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Free-agent outfielder Cedric Mullins agreed to a one-year, $7.5 million deal with a mutual option with the Tampa Bay Rays. Mullins will receive $7 million in base salary in 2026. The mutual option is worth $10 million and comes with a $500,000 buyout. Mullins, 31, was an All-Star with the Baltimore Orioles in 2021 but has seen his stats decrease in ensuing seasons. Mullins hit .216 with 17 home runs […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of women in cities across Brazil rallied against gender-based violence Sunday as a record number of female victims and a series of recent high-profile cases have shocked the country. Women of all ages and some men took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities, calling for an end to femicide, rape and misogyny and for men to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video to social media on Sunday explaining immigrants’ right to refuse to speak to or comply with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, days after federal agents carried out a raid in Manhattan. In the video, Mamdani vowed to protect the city’s 3 million immigrants, saying, “We can all stand up to ICE if you know your […]

GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – More than 3 million Syrians have returned home since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule a year ago but a decline in global funding could deter others, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday. Some 1.2 million refugees in addition to 1.9 million internally displaced people have gone back home following the civil war that ended with Assad’s overthrow, but millions more are yet to […]

BRUSSELS, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Chief executives of large European companies are downbeat on Europe’s economic prospects, albeit less so than six months ago, and have become more bullish about investing in the U.S. than at home, according to a survey published on Sunday. The survey of the European Round Table for Industry, which comprises about 60 CEOs and chairs of companies such as ASML, BASF and Vodafone, showed respondents […]

BERLIN, Dec 8 (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul heads to China on Monday for his first visit as Berlin toughens its stance on Beijing over trade disputes and geopolitical conflicts, in line with European partners. Wadephul is set to meet on Monday with his Chinese counterpart, as well as the trade minister and head of the Communist Party’s international relations department, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said. His […]

By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) – The chair of Ben & Jerry’s independent board said she has no plans to resign as Unilever pressures her ahead of Monday’s public spinoff of its Magnum ice cream division, which will include the Vermont-based brand.  Magnum, a longtime division of the consumer goods conglomerate, said last month that the chair, Anuradha Mittal, “no longer meets the criteria” to serve after […]

KYIV, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Talks with U.S. representatives on a peace plan for Ukraine have been constructive but not easy, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday ahead of his planned consultations with European leaders in coming days. Zelenskiy held a call on Saturday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and is expected to meet French, British and German leaders on […]