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Stopping dog meat sales in Indonesia is more about shuffling paperwork than morality

Just outside Jakarta’s regulatory lens, a viral video circulated in late 2025 showing dogs packed into sacks in an alleged dog meat supply chain in Bantul, Yogyakarta, sparking public outrage and new regional commitments.

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Surging US and Russian LNG exports push gas prices to 18-month low

LNG prices in Europe have dropped to their lowest levels in 18 months, thanks to surging supply and subdued demand across the continent.

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Poland emerges as regional gas hub on record 2025 transmission volumes

Poland is emerging as a regional gas hub after setting a new record for natural gas transmission in 2025. Gaz-System, the state-owned transmission system operator, is on track to deliver a record 20bcm this year.

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IntelliNews Lambda: Europe’s gas storage is back to normal

LNG prices in Europe have dropped to their lowest levels in 18 months, thanks to surging supply and subdued demand across the continent. That has led to comfortably full gas tanks and the lowest deviation from the baseline in 15 years.

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South Africa charges international shipping lines with alleged cartel conduct on key China trade routes

Eight cargo shipping companies are accused of colluding to charge the same rate increases on routes between China and South Africa, with some routes to West Africa also affected.

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ECB refuses to back EU’s plan for €140bn Ukraine loan

The European Central Bank has refused to support a €140bn EU loan package intended for Ukraine, dealing a significant blow to a controversial initiative that sought to finance Kyiv using a cash pile from the investment of Russian frozen assets.

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EU foreign policy shifts to eastern neighbourhood under von der Leyen

Brussels increased focus on Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans while scaling back engagement in other regions, says new analysis by Carnegie Europe.

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Russian military claims capture of Pokrovsk and Vovchansk, but Ukraine says fighting continues

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin that Russian forces had seized the cities of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region and Vovchansk in Kharkiv region during a visit by the Russian leader.

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Indian tech listings surge as retail investors drive demand

India’s latest wave of tech and consumer internet listings has drawn strong interest from domestic retail investors, with several newly listed companies delivering sharp gains.

Japan’s Koizumi to head to Washington for defence talks amid China spat

Tokyo and Washington have been exploring an accelerated timetable for co-producing the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, a system central to both countries’ air-defence posture.

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Brazil's conservative movement is on the lookout for a new champion to challenge President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in next year's elections, as former president Jair Bolsonaro’s once-formidable political dynasty crumbles.

Mass protests against the plan drew tens of thousands of people onto the streets and triggered clashes between police and demonstrators.

Honduras's presidential election remained virtually tied late on December 1 with two conservative candidates separated by just 515 votes, as officials urged patience whilst they complete a hand count of ballots.

Pope Leo concludes first foreign trip with peace appeal after 150,000 attend Beirut Mass, visiting 2020 port blast site and calling on Middle East leaders to reject “mindset of revenge and violence."

The islands are, however, Japan held and Tokyo has long rejected China’s territorial claim and a lesser claim by a Taiwanese county in the east of the self-governing island nation.

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Fake AI image of Assad in Moscow's Red Square goes viral as Kremlin refuses to disclose any information about ousted Syrian leader's whereabouts nearly a year after his flight from Damascus.

Investment from Austrian Post to accelerate euShipments.com's service diversification and expand its geographic reach as demand from European merchants continues to grow.

Innovative technological solutions needed to tackle growth in online child exploration that has overwhelmed law enforcement agencies.

US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts dock at ISS for 242-day mission featuring 40 experiments and two spacewalks. Colleagues welcomed Expedition 74 crew with a homemade cake.

India has authorised final approval for a programme to establish an integrated manufacturing base for sintered rare earth permanent magnets.

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Speculation grows, meanwhile, power struggle between leader and “people’s general” Tashiyev is ahead.

As always with Moscow-Ankara relations, it’s complicated.

Aggressive escapism might not be a legitimate psychological term, but it is the best way to describe the opposition to the 28-point peace plan for Ukraine pushed by Trump’s administration.

Beijing, with every threat pushes Japan further out of China’s orbit and deeper into a security posture Beijing will one day wish it had not provoked.

Iran’s twelve-day war with Israel has pushed Tehran even closer to Moscow and led to new cooperation agreements, including increased weapons supplies and closer cooperation in the nuclear sector.

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"Orthodox" economic managers have ensured the finance industry is provided with an attractive real return.

Russia has begun to sell off its strategic gold reserves to offset the growing budget deficit brought on by Western sanctions, falling oil prices and economic problems that are getting worse, according to Kyrylo Shevchenko, former Governor of the Nat

Germany may be the sick man of Europe, but the industrial powerhouse is still top dog in terms of gains in real GDP growth for now. But not for long. A three-year long recession is eating into the big lead, Germany built up before the war in Ukraine

Trade between Russia and the European Union has plummeted to its lowest level on record, as sanctions, energy decoupling, and sanctions bite, Izvestiya reported on December 2.

Japanese companies delivered a robust performance in the July–September quarter, recording a near-20% rise in pre-tax profits as expanding investment in artificial intelligence and related infrastructure continued to bolster corporate earnings.

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South Korea's consumer sentiment experienced a significant uplift in November, reflecting greater public optimism about the nation's economic trajectory. This positive shift led the key confidence index to its highest reading in eight years.

Cash Plus, a fully digital lending platform, is among the countries pushing forward Kosovo's young but expanding fintech sector.

The Korea‑US framework establishes $200bn in cash direct equity investment, with an annual cap of $20bn for at least 10 years, paid in stepwise installments according to milestones. The US will lead investment destination decisions.

Bangladesh’s transition toward a cashless economy presents what the Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) describes as a dual reality, marked by both clear opportunity and persistent structural constraints.

Millions of Russian citizens who invested in foreign stocks and bonds before the war in Ukraine remain locked out of their assets, three years after sweeping Western sanctions froze Russian-linked holdings across global financial markets.

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This is the most concerted effort to end the war in Ukraine since the failed Istanbul peace deal in 2022. But after the initial optimism, the chance of a deal going through are fading.

Bloomberg scored a major scoop yesterday, publishing transcripts of conversations between US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy advisor, and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev

President blames everything under the sun for crisis except for his long years of economic destruction.

Most of the anglophone coverage of the US 28-point peace plan has been negative, suggesting it is nothing more than a capitulation to Russian aggression. But Russia did make some concessions. Zelenskiy should take the deal.

The battle for Pokrovsk has become a modern-day Stalingrad. Some Russian troops are reportedly refusing to enter the city as that means almost certain death. The fighting is swinging back and forth, but there are no fixed positions.

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Tehran lifts air pollution emergency as conditions improve, with schools and offices resuming normal operations Wednesday after week-long crisis that forced closures across the Iranian capital.

Linde LienHwa, long established as Taiwan’s leading industrial-gases supplier, is rapidly repositioning itself as a key enabler of the island’s clean-energy transition.

Intense monsoon systems, tropical storms, and cyclones have recently unleashed large-scale floods and landslides in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.

As the world’s largest archipelagic nation, the Republic of Indonesia’s future is inextricably linked to the vast expanse of its ocean territory by securing this critical domain and sustainably harnessing its economic potential.

Local electricity production in Moldova covered 43% of the 3.153 TWh delivered to end consumers in January-September, with 68% coming from renewable sources.

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