UK-Canada trade chiefs to meet after ‘sour’ Indo-Pacific talks
LONDON — U.K. trade chief Kemi Badenoch meets her Canadian counterpart Tuesday after the two nations clashed over Britain’s bid to join a key Asia-Pacific trade bloc. The U.K. is on the cusp of...
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Zelenskyy digs in against calls to quit Bakhmut
Doubts are growing about the wisdom of holding the shattered frontline city of Bakhmut against relentless Russian assaults, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is digging in and insists his...
View ArticleUK proposes lighter touch approach to post-Brexit border checks
LONDON — British goods imports from the EU will be subject to new red tape from October, after the U.K. government today released its new post-Brexit border proposals. The new plans will see a more...
View ArticleUkraine criticizes Poland’s move to block farm products; Hungary joins ban
Ukraine criticized a decision by the Polish government on Saturday to ban imports of Ukrainian agricultural goods, including products intended for other countries, saying it violated a prior agreement...
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EU nears endgame of trade talks with Australia
Australian and European trade negotiators are meeting this week for what they hope will be the last formal negotiating round of the EU-Australia trade talks. But don’t hold your breath for a handshake...
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Brexit red tape to send UK food prices soaring even higher
LONDON — A new system of border checks on goods arriving from Europe is expected to force rocketing U.K. food prices even higher as businesses grapple with hundreds of millions of pounds in extra...
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Grain debacle makes mockery of EU support for Ukraine
BRUSSELS — Nearly two weeks after its Eastern front-line member countries banned imports of Ukrainian grain, the European Union is still struggling to come up with a plan to clear a massive and...
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The power behind the throne
In modern Britain, the monarchy still shapes how the country is run. By Tim Ross Illustration by Tim O’Brien LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II saw it all coming. After seven decades as the United...
View ArticleSpain approves €2B package to alleviate drought impact
The Spanish government approved measures on Thursday valued at more than €2 billion to mitigate the impact of a prolonged drought that’s clobbering the country’s agricultural sector. “Spain is a...
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Russia’s twilight zone, where wartime life is nearly normal
VORONEZH, Russia — The Russian jets flying overhead to Ukraine every so often can be heard but they can’t be seen. It is a metaphor for the city of Voronezh, some 250 kilometers north of the border...
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The next agricultural revolution is doing away with … agriculture
BERLIN — The fall of the Berlin Wall more than three decades ago heralded the collapse of Soviet communism. Now, a short walk away, a team of chemical engineers and food scientists is tinkering with...
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How Boris Johnson sold out Britain’s farmers over dinner with the Australian PM
LONDON — It was a dinner like no other. Two prime ministers sat face to face across a grand Westminster dining room, the first ever free-trade agreement between their nations all but complete. On the...
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Global plastic treaty talks limp on despite blockade by oil-rich countries
PARIS — Getting 170-plus countries to agree on a global treaty to fight plastic pollution was never going to be easy. But negotiators didn’t think clearing the first hurdle would be this hard. A...
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Restaurant review: Iosono il Piemonte
Rue du Trône 62 What’s good? Genuine, high-quality food from one of Italy’s most underrated culinary hotspots. The menu offers a range of Piedmontese hits including vitello tonnato, sliced veal...
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Tennis has a Russia problem
Ukrainian players have a message for world tennis: You cannot be serious. Just as the world’s top stars are battling their way through the first week of Wimbledon, tennis is grappling with how to...
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Global hunger shows no sign of reversing
Global hunger has surged since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with about 122 million more people struggling from a lack of food in 2022 compared to 2019, according to an annual report from the United...
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Rural uprising: How Britain’s farmers fell out of love with the Conservative...
WEST SUSSEX, England — In 33 years as a farmer, David Exwood has never known a period like this. “I think it is the most uncertain,” he says, sitting in warm summer sunshine by the Victorian...
View Article‘It’s a fucking trap!’ The Great Euro Conspiracy Theory
BRUSSELS ― A conspiracy theory is spreading across Europe. It has nothing to do with lizards in human form or the Freemasons or COVID, and there’s every chance you’ve never heard of it. But give it...
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UK confirms fifth delay to post-Brexit border checks
LONDON — The U.K. has confirmed a further delay to post-Brexit border checks on food coming from the EU for a fifth time in order to give businesses “additional time to prepare” for the changes. New...
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Labour’s Keir Starmer is a green activist to his core
LONDON — Long before he was bookies’ favorite to be Britain’s next prime minister, Keir Starmer was a tree hugger. A pescatarian who gave up meat 25 years ago as a “matter of principle” because it...
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