In 2024, China again set a record for the launch of new wind and solar power plants. Europe, which is pushing the climate agenda more aggressively than all other regions of the world, is lagging behind China has quadrupled the rate of commissioning of new green energy capacities.

Many fear the cessation of U.S. funds could expose Washington's allies and create a vacuum that its foes could gladly seek to fill.

The EU unveiled a much-anticipated blueprint to revamp Europe's economic model on Wednesday, marking a shift towards a more business-friendly Brussels after five years of heavy focus on green goals.With US President Donald Trump promising tariffs and a gargantuan AI push,

China became Russia's sole supplier of gallium, germanium, and stibium, chemical substances needed to produce weapons, including nuclear ones, after the introduction of EU and U.S. sanctions in 2022,

The European Commission set out a years-long plan to regain competitiveness in global industries, as European businesses face fierce competition from China and new challenges under U.S. President Donald Trump.

The European Commission presented on Wednesday its plans to reverse industrial decline in the bloc and step up efforts to compete with the United States and China in new fields such as AI, and to lower energy costs and cut red tape.

The Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) which aims to study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. The mission aims to shed light on space weather processes and their effects on Earth.

Donald Trump's rapid move to ban a "digital dollar" has left the field wide open, observers say, for China and Europe to make their already-advanced central bank digital currency (CBDC) prototypes into global standard-setters.

EU nations must work together quickly to help the bloc compete against global economic powerhouses like China and the U.S., European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

The move comes as the head of the European Central Bank suggested that Americans disaffected with the Trump administration should come to Europe.

EUROPEAN tech shares came under pressure on Monday, after Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s low-cost artificial intelligence model sparked worries about returns in the AI business and the need for costly chips.

The busy scene at Dapukou terminal of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, East China's Zhejiang Province File photo: Li Hao/GT The first container ship of the "China-Europe Express", the cargo ship KAWA Ningbo, operating the fastest direct route connecting Europe and China's Yangtze River Delta region,