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Crude Prices Rise as Global Geopolitical Risks Escalate

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.67 (+1.21%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) closed up +0.0134 (+0.80%). Crude oil and gasoline prices rose on Wednesday amid heightened geopolitical risks in Venezuela and Russia. President Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned tankers off Venezuela, and the...

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Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assets

Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s war economy is not collapsing, but neither is it stable

Russia’s wartime economy is getting weaker as the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, according to a recent report by PeaceRep, a research group led by the University of Edinburgh. The report, Against the Clock? Why Russia’s War Economy is Running Out of Time, finds that Russia is being…

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At least 29 injured, including five children, in Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia

At least 29 people were injured in the attack, including five children.

Euronews

Rising Global Geopolitical Tensions Lift Crude Prices

January WTI crude oil (CLF26 ) today is up +0.76 (+1.38%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF26 ) is up +0.0166 (+0.99%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are rising today amid heightened geopolitical risks in Venezuela and Russia. President Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned tankers off Venezuela, and the US...

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‘European swine wanted to feast on Russia's collapse', Putin says bashing Europe

Russia’s president disparaged European leaders on Wednesday, calling Ukraine’s allies “swine” who wanted “to feast on the collapse of Russia” as he blamed the West for Moscow’s war against Ukraine and threatened to continue waging his full-scale invasion.

Euronews

Britain’s defense chief calls on Gen Z grads leaving university to skip corporate jobs and join the military as war with Russia becomes a growing risk

The U.K. Chief of the Defense Staff Sir Richard Knighton urged college-degree holders to enter the arms industry. The government’s $66.7 million investment in speciality defense tech schools could help the growing cohort of jobless Gen Z find employment.

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Putin claims speculation of war with the West is ‘hysteria’ – two weeks after threatening Europe

Russian president said Moscow is not seeking war with Europe despite escalation of hybrid attacks

The Independent UK

Podcast: Frozen Russian assets explained simply

What are frozen Russian assets? Why are they dividing EU member states? And what can we expect from the December European Council meeting? Our podcast Brussels, My Love? investigates with Euronews' EU reporter Jorge Liboreriro.

Euronews

EU membership alone insufficient for Ukraine's security, Danish minister tells Euronews

Under a reported US peace plan, Ukraine would join the EU as early as January 2027 as part of broader security guarantees. But Denmark's Minister for European Affairs told Euronews that this alone cannot shield Ukraine from future Russian aggression.

Euronews

What is the row about the EU using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine?

Complex plan would involve EU lending €90bn to Ukraine, which some fear could destabilise Eurozone. Putin says move is akin to ‘theft’

The Guardian - UK

How Venezuela sends oil around the world despite sanctions — and why Trump wants to put a stop to it

The U.S. seized a Venezuelan oil tanker last week in a move described by Nicolas Maduro’s government as an ‘act of international piracy’

The Independent UK

Putin warns that Russia will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if peace talks fail

Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning that Moscow will extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peace talks

The Independent UK

UK to transfer €2.8bn of Abramovich’s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund, PM Starmer says

Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

UK gives Abramovich last chance to give Chelsea sale proceeds to victims of Russia's war in Ukraine

The British government says it has given Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich a final chance to hand over 2.5 billion pounds or $3.25 billion to the victims of Russia's war in Ukraine

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Crewed Russian spacecraft meets up with ISS | Space photo of the day for Dec. 17, 2025

The Soyuz launched on Nov. 27, 2025 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Independent UK

Russia in line for return to international football as Fifa announces plans for new competition

Russia has been banned from international football since 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine

International Business Times UK

The Secret Life of Aliia Roza, Former Russian Operative Turning Trafficking Foes into Fashion Icons

From elite Russian intelligence operations to global fashion stages, Aliia Roza reveals how a former secret agent reinvented herself while exposing the dark mechanics of manipulation and trafficking.

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‘Clock is ticking’: Starmer tells Roman Abramovich to transfer money from Chelsea sale to Ukraine fund

Keir Starmer announced the move in PMQs, with the Russian billionaire still holding on to the £2.5bn he received for the sale of the football club

The Guardian - UK

UK gives Abramovich final warning to transfer £2.5bn to Ukraine fund

Keir Starmer says oligarch must commit funds from sale of Chelsea football club or face court action

Evening Standard

Rob Reiner vs Donald Trump - a full history of their feud

Trump’s comments following Reiner’s death have reignited scrutiny into their long-running feud

The Guardian - US

Maga loyalist expands investigation into intelligence officials who angered Trump

Experts decry Jason Reding Quiñones’s ‘fishing expedition’ as subpoenas reportedly issued to John Brennan and others

The Independent UK

Trump says envoy leading Ukraine peace talks ‘knew nothing about Russia’

The US president says he chose Steve Witkoff to lead negotiations as he has ‘the best personality’

The Guardian - UK

Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - as it happened

Russian leader says aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally’

Radio France Internationale

Macron demands 'robust security guarantees' before any Ukraine territorial talks

Talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine have intensified, with France and other European powers stressing the need for robust security guarantees for Kyiv before any discussion of territorial concessions. While negotiators report progress on Western-backed assurances, deep differences remain over land occupied by Russia.

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