US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing new demands for the country's crude.
Britain might be known for its damp and grey climate, but it recorded its sunniest year on record in 2025, meteorologists announced on Wednesday.
Australia held the first funeral Wednesday for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as large crowds gathered to grieve a rabbi slain in the attack.
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Economy
TOLEDO, SPAIN / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / Ascension Advisory is pleased to announce the successful closing of an industrial sale leaseback transaction in Toledo, Spain, completed on behalf of Aluminium Solutions Group (ASG), a portfolio company of OpenGate Capital.
December 17, 2025
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a US travel ban by barring nationals of seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the United States.
December 16, 2025
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Chile's hard-right president-elect Jose Antonio Kast said Tuesday that he would back efforts to end Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's "dictatorship," giving Washington yet another regional ally in its showdown with Caracas.
December 16, 2025
Mikaela Shiffrin continued her ascendancy over the women's slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday night as she swept to a fifth straight victory in the discipline and 105th World Cup win.
December 16, 2025
The second of two doctors who supplied "Friends" star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed was sentenced to home confinement by a California court on Tuesday.
December 16, 2025
Economy
Pfizer signaled Tuesday it expects a challenging 2026 as it invests in new products to offset declines in Covid-19 revenues while limiting shareholder payouts.
December 16, 2025
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The son of famed Hollywood director Rob Reiner was not medically cleared for court on Tuesday, his lawyer said, as he awaits formal charging over the double murder of his parents.
World Cup organisers on Tuesday announced a cheaper category of tickets after sustained criticism of the prices at the 2026 competition in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
France and Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ousmane Dembele won the men's FIFA Best award at a ceremony in Qatar on Tuesday, while Barcelona midfield maestro Aitana Bonmati collected the women's prize.
Mikaela Shiffrin posted the fastest time in the first run of the World Cup slalom in Courchevel on Tuesday, a discipline the American has dominated this season.
December 16, 2025
Weather
The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight against climate change, as the bloc pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector.
December 16, 2025
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The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather.
French lawmakers on Tuesdayadopted a social security budget, which includes the suspension of an unpopular pension reform, as Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu races to finalise a 2026 spending plan by year-end.
Thousands of Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers in South Africa, celebrated on Tuesday the "Day of the Vow" -- a founding myth with values shared by US President Donald Trump's administration, which has offered the group protection.
Donald Trump's top national security officials faced a grilling from lawmakers Tuesday on US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific -- operations that have raised alarms about escalating military force near Venezuela.
December 16, 2025
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