Alberto Nardelli

The President-elect says he’ll end the war in Ukraine. Europe is confronting the reality it will have to step up if the US cuts back support for Kyiv — but that won’t be easy.

The European Union is proposing to sanction several Chinese firms that it claims helped Russian companies develop attack drones that were deployed against Ukraine.

The US is approaching a final decision to lift some restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western-made weapons to strike limited military targets in Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.

North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations.

The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions aimed at targeting the shadow fleet of tankers Russia is using to get its oil to market, according to people familiar with the matter.

The European Union sees very limited progress in negotiations with China aimed at finding an alternative to tariffs on electric vehicles and the bloc currently sees little prospect of a quick deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

The UK has spent more than a year trying to get hundreds of guns moved from floating armories that are helping Russia profit enormously from its oil trade despite widespread sanctions

The European Union has decided to send officials to Beijing to hold more talks aimed at finding an alternative to tariffs on electric vehicles from China, according to people familiar with the matter.

After months of negotiations, threats of retaliation and auto-industry lobbying, the European Union went ahead and imposed higher tariffs today on electric vehicles from China.

Group of Seven nations finalized a $50 billion loan to Ukraine backed by the profits generated by immobilized Russian central bank assets, clearing the way for much-needed aid to soon flow to Kyiv and largely shielding critical financing from the outcome of the US presidential election.