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Image for Markets quietly welcome EU shift to joint borrowing for Ukraine loan

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Markets quietly welcome EU shift to joint borrowing for Ukraine loan

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Putin promises to look into case of jailed Frenchman Laurent Vinatier

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Presses fall silent after mobs torch offices of Bangladesh's top newspapers

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Ukraine can advise Poland on drone defence, Zelenskiy says in Warsaw

Image for French government calls for Christmas truce in farmer protests

French government calls for Christmas truce in farmer protests

Date: December 19, 2025

PARIS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The French government on Friday called for a Christmas truce with protesting farmers, warning against further blockades during the holiday season, a move the country's main...

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Macron says Europe will need to engage with Putin if US peace talks fail

Date: December 19, 2025

By Michel Rose BRUSSELS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Europe will have to re-engage in direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin if the latest U.S.-led efforts to broker a Ukraine peace deal founder,...

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ECB's Santos Pereira: inflation at target, rate moves to hinge on economy

Date: December 19, 2025

LISBON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Alvaro Santos Pereira said on Tuesday inflation in the euro area was expected to remain at the ECB's target level of around 2% in the...

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Putin says Trump is right to sue BBC over speech edit

Date: December 19, 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told his annual end-of-year press conference on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump was right to sue the BBC over edited clips of his...

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Rogue texts, aliens and a marriage proposal - welcome to Vladimir Putin's phone-in

Date: December 19, 2025

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Sarcastic messages briefly flashed up on a big screen in the hall where Russian President Vladimir Putin was holding his annual press conference and "direct line" phone-in on Friday...

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Prince Harry and Meghan to revamp Archewell charitable arm

Date: December 19, 2025

LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are to revamp their charitable organisation with the aim of expanding the royal couple's global philanthropic work, their...