After nearly a decade of stop-start negotiations, the EU-Australia free trade deal has finally crossed the finish line. "Australia used to have Europhobia — now we have at least some Eurovision," Tim Harcourt, of the University of Technology Sydney, told DW.
Australia and the European Union agreed on a new trade deal after eight years of negotiations. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the agreement at a ceremony in the Australian capital, Canberra.
Gold, cocoa and oil are goods that are sought-after globally. And they can all be found in abundance in Ghana. This explains why the West African country earns more from exports than it has to pay for imports. To receive beneficial export conditions, Ghana granted market access to trading partners for suboptimal returns.
Gold, cocoa and oil are goods that are sought-after globally. And they can all be found in abundance in Ghana. This explains why the West African country earns more from exports than it has to pay for imports.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 250 political prisoners on Thursday in exchange for easing sanctions from Washington, according to the US embassy in nearby Lithuania. It is reportedly the largest one-time release of its kind so far, as Belarus is ramping up efforts to normalize ties with the United States.
Cargo containers are staged near cranes at the Port of Tacoma in Washington. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP U.S. customs officials say they're working on a system to deliver tariff refunds, and they hope it'll be up and running within 45 days.
Razed forests, collapsing fisheries and vanishing pollinators rarely register as national security threats. Yet recognition is growing that nature loss poses serious risks to political stability.
Germany's customs agency on Tuesday revealed that a sizable seizure of the drug ketamine was made at Cologne/Bonn Airport when an otherwise innocent-looking decoy object drew suspicion. Some 25 kilograms (about 55 pounds) of the widely misused anesthetic was found squirreled away inside five bushy-bearded garden gnomes that had been painted gold. How was the ketamine shipment found?
The US on Monday announced sanctions on Rwanda's military and senior military officials for supporting the rebel March 23 Movement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC government expressed its "deep appreciation" of the US, calling the sanctions "a clear signal of support" for the respect of its "sovereignty and territorial integrity."
Farm workers left sick or sterilized after working with a toxic pesticide on Nicaraguan banana plantations saw their case rejected by a Paris court on Tuesday.
The European Commission will "proceed with [the] provisional application" of the Mercosur trade deal with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday. Von der Leyen's announcement came after Uruguay and Argentina ratified the agreement on Thursday, paving the way for its provisional application.
Even by Donald Trump's standards, 2026 has been unusually frenetic. From the ousting of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, to his threats to annex Greenland, to his repeated vows to use military action against Iran, a lot has been happening. Yet amid all these geopolitical upheavals, one key tool has pretty much defined both of Trump's presidencies: tariffs.