Ursula von der Leyen

A top European Union official unveiled on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, a plan to cap the revenues of electricity producing companies that are making extraordinary profits due to the war in Ukraine and climate change, saying the proposal could raise $140 billion to help people hit by spiraling energy prices.

The European Union’s executive arm moved on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, to jump−start plans for the 27−nation bloc to abandon Russian energy amid the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, proposing a nearly 300 billion−euro ($315 billion) package that includes more efficient use of fuels and faster rollout of renewable power.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unannounced visit on Sunday, May 8, 2022, to Ukraine, where he reopened the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv and expressed unwavering support for the embattled country.

Talks ahead of the key COP15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow — and much has been asked of the developing world.

Western nations expelled dozens more of Moscow's diplomats and weighed further sanctions as they expressed their revulsion at what they say are war crimes.

Hate speech, disinformation and online extremism can't be allowed to prevent people from enjoying the freedom that cyberspace offers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at an international discussion on the internet.

The European Union's top official on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, exhorted the 27 member nations to wean themselves off natural gas not only to speed the transition to clean energy but also to make the bloc a more independent player in the world.

Europe's famed summer holiday season is in full swing, but efforts to inoculate people against the coronavirus are not taking a break.

More than 20 people have died and dozens of people were missing on Thursday in Germany and neighbouring Belgium after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse.

Canada is putting together options to retaliate if Europe breaks its promise not to cut off Canada's shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, though Europe appears to be keeping that promise at least for now.

Health Canada is on track to give the green light to a third COVID-19 vaccine within the next two weeks and a fourth may not be far behind, offering a glimmer of hope at the end of a week of nothing but vaccine vexation.

The Trudeau government is being urged to follow the tough talk of Europe's health minister, who on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, accused a vaccine company of not living up to its moral and legal obligations because of delivery delays.

Canada is not getting any COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech next week and the federal government says it can't tell provinces exactly how many doses to expect over the next month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared by videoconference at the One Planet Summit and announced a $55-million contribution to a UN fund to protect against land degradation.

Lighting industry’s exemption from 2011 ban may jeopardise climate goals, says Sweden