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EU opts for €90-billion loan over frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

EU governments and European Parliament to continue working on setting up a loan for Kyiv based on frozen Russian central bank assets

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Mehr News Agency

Trump threatens Caracas with blockade, does not rule out war

Mehr News Agency - 1 hour ago

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump said he would not rule out military action against Venezuela, after ordering what he described as a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving the country.

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New York Daily News

Video: Spread of famine averted in Gaza but situation still critical

The Globe and Mail - 12 minutes ago

In the worst-case scenario, including renewed conflict and a halt of aid, the whole strip is at risk of famine. Needs remain immense and sustained, expanded and unhindered aid is required, the IPC said. The Israeli military agency in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, known as COGAT, said Friday it strongly rejected the findings.

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Daily Express

Australian authorities release 7 men detained over possible violent plot in wake of Bondi Beach shooting

Fox News - 1 hour ago

Seven men who were arrested due to concerns that they were planning a "violent act" were released. The arrests came days after the shooting at Bondi Beach.

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Los Angeles Times

Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing is found dead, officials say

Los Angeles Times - 2 minutes ago

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and former Brown student, was found dead Thursday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief.

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NBC News

3 killed in Taiwan knife attack, with the suspect later falling to his death

NBC News - 10 minutes ago

The suspect, identified as a 27-year-old man named Chang Wen, threw a smoke grenade in a major subway station, sending pedestrians running, according to local media reports.

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BBC News

Trump officials will release only some Epstein files as deadline looms

BBC News - 9 minutes ago

The Friday deadline was mandated by a bill that got near-unanimous support in Congress, and was later signed into law by President Donald Trump.

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Los Angeles Times

Romanian court sentences U.S. rapper Wiz Khalifa to 9 months for drug possession

Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago

The Constanta Court of Appeal handed down the sentence after the rapper was convicted of “possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption,” according to Romania’s national news agency, Agerpres. The decision is final.

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