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GENEVA: China criticized the United States for withdrawing from the World Health Organization, telling a meeting of the WHO Executive Board that countries should not place domestic politics ahead of international law as member states consider how to handle the

EuroWire, ROME: Three skiers were killed in separate avalanches while traveling off-piste in northern Italy’s Alps, as rescue teams warned that recent snowfall and wind have left parts of the mountain range dangerously unstable. The deaths were reported on Saturday,

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on February 6 it has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the EU Digital Services Act over what it described as the platform’s “addictive design,” warning that core features including infinite scroll, autoplay, push

EuroWire, GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Office has launched a $400 million appeal for voluntary contributions in 2026, saying it needs urgent funding to sustain monitoring, protection, and accountability work as crises multiply worldwide. High Commissioner Volker Türk told diplomats

EuroWire, BRUSSELS, Feb. 6, 2026, The European Commission has confirmed it is examining possible adjustments to the European Union’s short-stay visa framework that could allow certain non-EU professionals to remain in the bloc for periods exceeding the current 90-day limit

EuroWire, GENEVA: The World Health Organization has launched a 2026 global appeal for nearly $1 billion to keep essential health services running for people caught in conflict, displacement and disasters, warning that shrinking humanitarian funding is already disrupting care in

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Jan. 29 presented the European Union’s first European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy, setting political objectives and concrete priorities for EU migration and asylum policy over the next five years. The Commission said the

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Union is looking to increase liquefied natural gas supplies from Qatar, Canada and North African countries as senior officials warn that Europe’s growing reliance on U.S. LNG has become a vulnerability in the bloc’s energy mix.

India marked its 77th Republic Day on Monday with senior European Union leaders attending the national celebrations in New Delhi, underscoring the country’s expanding global economic and diplomatic engagement. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted European Commission

EuroWire, STRASBOURG: The European Parliament on Thursday rejected a motion of censure against the European Commission, leaving the EU’s executive arm in office after a roll-call vote in plenary. The motion failed to secure the required supermajority needed to force