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Efforts to find a resolution to halt Russia's nearly 4-year-old war on Ukraine appear to hit a brick wall after a Moscow meeting between US negotiators and President Vladimir Putin as Kremlin and Russian officials signal little willingness to back down from hard-line demands.
The European Commission is considering two mechanisms: a reparations loan funded by immobilized Russian central bank assets held in Europe, or a joint debt guaranteed by the EU budget. The proposals, which face opposition from Belgium and Hungary, will be on the European Council's meeting agenda on December 18 and 19.
The average price of a house in the UK was £272,998 in November, as annual house price growth slowed to just 1.8%, […]
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
Late last month, WeChat moderators’ axe fell on "Du Fu of Huanhua Creek," apparently prompted by a post questioning online comments about Sino-Japanese tensions. On their other account, "History Rhymes," author "Xu Peng1" lamented the loss of the account, the writing posted to it, and [...]
The catastrophic fire at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court housing complex last week has been widely discussed on mainland social media. Many commenters mourned the dead as their number climbed past 100, then 150. Some of these messages appeared on the "Wailing Wall" that still [...]
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, [...]
Last week’s CDT Chinese 404 Archives podcast highlighted the recent revival of the Silent Observer WeChat account. The account, which for several years has provided a platform for philosophically-inclined reflections on Chinese society and current affairs, is now on its fourth incarnation: from 默存格物 Mòcún [...]
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, [...]
Last Saturday, November 8, was China’s National Journalists’ Day—often an occasion for mixed feelings among China’s beleaguered independent journalists. The WeChat account 磨稿子 Mó Gǎozi, or “Polishing Manuscripts,” for example, marked the date by interviewing three formerly prominent investigative reporters—including Jian Guangzhou, who broke the [...]
The inaugural IndieChina Film Festival (IndieChina电影节, IndieChina Diànyǐngjié), which was set to run from November 8-15 in New York City, has been forced to close due to what appears to be a coordinated transnational pressure campaign by the Chinese government. Citing intimidation and threats made [...]
Following more than a week of speculation that Chengdu’s You Xing Bookstore (有杏书店, Yǒu Xìng Shūdiàn) would soon close, amid an outpouring of tributes from customers and supporters, it appears that the beloved bookstore and events space has been granted a reprieve and will remain [...]
For thirty years, SOHO has watched the Sun from a stable perch in space, revealing the inner workings of our star and surviving crises that nearly ended the mission. Its long-term observations uncovered a single global plasma conveyor belt inside the Sun, detailed how solar [...]
Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build spacecraft that can be repaired, reused, or recycled instead of abandoned. They also want new tools to collect old debris and new data systems that help [...]
Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules linked to life. These sulfur-rich compounds, including certain amino acids, may have formed naturally in the sky. The results suggest early Earth wasn’t starting from zero but [...]
Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and disinfect them with formic acid, stopping the infection before it can [...]
College life creates a perfect storm for overeating, as students consume more calories when surrounded by friends, eating in dining halls, or following unstructured schedules. A four-week study using a mobile app revealed that students often underestimate how much they eat, especially in social or [...]
A surprising link between constipation and kidney decline led researchers to test lubiprostone, revealing that it can protect kidney function. The results point toward gut-based, mitochondria-boosting therapies as a promising new avenue for CKD care. [...]
A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier than astronomers believed such well-structured galaxies could form. With sweeping spiral arms, rapid star formation, and an orderly disk resembling our Milky Way, it defies long-held [...]
A unique vaccine rollout in Wales gave researchers an accidental natural experiment that revealed a striking reduction in dementia among seniors who received the shingles vaccine. The protective effect held steady across multiple analyses and was even stronger in women. Evidence also suggests benefits for [...]
Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Orthodox men enrolled in full-time religious study. [...]
The remains, which Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad say were found in northern Gaza, will be taken to Tel Aviv for forensic tests. [...]
Egypt denies it is co-ordinating with Israel to reopen the crossing, insisting that passage should be in both directions. [...]
Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was freed in September, tells the BBC that her two years in captivity left her physically and mentally scarred. [...]
Pope Leo XIV demanded justice for the more than 200 victims of the disaster, at the end of his three-day visit to Lebanon. [...]
Jafar Panahi gets a one-year sentence in his absence for "propaganda activities" against the Iranian system. [...]
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the situation remains "dire" as the United Nations warned 1.5 million people are in need of urgent shelter. [...]
Fixing cash is a thriving new business in Gaza after Israel stopped transfers of banknotes and banks were destroyed and looted. [...]
Critics say the mandate is evidence of the Trump administration’s xenophobic policies. [...]
Critics say the mandate is evidence of the Trump administration’s xenophobic policies. [...]
Blaming foreign intervention is easy—but mistaken. [...]
The visit comes at a somewhat precarious moment for India-Russia relations. [...]
The GAIN AI Act would have given U.S. buyers priority in the global AI race. [...]
Major African politicians are claiming that Africa’s latest putsch was staged. [...]
In any peace deal with Russia, security guarantees from outsiders won't guarantee much. [...]
Two years of war have brought tactical changes and immense suffering, but the political status quo endures. [...]
[allAfrica] Amid ongoing genocidal war in Sudan's Darfur region - two decades after a genocide that mobilized global response - researchers are sounding the alarm about satellite evidence of new barriers being built around areas to which many fled for more safety. There are fears [...]
[Dabanga] Washington D.C. / London / El Fasher / Port Sudan -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that President Donald Trump is personally overseeing efforts to end the war in Sudan, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Tuesday said that the country [...]
[RFI] Two journalists from Mali's state broadcaster ORTM have appeared in a video released by the armed Islamist group JNIM, more than six weeks after they were abducted in the centre of the country. Collgeaues have described the images as shocking. [...]
[Maka] Luanda -- If hypocrisy needed a railway, it would look exactly like the Lobito Corridor. It is being hailed as a symbol of African progress. In truth, it is a mirror of everything negative the continent endures: Chinese debt, Western opportunism, Congolese blood, Angolan [...]
[SNA] Obied -- The Forests National Corporation (FNC) in North Kordofan State has begun sowing acacia, talh, and heglig seeds across 2,700 feddans this season in the Miyiyat, Kitr, and Berak areas of Al-Ain Forest in the Wad Al-Baga area. Miyiyat are small soil basins [...]
[Nile Post] Parliament has approved a supplementary budget totalling Shs 8.104 trillion, making it one of the largest supplementary allocations ever passed since the amendment of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) 2015. [...]
[Ghanaian Times] Police officers in Ghana will not be spending Christmas with their families this year, the Deputy Minister for the Interior, Mr Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, has disclosed. This decision aims to ensure adequate security for citizens and visitors during the festive season. As part [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The health sector is bracing for fresh turmoil after the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) issued a 21-day strike notice, accusing the Ministry of Health and the Council of Governors of reneging on key labour agreements and dragging their feet [...]
