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Germany warns against jeopardizing peace after Trump's Venezuela tanker blockade

BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Germany has taken note of U.S. President Donald Trump's order to blockade...

17th December, 2025

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Analysis-Gold forecast to glitter again next year despite biggest gain since 1979

By Polina Devitt LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Gold has made its biggest jump since the 1979 oil crisis...

17th December, 2025

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UK police plan tougher action against antisemitic chants and protests

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - British police on Wednesday said they would take tougher action against p...

17th December, 2025

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Explainer-What's next for the Gaza ceasefire and will the truce last?

Dec 17 - More than two months after Israel and Hamas agreed a ceasefire halting two years of devasta...

17th December, 2025

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Warner Bros Discovery board rejects rival bid from Paramount

By Dawn Chmielewski and Milana Vinn LOS ANGELES, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery's board re...

17th December, 2025

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UK tells Abramovich to give Chelsea sale cash to Ukraine or face court

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain will issue a licence to release 2.5 billion pounds ($3.33 billion...

17th December, 2025

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European parliament approves citizens' initiative to help abortion access across EU

STRASBOURG, France, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The European Parliament approved on Wednesday a citizens’ ini...

17th December, 2025

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UK's Duke of Marlborough charged with intentional strangulation

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain's Duke of Marlborough, a distant relative of Winston Churchill, h...

17th December, 2025

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Ukraine says it controls 90% of Kupiansk, Russia denies it

KYIV, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine controls nearly 90% of the strategic northeastern town of Kupiansk,...

17th December, 2025

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Freed Nobel laureate Bialiatski sees Belarus sliding back to Soviet times

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Belarus human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who wa...

17th December, 2025

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Suspect arrested after earlier cyberattack on French interior ministry

PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A cyberattack that hit the French interior ministry's email servers last w...

17th December, 2025

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WTO chair rules out reform deal at next major meeting, document shows

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Countries are making progress on ref...

17th December, 2025