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Famine in Gaza city; Powell hints at rate cut, and more
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Donald Trump said that America’s federal government would take a 10% stake in Intel, a struggling domestic chip manufacturer
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02:56||Ep. 20251214Belarus released 123 prisoners as part of an American-brokered dealThree Americans killed in Syria; Israel targets a senior Hamas commander, and more
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14:37|American stockmarkets fell on Friday amid fresh fears of a potential artificial-intelligence bubble.20241213. Trump announces Thai-Cambodian truce; EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets, and more
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14:24|The European Union agreed to indefinitely freeze Russian assets in Europe.America escalates against Venezuela; Zelensky questions “special economic zone”, and more
10:29|The Trump administration increased pressure on Nicolás Maduro by imposing sanctions on three of his family members and six firms operating in Venezuela’s oil sector. Also, Volodymyr Zelensky said that the peace plan America is proposing would turn the parts of the Donetsk region still controlled by Ukraine into a demilitarised “special economic zone.”20251212. America escalates against Venezuela; Disney invests $1bn in OpenAI, and more
03:45||Ep. 20251212The White House said that an oil tanker it seized off the coast of Venezuela would be sent to an American port, where the vessel’s cargo will be obtained by following “a legal process”.America escalates against Venezuela; Disney invests $1bn in OpenAI, and more
10:13|The White House said that an oil tanker it seized off the coast of Venezuela would be sent to an American port, where the vessel’s cargo will be obtained by following “a legal process”.