France says cattle disease under control as farm protests continue
PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - France said on Monday the lumpy skin disease affecting cattle is under control in the country even as farmers continue a second week of protests against the government's handling of the virus by blocking highways with tractor...
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EU imposes sanctions on oil traders with links to Russia's shipping network
By Lili Bayer, Julia Payne and Anna Hirtenstein BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The European Union adopted fresh sanctions against Russian oil interests on Monday, targeting traders Murtaza Lakhani and Etibar Eyyub for helping Moscow to circumvent Western...
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank, health ministry says
RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Israeli military shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian during a raid on the town of Tuqu' on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the latest deadly incident in a recent surge of violence in the Israeli...
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Delayed US employment, CPI reports are due this week, with many gaps
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday releases its long-awaited combined employment reports for October and November, but a number of key details will be missing after the government shutdown pr...
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Fitch downgrades Humana's credit ratings
By Matt Tracy WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Credit rating agency Fitch on Monday downgraded the credit ratings of insurance giant Humana along with various subsidiaries. In a Monday report accompanying its downgrades, Fitch analysts cited a dim outlo...
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Fed's Collins says supported rate cut but it was a 'close call'
By Michael S. Derby Dec 15 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Monday a changing inflation outlook tilted her toward supporting last week's central bank interest rate cut. "I supported last week's {Federal Open Mar...
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Honduran electoral head blames disturbances for delay in vote recount
TEGUCIGALPA , Dec 15 - The President of Honduras' National Electoral Council (CNE), Ana Paola Hall, on Monday denounced that disturbances in the Central American nation have prevented a necessary recount of ballots from the November 30 presidenti...
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Peace deal gives Ukraine security guarantees similar to Article 5, official says
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine would receive security guarantees similar to those provided in Article 5 of the NATO treaty under a proposed peace deal discussed in Berlin, a U.S. official told reporters on Monda...
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Red Bulls hire Michael Bradley as head coach
Legendary midfielder Michael Bradley was hired as the new head coach of New York Red Bulls on Monday. Bradley, 38, played for the MLS side when it was known as the MetroStars at the outset of his career in 2004. He retired in 2023 and kickstarted his...
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Massachusetts man convicted of murdering wife before searching how to 'dispose of a body'
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man whose wife disappeared nearly three years ago on New Year's Day was convicted on Monday of murdering her, with jurors rejecting his claim that she died suddenly in their home before he beg...
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