Bloomberg The European Union agreed to deploy warships to enforce an arms embargo on Libya in a move that underscores the increasing importance the bloc places on geopolitics and that seeks to defuse the conflict ravaging a major African oil producer. EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday to launch aerial, satellite and maritime assets in the Mediterranean Sea tasked with ...

Bloomberg European Union President Charles Michel sought to build momentum towards lifting a French veto on membership talks with North Macedonia and Albania. Michel hosted a dinner in Brussels for top representatives of western Balkan countries including North Macedonia and Albania. Last October, France blocked the EU’s goal of starting accession talks with both nations during the first half of ...

Bloomberg China is considering delaying its most high-profile annual political meeting for the first time in decades, as the government attempts to contain an outbreak of a deadly new strain of coronavirus. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) will meet on February 24 to consider a delay of the annual meeting of the full parliament planned to ...