The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, on Thursday took Britain to the bloc’s top court over its granting tax breaks in commodities trading, just two months before Brexit day. “The Commission decided today to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the EU for extending the ...
Russia on Thursday slammed foreign interference in Venezuela and denounced the opposition’s “usurpation of power”, calling President Nicolas Maduro the Latin American country’s legitimate leader. In a strongly-worded statement backing Maduro, the Russian foreign ministry warned that international support for opposition leader Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president Wednesday, ...
