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The European Union announced new proposals to tackle climate change over the next few decades. The "Fit for 55" plan aims to reduce carbon emissions throughout the EU by 55% by 2030. If achieved, this would make Europe the "world's first carbon-neutral continent" by 2050. New York Times international climate reporter Somini Sengupta joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.
The digital COVID Certificate is being rolled out across the member nations of the EU this month to ease travel restrictions. It allows anyone who has been double vaccinated, tested negative for COVID, or proven to have recovered from COVID a digital passport allowing them passage between most EU member countries. As Chris Livesay reports from Rome, the new system is not available in the U.S., nor is it applicable to travelers from the U.S.
Nearly 1.9 million people took to the skies Saturday and more are expected now that the European Union's 15-month ban on U.S. travel is over. But the contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is still spreading. Lilia Luciano has more.
The European Union is ending pandemic-era travel restrictions for visitors from the United States. Errol Barnett has the latest.
As Europe is gradually reopens to tourists after more than a year of pandemic-related lockdowns, the EU is launching digital COVID certificates to keep outbreaks at bay. The passes will allow people to travel easily around the 27-nation bloc largely without having to quarantine or be tested. Politico reporter Hanne Cokelaere joined CBSN to discuss the rollout.
More than 100 people are missing after a boat carrying about 200 passengers broke and sank in Nigeria's River Niger. Switzerland has ended talks with the European Union, rejecting a treaty agreement for closer ties. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio joins "CBSN AM" from Hong Kong with a roundup of those and other headlines.
The U.S. and other nations are demanding an investigation into the forced landing of a passenger plane in Belarus, where an opposition journalist was arrested. The 26-year-old appeared in a brief video, but there are growing concerns about his safety. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer joined CBSN AM with the latest.
European Union leaders late Monday agreed on a set of sanctions against Belarus, including a ban on the use of the 27-nation bloc’s airspace and airports. They also called for the release of Roman Pratasevich, the journalist detained who has been vocal in his opposition to authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. As Elizabeth Palmer reports, Pratasevich appeared in a short video, seemingly staged, saying he was being treated well.
Some European leaders are condemning Belarus' authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko after he forced the landing of a commercial plane in order to arrest an opposition figure. Critics called it a "hijacking." CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata joined "CBSN AM" with the latest.
The EU also agreed on easing the criteria for nations to be considered a safe country, from which all tourists can travel.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban brought his ideal of an "illiberal state" even closer to fruition this week when the country's parliament passed legislation that would put universities and cultural institutions under the control of government-appointed trustees. Budapest-based Reuters correspondent Marton Dunai joins CBSN AM to talk about Hungary's latest democratic backsliding.
A battle is brewing over big data and artificial intelligence, which fuel new technology in everything from consumer devices to military advances. In the U.S., tech companies have the freedom to develop new applications, but in countries like China and Russia, the government has more control over big data. CBSN contributor and Signal newsletter writer Alex Kliment takes us through the latest.
The European Union's highest court has ruled that Uber should be regulated like a taxi company. Theo Legget of BBC News has more on what this means for users and the industry.
The 27-nation bloc's executive branch has recommended opening up non-essential travel to people from outside Europe, but there are conditions.
The EU says search giant Google must pay for antitrust violations
Britain's exit from the European Union is officially underway, starting a two-year clock for a deal to be negotiated. Griff Witte, London bureau chief for The Washington Post, spoke to CBSN about who will have the upper hand in the dealmaking process.
Two years of Brexit negotiations begin today. Britain's prime minister has triggered her country's withdrawal from the European Union under Article 50 of the EU Constitution. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Prince William and Duchess Kate continue their visit to Paris this weekend. The trip aims to calm nerves between Britain and France in the wake of Britain's controversial decision to leave the European Union. Charlie D'Agata reports.
CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports on the court ruling that allows employers in the European Union to bar workers from wearing visible religious symbols such as headscarves.
The European Union's president calls the Trump administration a "threat" to Europe, in the same category as Russia, China and radical Islam. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is defending the rollout and enforcement of the president's temporary travel ban for seven mostly-Muslim countries. Margaret Brennan reports.
The head of the European Commission says Americans who are fully vaccinated can travel to the European Union's 27 member states this summer. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about the move to revive tourism across the Atlantic.
The British Prime Minister outlined a 12-point Brexit plan Tuesday. PM Theresa May said the U.K. is leaving the European Union -- will not be leaving Europe. CBS News' Ryan Chilcote joins CBSN with the latest from London.
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May explains how she wants a clean break from the European Union.
At the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump adviser and founder of SkyBridge Capital Anthony Scaramucci talks with CBS News about the incoming administration's planned relationship with China and the need for what he calls "symmetrical" free trade.
In an interview with CBS News, Trump adviser and founder of SkyBridge Capital Anthony Scaramucci comments on the controversy surrounding those backing out of the inauguration of President-elect Trump.
Hurricane Melissa turned its sights on Cuba after making landfall Jamaica as a fierce Category 5 storm.
President Trump's final stop of his Asia tour will be focused on trade with China and the Pacific.
The Senate failed for a 13th time on advancing a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.
President Trump fired all six sitting members of a board that oversees architecture in D.C., as he plans a slate of major building projects — including a massive White House ballroom.
The Senate passed a measure that would block President Trump's tariffs on Brazil, after Democrats drew support from a handful of Republicans.
The U.S. on Monday struck four more vessels that the Pentagon says were trafficking narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced.
The order from Netanyahu follows heightened tensions after Hamas returned a set of remains that Israel said belonged to a hostage recovered earlier in the war.
Officials from half the states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to order the Department of Agriculture to provide food stamp benefits for November.
Amazon and UPS on Tuesday announced tens of thousands of job cuts, the latest signal that the U.S. labor market is downshifting.