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UK medicine rebate rate to drop in 2026 after US pharma deal

By Alistair Smout LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The British government said on Wednesday that the propo...

10th December, 2025

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Finance

Putin meets Indonesia's Prabowo to discuss military and energy ties, wheat exports

MOSCOW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indonesian President Prabowo Subian...

10th December, 2025

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Latest EU proposal to fund Ukraine is closest yet to international law, Lagarde says

FRANKFURT, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The latest version of a European Union proposal to support Ukraine fin...

10th December, 2025

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Russia hits gas transport system in Ukraine's Odesa region, Kyiv says

By Anna Pruchnicka and Pavel Polityuk KYIV, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Russian drones have hit the gas trans...

10th December, 2025

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US Senator Warren asks UBS for details of any Bessent talks

ZURICH, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has written a letter to UBS requ...

10th December, 2025

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Finance

ECB may lift growth outlook again, Lagarde says

FRANKFURT, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank may lift its growth projections again in Dec...

10th December, 2025

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UK's Reeves vents her frustration at leaks of her budget

LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that she was fru...

10th December, 2025

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Powerful German union calls for Dassault's expulsion from fighter jet programme

By Sabine Siebold and Alexander Hübner BERLIN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Germany's powerful IG Metall union...

10th December, 2025

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Airbus wins €50 million contract to deploy French military AI

Dec 10 - Airbus has agreed a 50 million euros ($58 million) contract to incorporate artificial intel...

10th December, 2025

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Duchess Meghan sends letter to father, criticises Daily Mail's presence at his bedside

LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A spokesperson for Meghan Markle said she had managed to send a letter to...

10th December, 2025

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Finance

Analysis-EU sustainability cutbacks make low-carbon leaders harder to spot

By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A reduction in scope of the European Unio...

10th December, 2025

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Austrian ex-tycoon Benko found guilty of hiding luxury watches from creditors

INNSBRUCK, Austria, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A second trial of Austrian former property billionaire Rene B...

10th December, 2025