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Asia rides the dollar dip
Asia is back on top. The region’s stock markets have beaten the United States and Europe this year, credit markets are strong, currencies are strengthening, and investors expect the momentum […]
EM optimism after stellar year
Emerging markets (EMs) are poised to start 2026 as a favoured trade on Wall Street, with money managers betting a multi-year cycle of investment inflows is underway. Read full story […]
Zelenskiy says Russia using Belarus territory to circumvent Ukrainian defences
Dec 26 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ‌said on Friday that Russia was using ordinary apartment blocks on the ‌territory of its ally Belarus to attack Ukrainian targets and circumvent […]
Riyadh hosts Saudi-Chinese festival as cultural year draws to a close
RIYADAH, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — A Saudi-Chinese cultural festival opened this week in Riyadh, capping a year-long initiative aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries through art, technology, and […]
Brazil’s top court orders detention of ex- head of highway police after escape attempt
SAO PAULO, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Brazil ‌Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the preventive ‌detention of the former head of the country’s federal highway police, ‌who […]
Four hikers found dead on Greek mountain
ATHENS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — Four hikers were found dead on Friday on Mount Vardousia in central Greece, near Delphi, according to the Greek national broadcaster ERT. Read full story […]
Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find
WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic ‌missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver […]
Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after release from Egyptian prison
LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters) – High-profile activist ‌Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after an ‌Egyptian presidential pardon in September, has arrived in Britain, the Egyptian-British ‌campaigner’s family […]
Zelenskiy to hold talks with Trump on Sunday on ending Ukraine war
KYIV, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will ‌discuss territorial issues, the main stumbling block in talks to end the war, with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida […]
Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on airstrike
LAGOS, Dec 26 (Reuters) – ‌By publicly cooperating with the United States on a Christmas Day airstrike, Nigeria’s government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago […]