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Ukraine says it controls 90% of Kupiansk, Russia denies it
Date: December 17, 2025
KYIV, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine controls nearly 90% of the strategic northeastern town of Kupiansk, its military chief said on Wednesday, but Russia's defence minister said a Ukrainian counter-attack...
Freed Nobel laureate Bialiatski sees Belarus sliding back to Soviet times
Date: December 17, 2025
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Belarus human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who was freed on Saturday in a U.S.-brokered deal, only found out he had won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize...
Suspect arrested after earlier cyberattack on French interior ministry
Date: December 17, 2025
PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A cyberattack that hit the French interior ministry's email servers last week compromised at least a few dozen files, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Wednesday,...
WTO chair rules out reform deal at next major meeting, document shows
Date: December 17, 2025
By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Countries are making progress on reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO) but will fall short of clinching a deal at a major meeting...
EU Parliament approves phase out of Russian gas imports
Date: December 17, 2025
BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the bloc's plan to phase out Russian gas imports by late 2027, clearing the penultimate legal hurdle before the ban can pass...
Putin says Russia will take more land in Ukraine if Europe sinks peace moves
Date: December 17, 2025
MOSCOW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that there were some calls in the West to prepare for a major war with Russia and he described this as "hysteria" and "a...