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Image for Russians curb New Year spending despite falling inflation

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Russians curb New Year spending despite falling inflation

Image for Russia urges restraint after Trump warns Iran of possible strike

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Russia urges restraint after Trump warns Iran of possible strike

Image for George Clooney, his wife Amal and their children obtain French citizenship

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George Clooney, his wife Amal and their children obtain French citizenship

Image for Moody's cuts Budapest's rating to junk due to row with national government

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Moody's cuts Budapest's rating to junk due to row with national government

Image for German prosecutors to end probe of billionaire Usmanov upon payment of 10 million euros

German prosecutors to end probe of billionaire Usmanov upon payment of 10 million euros

Date: December 30, 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A probe by German prosecutors into alleged foreign trade law violations by EU-sanctioned Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov is closed, his lawyers in Germany said in...

Image for Russia shows off deployment of nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles in Belarus

Russia shows off deployment of nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles in Belarus

Date: December 30, 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Belarus on Tuesday released video of what it said was the deployment on its territory of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system, a development that...

Image for Belarusian Lukashenko pardons 22 prisoners, Belta reports

Belarusian Lukashenko pardons 22 prisoners, Belta reports

Date: December 30, 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree pardoning 22 prisoners, the Belarusian news agency Belta reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by...

Image for Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first female prime minister, dies at 80

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first female prime minister, dies at 80

Date: December 30, 2025

By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh's first female prime minister in 1991 and went on to develop a bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina as they spent decades trading...

Image for Oil flat as Russia-Ukraine peace hopes fade, Yemen tensions rise

Oil flat as Russia-Ukraine peace hopes fade, Yemen tensions rise

Date: December 30, 2025

Dec 30 (Reuters) - Oil prices retreated a touch early on Tuesday after rising more than 2% in the previous session, partly driven by spillover from a pullback in precious metals even as escalating...

Image for China encircles Taiwan in massive military display

China encircles Taiwan in massive military display

Date: December 30, 2025

BEIJING/TAIPEI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - China launched 10 hours of live-firing exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, the second day of Beijing's largest-ever war games around the island, aimed at swiftly...