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Image for UK actors vote to reject digital scans in AI rights push, echoing Hollywood battles

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UK actors vote to reject digital scans in AI rights push, echoing Hollywood battles

Image for Putin's spymaster spoke by phone with new MI6 chief, TASS reports

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Putin's spymaster spoke by phone with new MI6 chief, TASS reports

Image for UK pauses trials of Ajax in new setback for army fighting vehicle

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UK pauses trials of Ajax in new setback for army fighting vehicle

Image for Germany signs $2.35 billion armoured vehicle deal with Finland's Patria

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Germany signs $2.35 billion armoured vehicle deal with Finland's Patria

Image for Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine's behest

Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine's behest

Date: December 18, 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A Belarusian man accused by Russia's FSB security service of blowing up two trains in Siberia on the orders of Ukraine's intelligence services was jailed for 22 years on...

Image for Lasers turn back time on Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius

Lasers turn back time on Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius

Date: December 18, 2025

By Crispian Balmer ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Just as cosmetic surgeons wield lasers to smooth away wrinkles, archaeologists in Rome are firing beams of light at history itself, peeling away decades of...

Image for Italy raids illegal tobacco factory, seizes 27 tonnes of cigarettes

Italy raids illegal tobacco factory, seizes 27 tonnes of cigarettes

Date: December 18, 2025

ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters) - An illegal tobacco factory that produced four million counterfeit cigarettes per day, evading millions of euros in taxes and duties, has been uncovered and seized near Rome,...

Image for Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act

Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act

Date: December 18, 2025

By Catarina Demony LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Families, lawyers and supporters of the detained pro-Palestinian activists who are on hunger strike in Britain issued an urgent plea to the government on...

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EU leaders think it is fair to use Russian assets for Ukraine, Polish PM says

Date: December 18, 2025

WARSAW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - European Union leaders agree that it would be fair to use Russian assets to finance Ukraine, but there are many technical points that need to be ironed out, Polish Prime...

Image for EU court says Denmark's ethnic-based 'ghetto law' may be discriminatory

EU court says Denmark's ethnic-based 'ghetto law' may be discriminatory

Date: December 18, 2025

COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The EU's top court ruled on Thursday that Denmark's 2018 "ghetto law," which relocates residents from minority-heavy areas, could amount to ethnic discrimination,...