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Russian attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia injures 26, governor says

17 Dec 2025

By Sergiy Chalyi and Max Hunder ZAPORIZHZHIA, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Russian glide bomb attacks on apartment blocks in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region wounded 26 people, including a child, on Wednesday, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said, as thick black smoke could be seen billowing from charred buildings. Fedorov wrote on Telegram that three strikes hit the …

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From pulpit to turntables: Portugal’s ‘DJ Priest’ brings his message to Latin America

17 Dec 2025

By Daniel Becerril MONTERREY, Mexico, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Under sweeping stage lights in Monterrey, Mexico, a packed dance floor pulses as a Catholic priest in a clerical collar raises one hand from the stage, electronic beats thundering through the hall. Hundreds move in unison as Father Guilherme Peixoto looks out over the crowd – …

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Germany warns against jeopardizing peace after Trump’s Venezuela tanker blockade

17 Dec 2025

BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Germany has taken note of U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to blockade sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela and warned against any steps that would jeopardize peace and security in the region, said a foreign ministry spokesperson. “The German government has an interest in preventing the situation in the …

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Warner Bros Discovery board rejects rival bid from Paramount

17 Dec 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 adequate financing assurances.   In a letter to shareholders, disclosed in a regulatory filing, the board wrote that Paramount had “consistently misled” Warner Bros shareholders that …

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Ukraine says it controls 90% of Kupiansk, Russia denies it

17 Dec 2025

KYIV, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Ukraine controls nearly 90% of the strategic northeastern town of Kupiansk, its military chief said on Wednesday, but Russia’s defence minister said a Ukrainian counter-attack on the town had been unsuccessful. The chief of Russia’s general staff told President Vladimir Putin last month that Russian forces had taken control of …

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Freed Nobel laureate Bialiatski sees Belarus sliding back to Soviet times

17 Dec 2025

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Belarus human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who was freed on Saturday in a U.S.-brokered deal, only found out he had won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize from other prisoners, while serving his time in a Belarus penal colony. “I only found out by accident… A group of …

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Italy’s Meloni says using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine ‘far from easy’ ahead of EU summit

17 Dec 2025

By Angelo Amante ROME, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Finding a legal way to use frozen Russian assets to help finance Ukraine remains “far from easy”, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, ahead of a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels. Addressing parliament, Meloni said Italy backed efforts to make Moscow bear the …

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European parliament approves citizens’ initiative to help abortion access across EU

17 Dec 2025

STRASBOURG, France, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The European Parliament approved on Wednesday a citizens’ initiative to make access to abortions easier across the European Union. The initiative proposes an EU fund that would enable women from nations restricting abortion to terminate pregnancies in another member state free of charge. The final decision on whether to …

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Warner Bros likely to reject $108.4 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war, sources say

17 Dec 2025

By Milana Vinn and Dawn Chmielewski Dec 16 (Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery’s board could announce a decision as early as Wednesday on Paramount Skydance’s $108.4 billion takeover bid, with the board likely to advise shareholders to vote against the offer, according to sources familiar with the matter.  The decision to recommit to Netflix’s buyout …

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Paris’ Louvre reopens partially but staff vote to extend strike

17 Dec 2025

PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – France’s Louvre museum in Paris partially reopened on Wednesday despite its staff unanimously voting to extend a strike they began on Monday over pay and working conditions. The partial reopening means visitors will be able see the museum’s masterpieces including the Mona Lisa and the Winged Victory of Samothrace sculpture, …

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