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French Parliament Unable to Vote on 2026 Budget Before End of Year, Says PM
Analysis-Australia's Gun Control Consensus Frays After Bondi Beach Attack
Prosecutor Finds No Reason to Reopen Case of Unsolved 1986 Murder of Swedish PM Olof Palme
France Drafts in Army for Cattle Vaccination to Defuse Farmer Protests
Italian Judge Drops Genoa Dam Case Against Italian Webuild CEO
Date: December 18, 2025
By Emilio Parodi MILAN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) has requested that a case against Webuild CEO Pietro Salini and three other people over alleged...
Tram Network for England's Leeds Delayed Until Late 2030s
Date: December 18, 2025
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Plans for a long-promised tram network in the northern English city of Leeds have been pushed back to the late 2030s, a government review published on Thursday showed,...
Coinbase Appoints UK Ex-Finance Minister George Osborne to Run Advisory Council
Date: December 18, 2025
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Phoebe Seers Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has appointed former British finance minister George Osborne to run its internal advisory council, the company...
How Combative Videographers Fire up Britain's Asylum Hotel Protests
Date: December 17, 2025
By Andrew MacAskill and Andrew R.C. Marshall MANCHESTER, England, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Adam didn’t set out to expose what he calls Britain’s “broken asylum system.” About four years ago the 32-year-old...
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,...
Greek Parliament Approves 2026 Budget Amid Protests
Date: December 17, 2025
ATHENS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Greece's parliament approved the country's 2026 budget amid protests by farmers and public sector workers over delayed subsidies and a cost-of-living crisis. The budget...