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Oil Prices Fall as Supply Outlook Offsets Disruptions in Venezuelan Flows
Ex-South Korea President Yoon Tried to Provoke Pyongyang Into Armed Aggression, Prosecutor Says
Hong Kong's Last Opposition Party Votes to Disband Under China Pressure
Bitcoin Hoarding Company Strategy Remains in Nasdaq 100
EU Vote on Mercosur Trade Deal Set for Next Week, Denmark Says
Date: December 12, 2025
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - European Union countries are set to vote early next week to determine whether the bloc should sign a contentious trade agreement with South American bloc Mercosur by the...
Explainer-What Are the Legal Risks of the EU's Proposed 'reparations Loan' for Ukraine?
Date: December 12, 2025
By Julia Payne BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission has entered uncharted legal territory with its proposed Ukraine "reparations loan", lawyers and academics said, which makes the...
Google Faces $129 Million French Asset Freeze After Russian Ruling, Documents Show
Date: December 12, 2025
By Leo Marchandon, Inti Landauro and Gleb Bryanski PARIS/MOSCOW, Dec 12 - The administrator of Google's defunct Russian business has obtained a temporary freeze on some 110 million euros ($129 million...
Thousands Strike and March in Italy Against Meloni's Budget
Date: December 12, 2025
MILAN, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A national strike by Italy's largest trade union to protest against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's 2026 budget brought thousands onto the streets on Friday and disrupted...
Analysis-Oracle-Broadcom One-Two Punch Hits AI Trade, but Investor Optimism Persists
Date: December 12, 2025
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The red-hot trade backing artificial intelligence-related stocks has taken a bruising from a disappointing report from Oracle,...
FTSE 100 Closes Lower as Wall St Mood Sours
Date: December 12, 2025
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The main UK stock indexes rose on Friday, with a gauge of precious metal miners jumping to a record high following a stunning rally in gold and silver prices this year as traders...