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Russia Says It Seized Key Eastern Stronghold Pokrovsk; Ukraine Denies Claim
Pokrovsk, a heavily fortified industrial town, has been the site of intense fighting for the past 18 months.
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World’s Top Arms Producers See Record Revenue Last Year, Report Says
In the United States, the combined revenues of arms companies in the top 100 hit $338 billion, with 30 out of 39 arms companies seeing increased sales.
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Airbus Finds Quality Issue With A320 Metal Panels
The software fix was ordered after a JetBlue Airways A320 flying from Mexico to New Jersey experienced a sudden uncommanded drop in altitude.
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Witkoff and Kushner Meets With Putin for Peace Talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the peace plan ‘looks better’ following his team’s most recent discussions with the Americans.
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Oil Prices Inch Higher as US-Venezuela Tensions Grow
OPEC decided to maintain current production levels into 2026 on fears of a global glut.
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Experts Bring Focus to Forced Organ Harvesting at World Lawmaker Summit
The Chinese regime has been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs, turning China into a top destination for transplant tourism.
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UK Agrees to Pay More for US Medicines After Trade Negotiations
The deal, negotiated by leveraging tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, is part of Trump’s most favored nation prescription drug pricing initiative.
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Russia Calls NATO Comments on Preemptive Strike ‘Extremely Irresponsible’
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused NATO of ‘whipping up’ anti-Russian hysteria of an imminent attack by Moscow.
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Chinese Export Controls Pushing EU Companies to Move Sourcing Elsewhere, Says Industry Body
Many businesses said in a survey that export control measures affect China’s reliability as an export hub.
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Witkoff to Meet Putin in Moscow on Dec. 2: Russia
The U.S. special envoy’s trip follows talks between Washington and Kyiv in Florida over the weekend.
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US–Ukraine Negotiations to End Russia’s War Productive, But Work Remains: Rubio
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is headed to Russia on Monday to continue negotiations.
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China’s Wingtech Appeals Nexperia Ruling at Dutch Supreme Court
Wingtech challenged an enterprise chamber’s decision to take away its control of chipmaker Nexperia.
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Ukrainian Delegates Travel to US to Resume Peace Talks
Ukraine replaced its lead negotiator after he stepped down amid a major corruption scandal.
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EU’s New ‘Democracy Shield’ Prompts Free Speech Concerns
Brussels says the plan will defend democracy from disinformation but critics warn it will centralize narrative control and treat ‘dissent as a regulatory risk.’
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Zelenskyy’s Right-Hand Man Quits as Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Escalates
Andriy Yermak, a close friend of the president for years who was leading Kyiv’s negotiations with Russia, had his home searched by anti-corruption officers.
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Need to Use Frozen Russian Assets ‘Increasingly Urgent’: German Chancellor
Friedrich Merz has been vocal in his support of the idea of using Moscow’s assets immobilized within the EU to fund Ukraine’s war effort and reconstruction.
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Russia Says It Seized Key Eastern Stronghold Pokrovsk; Ukraine Denies Claim
Pokrovsk, a heavily fortified industrial town, has been the site of intense fighting for the past 18 months.
|
World’s Top Arms Producers See Record Revenue Last Year, Report Says
In the United States, the combined revenues of arms companies in the top 100 hit $338 billion, with 30 out of 39 arms companies seeing increased sales.
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Airbus Finds Quality Issue With A320 Metal Panels
The software fix was ordered after a JetBlue Airways A320 flying from Mexico to New Jersey experienced a sudden uncommanded drop in altitude.
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Witkoff and Kushner Meets With Putin for Peace Talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the peace plan ‘looks better’ following his team’s most recent discussions with the Americans.
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Oil Prices Inch Higher as US-Venezuela Tensions Grow
OPEC decided to maintain current production levels into 2026 on fears of a global glut.
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Experts Bring Focus to Forced Organ Harvesting at World Lawmaker Summit
The Chinese regime has been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs, turning China into a top destination for transplant tourism.
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UK Agrees to Pay More for US Medicines After Trade Negotiations
The deal, negotiated by leveraging tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, is part of Trump’s most favored nation prescription drug pricing initiative.
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Russia Calls NATO Comments on Preemptive Strike ‘Extremely Irresponsible’
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused NATO of ‘whipping up’ anti-Russian hysteria of an imminent attack by Moscow.
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Chinese Export Controls Pushing EU Companies to Move Sourcing Elsewhere, Says Industry Body
Many businesses said in a survey that export control measures affect China’s reliability as an export hub.
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Witkoff to Meet Putin in Moscow on Dec. 2: Russia
The U.S. special envoy’s trip follows talks between Washington and Kyiv in Florida over the weekend.
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US–Ukraine Negotiations to End Russia’s War Productive, But Work Remains: Rubio
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is headed to Russia on Monday to continue negotiations.
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China’s Wingtech Appeals Nexperia Ruling at Dutch Supreme Court
Wingtech challenged an enterprise chamber’s decision to take away its control of chipmaker Nexperia.
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Ukrainian Delegates Travel to US to Resume Peace Talks
Ukraine replaced its lead negotiator after he stepped down amid a major corruption scandal.
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EU’s New ‘Democracy Shield’ Prompts Free Speech Concerns
Brussels says the plan will defend democracy from disinformation but critics warn it will centralize narrative control and treat ‘dissent as a regulatory risk.’
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Zelenskyy’s Right-Hand Man Quits as Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Escalates
Andriy Yermak, a close friend of the president for years who was leading Kyiv’s negotiations with Russia, had his home searched by anti-corruption officers.
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Need to Use Frozen Russian Assets ‘Increasingly Urgent’: German Chancellor
Friedrich Merz has been vocal in his support of the idea of using Moscow’s assets immobilized within the EU to fund Ukraine’s war effort and reconstruction.
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