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Ukraine drone debris sparks fire at Russia's Slavyansk refinery, authorities say
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Volkswagen battery business PowerCo looking more intensively at external funding
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TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges
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Analysis-Australia's gun laws riddled with loopholes and workarounds, experts say
Date: December 17, 2025
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - After Australia's deadliest mass shooting in 1996, the country rushed in some of the world's toughest gun laws, including mandatory licensing and background...
EU to strengthen carbon levy on high-emission imports, crack down on attempted evasion
Date: December 17, 2025
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 17 - The European Union will expand its carbon border levy - a fee charged on imports of high-emission goods - to cover car parts and washing machines, according to draft...
Russia-China Far Eastern gas route construction progressing, China ambassador to Russia tells RIA
Date: December 17, 2025
Dec 17 (Reuters) - Construction is progressing on a planned Far Eastern route to supply Russian natural gas to China, Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow, Zhang Hanhui, told Russia’s RIA news agency in...
European lawmakers vote for scheme to improve access to abortions
Date: December 17, 2025
PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The EU's parliament will vote on Wednesday on a scheme that would enable women from nations restricting abortion to terminate pregnancies in another member state free of...
Analysis-Pakistan's military chief Asim Munir in spotlight over Trump's Gaza plan
Date: December 17, 2025
By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan's most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to...
Sydney mourners remember slain rabbis killed in Bondi Beach shooting
Date: December 17, 2025
By Christine Chen and Scott Murdoch SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners have gathered in a Bondi synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday, a few blocks away from the...