Europe risks falling further behind the United States and China in pharmaceutical research and innovation because of "mind-blowing" bureaucracy and government policies ‌threatening jobs, Roche Chief Executive Thomas Schinecker warned on Thursday.

The European Union has unveiled a raft of planned emergency measures to cushion its economy from soaring energy costs.

His is a view shared with growing certainty by defence planners around the world, as they watch waves of Iranian drones grind down Middle Eastern air defences and Russian and Ukrainian ones pin down troops in trenches.

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, April 22 (Reuters) - The European Commission will set out plans on Wednesday to cut electricity taxes and coordinate the summer refill of countries' gas storage, as it seeks to cushion the energy fallout from the Iran war.

Discover 13 things cheaper in Europe vs the U.S., from health care to groceries, as Americans share surprising price differences abroad.

Europe’s nationalist right rejoiced when Donald Trump was first elected in 2016. It celebrated again when he returned to the White House last year. His triumph was seen as a vindication of the anti-immigrant, anti-woke platforms that have been gaining momentum on their side of the Atlantic, too.

New research suggests Mount Etna forms from deep mantle magma pockets, possibly classifying it as a rare “petit-spot” volcano rather than a typical tectonic or hotspot volcano.

By Amina Ismail and Layli Foroudi AMSTERDAM, April 22 (Reuters) - Armed men burst into the apartment where student Mohamad lived with his Alawite family in the Syrian city of Jableh on March 7 last year and forced the 20-year-old and his father to lie face down as they pleaded for their lives.