Germany, the EU’s leading car exporter, is expected to be hardest hit by the tariffs. Car shipments to the US were worth €25.2 billion in 2024, followed by Italy (€3.4 billion) and Slovakia (€3.1 billion)
The EU had initially set a deadline of June 30, 2023, for all 27 Member States to submit their plans detailing how they intend to contribute to the European Union’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030
The panels, a hallmark of participative democracy in the Union, will focus on the theme “A new European budget fit for our ambitions” and are set to convene in Brussels between March 28-30 and May 16-18, 2025
Solomon Islands will soon engage in a bilateral security agreement with the Republic of Fiji as part of efforts to fill the gaps in its security space.
India: According to various news sites from India, the Indian Union Minister for Port, Shipping, and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, launched the first-ever Indian cruise ship to Sri Lanka from the Chennai Port on Monday.
Geneva [Switzerland]: On Monday, an influential group of supporters of Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, gathered in front of the UN office in Geneva to bring attention to the human rights violations in Pakistan.
Afghanistan: A local education official from Afghanistan said that nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan.
Pakistan: The agriculture sector of Pakistan contributes 18.9% to the GDP and employs 42.3% of the labour force, including women. The estimates suggested that half of the country’s population still resides in rural areas and is directly dependent on agriculture, including the production of wheat, cotton, sugarcane, rice, mangoes, dates and know. Yet, it faces a huge food crisis because of the rapidly growing population and insufficient food productivity.
