Bloomberg Leading nations of the European Union (EU) are resisting a push to quickly draw up specific sanctions and other punishments to impose on Russia if it invades Ukraine, even as the Kremlin shows no sign of backing off a massive troop buildup near its neighbour. Germany, France, Italy and Spain want to focus now on talking to Moscow ...

  Bloomberg Boris Johnson is being squeezed from both sides of the argument over how to tackle a “staggering” surge in Covid-19 omicron infections — and that could have dangerous implications for the UK. The prime minister suffered the biggest Conservative rebellion of his tenure, as 100 members of Parliament opposed his strategy for clamping down on the new coronavirus ...

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Mark Rutte reached a coalition deal nearly nine months after the Dutch general election, marking the longest negotiations in the nation’s history. Rutte, who is expected to be named prime minister once again, presented the agreement between his Liberal party and three partners in the hall of the Dutch parliament building in The Hague. “It took ...