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EU plans anti-money laundering agency in wake of scandals
The EU says it will set up a stand-alone agency to crack down on money laundering across Europe where major banks have been hit by a wave of dirty money scandals
Why have the floods in Europe been so deadly?
Devastating floods in Germany and other parts of western Europe have been described as a "catastrophe" and a "war zone". How did this happen and why has it been so bad?
World passes ‘tragic milestone’ of four million Covid deaths: WHO
The UN health agency says the world has passed the "tragic milestone" of four million recorded Covid-19 fatalities, adding that the pandemic's true toll was probably higher
Ireland’s low-tax economy can survive OECD reform: experts
Ireland has become the European base for a raft of US multinationals but what impact will the global tax reforms have on its low corporate tax regime?
The Covid-era summer travel rules for Europe
A EU-wide Covid travel certificate is coming into force on July 1 and easier travel is fanning hopes that European tourism will slowly emerge from its worst period in living memory
Countries that allow transgender people easy status change
Spain has become the latest country to allow transgender people to change their status on official documents with a simple declaration. How do other countries handle gender status changes?
US, EU strike Airbus-Boeing deal, turn to China ‘challenges’
US President Joe Biden and the EU have agreed a long-term truce in the 17-year-old Airbus-Boeing feud, putting aside their own disputes to take on a rising China
G7’s billion jabs plan highlights global imbalance
The G7's plan to donate one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses will help combat the pandemic in poorer countries but will hardly end the drastic global imbalance in access to jabs
Cure for summertime blues? Europe gears up for tourists
What are the rules in Europe's key tourism hotspots as the continent welcomes back visitors after coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions dented the sector in 2020?
G7 strikes ‘historic’ agreement over global corporate tax
Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations have endorsed a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15%, targeting tech giants and other multinationals accused of not paying enough tax