financial-stability
Britain to Overhaul Benchmark Rules to Cut Industry Burden
Italy's Top Court Upholds Acquittal of Salvini in Migrant Kidnapping Case
Exclusive-Poland to Start Producing Anti-Personnel Mines to Lay Along Eastern Border
Unions Say Telefonica Scales Back Spain Layoff Plan by a Quarter
Warner Bros Discovery Board Rejects Rival Bid From Paramount
Date: December 17, 2025
By Dawn Chmielewski and Milana Vinn LOS ANGELES, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday, saying it failed to provide...
WTO Chair Rules Out Reform Deal at Next Major Meeting, Document Shows
Date: December 17, 2025
By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Countries are making progress on reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO) but will fall short of clinching a deal at a major meeting...

UK Police Charge Teenage Boy With Nine-Year-Old Girl's Murder
Date: December 17, 2025
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - British police said they had charged a 15-year old boy with murder on Wednesday, following the death of a nine-year-old girl in southwest England. The girl, Aria Thorpe,...
Paris' Louvre Reopens Partially but Staff Vote to Extend Strike
Date: December 17, 2025
PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Staff at France's Louvre museum in Paris on Wednesday voted in favour of extending a strike that began on Monday, BFM TV reported, citing union representatives, leaving the...
Kremlin Says Russia's Position on European Troops in Ukraine Is Known but Open to Discussions
Date: December 17, 2025
MOSCOW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia's position on the deployment of any European troops to Ukraine under a possible future U.S.-brokered peace deal was widely known...
Ebrd Secures Bulk of Shareholder Capital Increase After US Signs Off
Date: December 17, 2025
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said all of its largest shareholders, including the United States, had either paid for its 4 billion euro ($4.7 billion)...
