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Moldova's parliament passes 2025 budget with deficit at 4% of GDP
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Russia declares federal emergency over Black Sea oil spill
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Azerbaijan Airlines flight was downed by Russian air defence system, four sources say
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Russia's Rosatom launches wind turbine blade factory replacing Vestas plant
Date: December 26, 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom launched a wind turbine blade factory at the location of a plant formerly owned by Denmark's Vestas, the governor of Russia's Ulyanovsk...
Gaza medics say Israeli strike kills five journalists, Israel says it hit militants
Date: December 26, 2024
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza authorities said an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital on Thursday but the Israeli army said it...
Spain’s industrial prices rise 0.9% year-on-year in November
Date: December 26, 2024
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish industrial prices rose 0.9% in the 12 months through November, after a 3.9% decrease in the 12 months through October, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Thursday. Industrial prices rose 2.7% in November from October, INE said. (Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)...
Russia's VTB buys nationalised agriculture firm
Date: December 26, 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's second-largest lender, VTB, has acquired an agricultural company in southern Russia, which was nationalised after its former owners were accused of corruption and fled...
South Korea’s Shinsegae to set up joint venture with Alibaba International
Date: December 26, 2024
By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean retailer Shinsegae plans to set up a joint venture with Alibaba International, Shinsegae affiliate E-Mart said on Thursday. The joint venture will be formed partly by Shinsegae investing its 100% stake in South Korean e-commerce platform Gmarket, it said in a regulatory filing. AliExpress Korea...
China revises up 2023 GDP to $17.73 trln, rules out impact on 2024 figure
Date: December 26, 2024
BEIJING (Reuters) -China revised upwards its 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) by 2.7% to 129.4 trillion yuan ($17.73 trillion), a top statistics official said on Thursday, while releasing the fifth national economic census. Policy support late this year has set China’s economy on track to hit a growth target of “around 5%” as activity warmed...