The Ukrainian president had urged the EU to use €200bn of frozen Russian assets, but leaders failed to agree on how to use them.
Day: December 19, 2025
Odermatt seals milestone 50th victory in Val Gardena downhill reut.rs/4aq9WOb reut.rs/4aq9WOb
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⚡️Trump signs defense spending bill into law, providing $400 million annually in military assistance to Ukraine through 2027.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a $900 billion defense spending bill on Dec. 18, approving a sweeping package that includes $800 million in military assistance for Ukraine.
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Is the Fed the next domain for partisan battle? We tackle that question on this week’s Reuters Econ World podcast reut.rs/48YlHZQ
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Whitecaps re-sign GK Yohei Takaoka through 2027 reut.rs/3YzMzdJ reut.rs/3YzMzdJ
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Explainer: What’s next for the Gaza ceasefire and will the truce last? reut.rs/3MK2W56 reut.rs/3MK2W56
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On Tuesday, December 16, the U.S. Navy carried out the first-ever-launch of a new one-way attack drone, a copy of an Iranian Shahed-136, from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship, USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32), while transiting the Arabian Sea. The drone, dubbed the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS), was launched and operated by Task Force 59 part of Task Force Scorpion Strike, a one-way attack drone squadron recently deployed to the Middle East.
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Searches under way in new corruption probe involving French Minister Dati reut.rs/4pNDieh reut.rs/4pNDieh
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Australia will launch a national gun buyback scheme following the mass shooting in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said reut.rs/4skK90u
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