more to protect human rights of citizens: Hasan

Look, the human rights situation in Bangladesh is much better than many other countries in the world. In human rights, no country is perfect, he said

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Global Economy

European stocks open higher before BoE decision

Xi Jinping. File Photo: Collected
World+Biz

China's Xi in Paris to meet Macron, with trade, Ukraine talks planned

Germany finds itself ill-suited to serve the energy needs of industrial giants like BASF SE over the longer term.Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Charting the global economy: European growth exceeds projections

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on Europe next to slogans reading 'A powerful Europe' and 'A Europe that controls its borders' in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, 25 April 2024. Photo: Reuters
Europe

'Europe could die': Macron urges stronger defences, economic reforms

A symphony of light consisting of bars, lines and circles in blue and yellow, the colours of the European Union, illuminates the south facade of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, December 30, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
Global Economy

ECB holds rates at record highs, signals upcoming cut

Ukrainian service members fire a L119 howitzer towards Russian troops near the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine December 21, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Europe

Ukraine parliament passes bill overhauling mobilisation rules

Rescued refugees and migrants stand aboard a boat at the town of Paleochora, southwestern Crete island on November 22, 2022, following a rescue operation. Photo: Costas METAXAKIS / AFP
World+Biz

EU parliament adopts sweeping asylum reform

]Rosmarie Wyder-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of the court for the ruling in the climate case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg,, France April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartman
World+Biz

Swiss women win landmark climate victory at human rights court

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Equinor's Johan Sverdrup oilfield platforms in the North Sea, Norway, December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
Europe

European states sign pledge to protect North Sea infrastructure

A female supporter smiles while holding a banner in support of the Senior Women for Climate Protection in front of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Emma Farge/File Photo
Explainer

How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation

View of the Colosseum dungeons which have been restored in a multi-million euro project sponsored by fashion group Tod's in Rome, Italy, June 24 2021. Picture taken June 24 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Global Economy

Will Italy replace Germany as Europe's economic powerhouse?

Various conflicts like the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have destabilised Europe’s stable food supply chain. Photo: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Europe is wargaming a food crisis