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Image for Europe's auto industry future may be electric even after EU climbdown

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Europe's auto industry future may be electric even after EU climbdown

Image for Factbox-Can Ukraine survive without the EU's 'reparation loan'?

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Factbox-Can Ukraine survive without the EU's 'reparation loan'?

Image for EU leaders will loan 90 billion euros to Ukraine, but fail to agree to use frozen Russian assets

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EU leaders will loan 90 billion euros to Ukraine, but fail to agree to use frozen Russian assets

Image for Analysis-Return of 'Make Europe Great Again' trades hinges on German comeback

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Analysis-Return of 'Make Europe Great Again' trades hinges on German comeback

Image for Oil prices settle slightly higher as market assesses mounting supply risks

Oil prices settle slightly higher as market assesses mounting supply risks

Date: December 18, 2025

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Oil prices were up nearly a dollar in Asian trade on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced a blockade on tankers entering and leaving Venezuela...

Image for Belarus' Lukashenko says US admission of failure to overturn re-election could revive relations

Belarus' Lukashenko says US admission of failure to overturn re-election could revive relations

Date: December 18, 2025

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview that relations with the United States could improve and that a starting point could be U.S. acknowledgment that a...

Image for Ukrainian drones kill three people in Russia's Rostov region, authorities say

Ukrainian drones kill three people in Russia's Rostov region, authorities say

Date: December 18, 2025

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones hit a tanker in the southern Russian port of Rostov-on-Don, killing and injuring a number of people and sparking a fire, the city's mayor was quoted as saying early...

Image for Shares in South Korea's LGES drop more than 7% after Ford cancels EV battery deal

Shares in South Korea's LGES drop more than 7% after Ford cancels EV battery deal

Date: December 18, 2025

SEOUL, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Shares of LG Energy Solution dropped as much as 7.6% in morning trade on Thursday after the company announced a day earlier that Ford Motor had cancelled an electric vehicle...

Image for Factbox-What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney's Bondi Beach Jewish event

Factbox-What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney's Bondi Beach Jewish event

Date: December 18, 2025

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Among the 15 victims of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach targeting an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah were a couple who tried to thwart the attack, and others...

Image for Australia promises new hate laws as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is laid to rest

Australia promises new hate laws as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is laid to rest

Date: December 17, 2025

By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The funeral of 10-year-old Bondi Beach shooting victim Matilda will be held in Sydney on Thursday as her parents criticised the government for failing to...