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From a bird’s-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 mourners who gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis. Another photo, taken at sunset from a beach in Uruguay, shows a solitary woman wading knee-deep into the ocean to pay homage to the African sea goddess Yemanja. The contrasting images — a reverent multitude and a lone believer – epitomize the […]

SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating Wednesday, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people in both countries living in strained conditions as more flooded into temporary shelters. Associated Press reporters on the Thai side of the border heard sounds of outgoing, indirect fire Wednesday. About 400,000 people have been evacuated from affected areas in Thailand and around 700 schools closed […]

BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Europe’s second-highest court on Wednesday rejected U.S. chipmaker Intel’s challenge against a 376 million euros ($438 million) EU antitrust fine imposed two years ago for thwarting rivals, but cut the fine by 140 million euros. “An amount of 237,105,540 euros is a more appropriate reflection of the gravity and duration of the infringement at issue,” the Luxembourg-based General Court said. The European Commission, which acts […]

WARSAW, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Poland is in talks to transfer MiG-29 jets to Ukraine in exchange for access to Ukrainian drone technology, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on public radio on Wednesday. “In some time, MiG-29 aircraft will no longer serve in the Polish Air Force due to their depleted service life,” the defence minister said. “We are negotiating with the Ukrainian side about transferring the MiG-29s, but we […]

NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Online telehealth company Hims and Hers Health is launching its weight-loss membership and treatment plans in the United Kingdom which will include drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, the company said on Wednesday. The drug will be available at a starting price of 149 pounds ($198) a month for a year commitment. The company provides sexual health, skincare and hair loss treatments for men in […]

BUDAPEST, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Hungary’s government has put state-run juvenile detention centres under direct police oversight, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Wednesday, trying to stem the political fallout from an abuse scandal at one such facility. Opposition leader Peter Magyar, whose Tisza party is leading opinion polls ahead of an election likely in April, on Tuesday urged Orban to resign and called for early elections […]

Dec 10 (Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed and 16 injured by the collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s Fes city early on Wednesday, the state news agency said. In September, deteriorating living conditions in Morocco sparked protests over poverty and public services. (Reporting by Ahmed Elimam and Nayera Abdallah, Editing by Maichel Georgy) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lucy Papachristou MOSCOW, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Russia on Wednesday said it was still awaiting a formal answer from Washington on President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to jointly stick to the last remaining Russian-U.S. arms control treaty, which expires in less than two months. New START, which runs out on February 5, caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the United States and Russia can deploy, […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings has withdrawn from Paramount Skydance Corp.‘s bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery, according to a revised filing of its takeover bid by Paramount with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing seen Wednesday shows the Chinese company dropped its $1 billion financing commitment for the takeover bid. Paramount said the Chinese company’s participation in the bid had raised […]