Mexico’s Senate has voted to ratify a new free trade agreement with the United States and Canada, making it the first of the three countries to gain legislative approval.

A year after the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear agreement, the pact is at severe risk of collapse and the EU is caught in the middle, trying to keep economic supply lines to the Islamic Republic open under the threat of U.S. sanctions.

Local investors are pumping money into their New England newspaper chain in hopes of saving local journalism, but attracting new readers has been tougher than expected.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has unveiled plans to make it more difficult for the unemployed to claim benefits.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that highway tolls in Germany are illegal because they unfairly penalize drivers from other European Union countries.

Experts are meeting in Germany for ten days of U.N.-hosted talks on climate change amid growing pressure for governments to take faster action to curb global warming.

France, Germany and Spain have agreed to develop a multibillion joint European fighter jet and air combat system that could also control drones and satellites in a move toward more strategic autonomy for Europe.

The huge blackout that left tens of millions of people in the dark in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay over the weekend raised serious questions about the vulnerability of the power grid in South America and brought criticism down on Argentina’s leader.

Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht is filing for bankruptcy protection to restructure $13 billion in debt, according to a statement from the company.

Scotland faces “substantial obstacles” in the drive to cut carbon while keeping energy supplies reliable and affordable, a study has said.