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How Brazil's deadliest police raid turned into a bloodbath

By Manuela Andreoni, Fabio Teixeira and Luciana Magalhaes RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Just af...

20th December, 2025

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Bangladesh holds state funeral for slain youth leader amid tight security

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Bangladesh tightened security on Saturday, deploying police and paramilitary forc...

20th December, 2025

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Ukraine says it hit Russian oil rig, patrol ship in Caspian Sea

KYIV, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine said its drones struck a Russian oil rig belonging to Lukoil in the...

20th December, 2025

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US, Russian officials meet in Florida for more Ukraine talks

By Steve Holland and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Dec 20 - U.S. negotiators are set to meet Russian offic...

20th December, 2025

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US hits ISIS in Syria with large retaliatory strikes, officials say

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart Dec 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military launched large-scale strikes aga...

20th December, 2025

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Australia PM says Jewish community 'completely unbreakable' after Bondi attack

SYDNEY, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Around 1,000 surf lifesavers returned to duty at Sydney's Bondi Beach on...

20th December, 2025

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Russia's Dmitriev heading for US to meet Witkoff, Kushner, source says

MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Russian President's Vladimir Putin's special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, is h...

19th December, 2025

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IMF welcomes EU's 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine, more work to be done

NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund welcomed on Friday that European...

19th December, 2025

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Israeli attack on school shelter in Gaza City kills 5 Palestinians, hospital chief says

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displac...

19th December, 2025

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Russian missiles attack port near Ukraine's Odesa, kill seven, officials say

Dec 19 (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack late on Friday on port infrastructure around Ukraine's B...

19th December, 2025

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Rubio says new governance bodies for Gaza will be in place soon, followed by international force

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Dec 19 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that a new go...

19th December, 2025

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Musk wins appeal that restores 2018 Tesla pay deal now worth about $139 billion

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's 2018 pay package from Tesla, once w...

19th December, 2025