Chemicals

The blast happened as Iran and U.S. officials met in Oman for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program.

Westminster is champing at the bit to see if Reform UK wins a crucial by-election against Labour next week. Locals are indifferent.

From Austria to Spain, not a single wine tested came back clean, exposing the reach of ultra-persistent chemicals in Europe’s food chain.

Clampdown comes amid 150 new trade sanctions against Russia.

A Brussels-backed project to develop the lithium reserves needed to power electric vehicles is fueling political instability on the European Union’s doorstep.

Earthworms may be the cause of PFAS entering the eggs, according to national public health institute.

Europe’s flawed oversight of pesticides may be fueling a silent epidemic, warns Dutch neurologist Bas Bloem. His fight for reform pits him against industry, regulators — and time.

With duty-free access set to expire in June, Kyiv is working with Brussels to revise its wartime trade deal — urging calm tweaks over political drama, and pushing to be treated as a future EU member, not a third country.

European trade officials sure know how to have fun.

As the European Commission plans levies of up to 25 percent on many exports from the U.S., it holds an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other.

Brooke Rollins said countries are “burning” up the phone lines to talk trade.

EU leaders aim to find a collective response to U.S.’s intention to ease sanctions on Moscow as an incentive to stop fighting Ukraine.

A week after the tanker crash off the English coast, officials are trying to work out the damage done — and who is going to pick up the bill.

Four sanctioned Russians will see their restrictions relaxed as part of a compromise.

EU steelmakers, facing steep decline, want Brussels to intervene to give them more access to scrap metal. Recyclers aren’t happy.

A ‘critical chemicals act’ would keep production of key molecules on EU soil, countries argue.

Ireland’s visiting prime minister endures an excruciating 45 minutes in Trump’s live-TV star chamber as the U.S. leader swings at Brussels, not Dublin.

Belgium first called for a law to tackle drug shortages in May 2023.

U.S. Stena Immaculate chemical tanker was carrying some 35 million liters of aviation fuel for the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command.

On the two-year anniversary of a train crash that killed 57 people, national protests reflect despair over its handling.

One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe’s future at stake.

The package includes a ban on servicing oil and gas refineries, but it does not include a full ban on Russian LNG.

EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.

Agreement reached to curb aluminum imports ahead of the three-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion.