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EU leaders face crunch decision on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) – European Union leaders will try to agree on how to lend billions of euros of desperately needed cash to Ukraine in a meeting on Thursday […]
Three dead, cargo ship catches fire in drone attacks on Russia’s Rostov region
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Three people, including two crew members of a cargo vessel, were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don and the […]
Takeaways from Trump’s year-end address to the nation
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump used a pre-holiday address from the White House on Wednesday to portray his first year in office as a success story, […]
Bolivia president removes fuel subsidies
LA PAZ, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, who took office last month, on Wednesday said his government would remove long-standing fuel subsidies in a bid to shore […]
Venezuela requests UN Security Council meet over ‘ongoing US aggression’
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Venezuela on Wednesday requested that the United Nations Security Council meet to discuss “ongoing U.S. aggression” against the country, according to a letter to […]
Ukrainian drones hit tanker in Russia’s Rostov port causing deaths, mayor says
Dec 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones hit a tanker in the southern Russian port of Rostov-on-Don, killing and injuring a number of people and sparking a fire, the city’s mayor […]
Brazil Senate approves bill to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year sentence for coup plot
BRASILIA, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate approved on Wednesday a bill to shorten the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro, although it is likely to face resistance […]
Roundup: Warner Bros. Discovery recommends shareholders reject Paramount Skydance’s tender offer
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — The board of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), a leading global media and entertainment company, on Wednesday recommended that shareholders reject Paramount Skydance’s 108.4-billion-U.S.-dollar tender […]
California regulator finds Tesla misled consumers on driver-assistance technology
SACRAMENTO, United States, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has issued a decision saying that Tesla violated state law by using misleading advertising to promote […]
Funeral for youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim, Matilda, to be held on Thursday
SYDNEY, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The funeral of 10-year-old Bondi Beach shooting victim Matilda will be held in Sydney on Thursday as her parents criticised the government for failing to […]