EUROPEAN UNION

The European Union's competition regulator said Tuesday it was looking into Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if it merits further investigation under the bloc's merger rules.

Belgian politician Charles Michel has announced he will step down as European Council president after running in the European Parliament elections set for June.

As many Western countries re-embrace nuclear power as they look to transition to fossil fuels, Madrid takes a different tack.

New solar installations have accelerated the transition away from natural gas and coal in two of Europe's leading economies.

Heat pump installations are rising rapidly across the globe. There's still work to be done, experts say.

Italy's governing right-wing parties on Wednesday scuppered an attempt by the opposition to introduce a minimum wage, which would have brought the country into line with the majority of the EU.

The European Union will seek to thrash out an agreement on sweeping rules to regulate artificial intelligence on Wednesday, following months of difficult negotiations in particular on how to monitor generative AI applications like ChatGPT. The EU is racing to approve the world's first comprehensive AI law after the issue took on greater urgency when the ChatGPT bot burst onto the scene last year, highlighting AI's dizzying advances.

Argentina's President-elect is expected to withdraw Argentina from a planned expansion of the non-western economic alliance.

The EU on Friday demanded Instagram-owner Meta provide more information about measures taken by the company to address child sexual abuse online.

The leaders of Canada and the European Union reiterated strong support at a summit Friday for Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, with new military assistance announced by Ottawa.

An EU-wide data-sharing scheme for Airbnb and similar rentals to help crack down on illegal short-term lets is a step closer after negotiators struck agreement Thursday.

Germany's leading renewable energy technology corporation is reorganizing its business operations in response to a crisis in its wind energy unit.

A key natural gas facility resumes production as energy providers in Egypt breathe a sigh of relief.

War in the Middle East has shaken up regional energy markets, as Israel's natural gas facilities hang in limbo and Egypt's energy grid struggles to stay online.

As Turkey's relations with the European Union come under strain over its democratic standards, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's outspoken pro-Palestinian stance on the war between Israel and Hamas is further testing ties.

The EU must lead the way in rejecting "dangerous myths" fuelling a rise in hardline anti-migration policies as the world grapples with mass displacements, actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett said Wednesday.

The EU's top tech enforcer told TikTok's CEO on Monday to "spare no effort" to counter disinformation, but recognised the changes already made by the video-sharing platform.

French President Emmanuel Macron toured Central Asia this week, as his country seeks to secure future sources of fueling France's massive nuclear program.

The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted advertisements.

EU leaders will on Thursday debate calling for humanitarian "pauses" in Israel's war with Hamas, as the bloc weighs how to respond to another conflict as fighting rages in Ukraine.

Germany is discussing plans to source green hydrogen from Algeria, reducing energy dependency on Russia and working towards fulfilling EU climate objectives.