News from EU/NATO/UN

April 19th - April 25th, 2025

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Saturday/Sunday - April 19th - 20th

• Tariff deal talks to dominate IMF-World Bank meetings this week

• IMF’s tariff warnings may be too little, too late

• A world on edge is headed for a geopolitical reckoning – in May

• Trump aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO

 

Monday - April 21st

• UN researchers warn that Asian scam operations are spreading across the rest of the world

• World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab retires as chairman

• Kremlin says US position ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine gives satisfaction

 

Tuesday - April 22nd

• Latest EU’s #ForOurPlanet campaign kicks off on Earth Day 2025

• How China could play a role in European security as the US retreats

• IMF slashes GDP growth estimates for China, US and world as trade tensions rise

• ‘Entering a new era’: Trump tariffs cloud US, global economy outlooks, IMF says

• IMF cuts Latam, Caribbean 2025 GDP growth estimate

• IMF chief economist, asked about Trump attacks on Powell, says central banks must preserve independence

• Mexico's president counters IMF forecast of economic contraction

• EU looking at options to forbid new Russian gas contracts, source says

• UN experts to assess Hong Kong’s rescue team for accreditation next year

• Fireworks as thousands greet Serbian students who cycled to France seeking EU support for protests

• Spain vows to meet NATO spending goal of 2% GDP in 2025

• Spain says it will meet NATO’s defense spending goal of 2% of GDP this year

 

Wednesday - April 23rd

• Apple fined $890m and Meta $356m for breaching new EU laws

• EU fines Apple and Meta almost US$800 million amid Trump tariff tensions

• EU fines Apple and Meta for failing to comply with EU Digital Markets Act

• Schengen continues to facilitate lives of almost 450 million EU citizens, finds report

• WHO to undergo major overhaul and lay-offs amid US funding cuts

• IMF cuts growth forecast for most countries amid US tariffs

• Bessent says IMF and World Bank need reform and there’s an ‘opportunity for a big deal’ with China

• World Bank cuts Latin American and Caribbean growth view, highlights uncertainties

 

Thursday - April 24th

• EU to help boost Moldovan air defences against Russian drones

• New rules to improve EU road safety, cut air pollution and digitalise vehicle registration

• Israeli tank fire responsible for deadly strike at UN facility in Gaza, IDF report finds

• European Parliament in ‘final stage’ talks with China to drop lawmaker sanctions

• China’s UN envoy slams US in bid to bolster global support

• NATO chief urges allies to do more and says their freedom and prosperity depend on it

• IMF chief urges countries to move ‘swiftly’ to resolve trade tensions that threaten global growth

• European Union rep confirms updates to trade agreement with Mexico

• IMF's Georgieva urges Argentina to 'stay the course' on economic policy

• Nato's Rutte calls for 'quantum leap' as Europe boosts defence investment

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Friday - April 25th

• After cycling to France, Serbia’s protesting students run to Brussels to stir EU attention

• EU will 'leave no stone unturned' to reduce trade-related uncertainty, Ireland's Donohue says

• UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade

• Migrants deterred by Trump's border crackdown wait for UN help to return home

• Immunisation prevents diseases and protects lives

• New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad’s fall

• IMF's Georgieva says Argentine people to decide election, government should keep reforms