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EU steel workers protest against Chinese imports

Bloomberg European Union industries led by the steel sector mobilized thousands of people for a march in Brussels to warn about job losses from Chinese competition, seeking to persuade EU policy makers to retain a full arsenal of import tariffs. The demonstration in the heart of the EU quarter on Monday sought to dissuade the bloc from recognizing China as ...

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USA Senators urge Polish leaders to uphold Democracy

Bloomberg Poland’s new leaders are eroding the country’s democratic record through laws that give the government new powers, three U.S. senators said in a letter to Prime Minister Beata Szydlo. The dispatch by Senators John McCain, Benjamin Cardin and Richard Durbin follows an unprecedented move by the European Union’s executive last month to start a probe into whether rule of ...

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‘Laser’ diverts New York-bound flight to Heathrow

London / AFP A British pilots’ union on Monday demanded action after a laser beam dazzled the co-pilot on a New York-bound flight, forcing the Virgin Atlantic jet to turn back shortly following take-off from London’s Heathrow Airport. Police responded to “reports of a laser shone in the direction of a commercial flight that had taken off at Heathrow” on ...

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