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Dec 10, 2024

Six Pakistani journalists among 104 killed globally: IFJ

According to International Federation of Journalists, more than half of this number were killed in Gaza alone

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Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

Shell settles lawsuit against Greenpeace over activists boarding oil vessel

Greenpeace says that it has agreed to pay $382,650 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute

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Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

Netanyahu assails media as he testifies for first time in his corruption trial

Prosecutors accuse Netanyahu of granting regulatory favours worth around $500 million to Bezeq Telecom Israel

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Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

Biden to warn against another Trump tax cut

Enacting another major tax cut benefiting rich Americans and cutting government old age and health insurance programs would threaten those gains, Biden will argue, while acknowledging that it will take years to see the full impact of his efforts.

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Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

PPP discusses Yoon resigning before snap election in February

Yoon has apologised for last week’s martial law declaration that triggered a political crisis and pledged to leave his fate to his People Power Party (PPP) but has not resigned.

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Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

Gold prices remain at two-week high amid China’s policy shift

Gold prices extended gains on Tuesday, buoyed by top consumer China’s pledge to ramp up policy stimulus to help spur economic growth.

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Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth executive charged with murder

The suspected killer, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was spotted eating at a McDonald’s by a customer and an employee who believed he resembled the gunman, officials said at a news conference.

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Reuters
Dec 10, 2024

Global oil prices slip slightly amid geopolitical uncertainty after Assad’s ouster

Global oil prices eased only slightly on Tuesday, holding on to most of their gains from the prior session as mounting geopolitical risk after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and China’s vow to ramp up policy stimulus kept a floor under prices.