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Image for UK actors vote to reject digital scans in AI rights push, echoing Hollywood battles
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UK actors vote to reject digital scans in AI rights push, echoing Hollywood battles

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - British film and television performers have voted overwh...

18th December, 2025

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Putin's spymaster spoke by phone with new MI6 chief, TASS reports

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence director, Sergei...

18th December, 2025

Image for UK pauses trials of Ajax in new setback for army fighting vehicle
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UK pauses trials of Ajax in new setback for army fighting vehicle

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Britain said it was pausing all trials of the Ajax fighting vehicle, the...

18th December, 2025

Image for Germany signs $2.35 billion armoured vehicle deal with Finland's Patria
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Germany signs $2.35 billion armoured vehicle deal with Finland's Patria

COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Germany has signed procurement contracts worth over 2 billion euros (...

18th December, 2025

Image for Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine's behest
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Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine's behest

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A Belarusian man accused by Russia's FSB security service of blowing up t...

18th December, 2025

Image for Lasers turn back time on Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius
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Lasers turn back time on Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius

By Crispian Balmer ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Just as cosmetic surgeons wield lasers to smooth away wr...

18th December, 2025

Image for Italy raids illegal tobacco factory, seizes 27 tonnes of cigarettes
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Italy raids illegal tobacco factory, seizes 27 tonnes of cigarettes

ROME, Dec 18 (Reuters) - An illegal tobacco factory that produced four million counterfeit cigarette...

18th December, 2025

Image for Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act
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Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act

By Catarina Demony LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Families, lawyers and supporters of the detained pro-P...

18th December, 2025

Image for EU leaders think it is fair to use Russian assets for Ukraine, Polish PM says
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EU leaders think it is fair to use Russian assets for Ukraine, Polish PM says

WARSAW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - European Union leaders agree that it would be fair to use Russian assets...

18th December, 2025

Image for EU court says Denmark's ethnic-based 'ghetto law' may be discriminatory
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EU court says Denmark's ethnic-based 'ghetto law' may be discriminatory

COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The EU's top court ruled on Thursday that Denmark's 2018 "ghetto law,...

18th December, 2025

Image for EU-Mercosur trade deal signing delayed as Italy demands more time
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EU-Mercosur trade deal signing delayed as Italy demands more time

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Spanish Prime...

18th December, 2025

Image for Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery using real-life models
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Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery using real-life models

By Helen Reid LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Zara has become the latest fast-fashion retailer to use AI...

18th December, 2025