Zimbabwe’s historic election on July 30, its first without former leader Robert Mugabe on the ticket in nearly four decades, is a major olive branch aimed at the West. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took power last November, is attempting to bring the southern African pariah state back into the international community and repair its crumbling […]

One of Virgin’s space companies is gearing up to launch rockets from the U.K. by 2021. Virgin Orbit, spun off from Virgin Galactic last year, has sealed a deal with the U.K. Space Agency to launch its LauncherOne rocket via Cosmic Girl, a modified Boeing 747-400 plane. The deal, signed at the Farnborough Airshow in […]

The US ambassador to NATO said Tuesday that a positive summit in Brussels could help President Donald Trump be tough with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Trump will face fellow leaders on Wednesday and Thursday at the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital. Next Monday in Helsinki, Finland, he will sit down with Putin. Kay Bailey […]

President Donald Trump has claimed the U.K. is in “turmoil” and his visit there this week could be more complicated than a follow-up meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump has set off on a trip to Europe that will see him meet with NATO allies in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday and Thursday before he […]

Leaders from the nations that share the euro currency are meeting Friday to discuss steps to make the region better prepared for potential crises. But, the mounting division between the 19 member states is threatening to stall any rapid progress. Broadly speaking, it refers to a vast group of measures put forward by the individual […]

Britain’s transport minister said on Tuesday that senior government ministers have backed the expansion of Heathrow Airport, paving the way for lawmakers to vote on the new runway within the next 21 days. “The scheme is crucial to our national interest,” minister Chris Grayling said in parliament. Source: cnbc europe UK ministers back Heathrow airport […]

Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the far-right League are close to an agreement over a cabinet team, two 5-Star sources said on Thursday as talks between the two parties continued. The groups are locked in talks to try to form a coalition government and end three months of political deadlock following inconclusive March 4 elections. […]

The CEO of Italy’s largest utility firm says he’s been left stunned by the tactics deployed by Spain’s Iberdrola, amid a bitter feud over Brazil’s largest power distributor. Europe’s top two utilities, Enel and Iberdrola, are in the midst of a fierce battle to secure the assets of Brazil’s Electropaulo. The South American grid operator […]

Russian metals tycoon Oleg Deripaska stepped down as a director of his aluminum firm Rusal as part of a choreographed series of steps which he hopes will persuade the U.S. government to rescind sanctions that have crippled his businesses. Deripaska is now actively preparing the next step: reducing his stake in En+, the group which […]

London’s Metropolitan Police force has been accused of racial discrimination over its use of a “gangs database” that an advocacy group has claimed breaches human rights. Amnesty International said Wednesday that the Met’s “Gang Violence Matrix,” a database holding information of approximately 3,800 people, listed a disproportionate amount of minorities. Seventy-eight percent of those listed […]