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"It was dead people everywhere": Inside Australia's Hanukkah massacre

By Pete Mckenzie SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - For a multimedia graphic, click here  Among the thousand...

15th December, 2025

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US demands EU exempt its gas from methane emissions law, document shows

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The United States has demanded that the European Union e...

15th December, 2025

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U.S. demands EU exempt its gas from methane emissions law, document shows

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The United States government has demanded that the European Union exemp...

15th December, 2025

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Explainer-Europe's carmakers look to overturn 2035 combustion engine ban

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Europe's embattled carmakers are hoping for a reprieve when Brussels unveils an a...

15th December, 2025

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Secure Jimmy Lai's release before seeking closer China ties, his son urges UK

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Jimmy Lai's son Sebastien said Britain should make his father's release a...

15th December, 2025

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Slovak woman killed in Bondi Beach mass shooting, president says

Dec 15 (Reuters) - A woman from Slovakia was killed during a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration a...

15th December, 2025

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ECB: Payment fraud rises to 4.2 billion eur in 2024, strong authentication remains effective

BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The total value of payment fraud in the European Economic Area rose to 4....

15th December, 2025

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Thousands of Romanians protest against judicial abuses

BUCHAREST, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A sixth day of protests calling for a clean-up of the Romanian judicia...

15th December, 2025

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Greece arrests five over cocaine trafficking on ship from Venezuela to Europe

ATHENS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Greek police have arrested five suspected members of an international cri...

15th December, 2025

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Italy crafts lab-grown snacks with fruit residues, plant cells and a 3D printer

ROME, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Scientists in Italy are developing sweet snacks with lab-grown plant cells...

15th December, 2025

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Technical glitch cuts short Witkoff, Kushner's Gaza briefing to EU foreign ministers, EU's Kallas says

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared...

15th December, 2025

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Sanofi flags second delay to FDA decision on multiple sclerosis drug, shares fall

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Shares of French pharmaceutical group Sanofi fell 4% on Monday after it flagged a...

15th December, 2025