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By Euronews with AP Published on 26/12/2025 – 15:14 GMT+1 US trade policy spent the past year lurching between tariff threats, reversals and courtroom battles. President Donald Trump launched a barrage of new tariffs in 2025, plunging the US into trade wars with nearly every country in the world. Volley after volley of threats and steeper import taxes often arrived erratically — with Trump claiming that such levies needed to be immediately imposed to close trade imbalances and take back wealth that was “stolen” from the US. But the president also turned to tariffs amidst personal grudges or in response to political critics.…
By Euronews Published on 26/12/2025 – 14:42 GMT+1 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte rejected proposals for independent European security structures, insisting the EU does not need to break from the US on defence matters despite calls from senior European politicians. Manfred Weber, head of the conservative EPP party and its European Parliament group, had called for deploying European troops under EU command to secure peace in Ukraine. “I wish that soldiers with the European flag on their uniforms, together with our Ukrainian friends, would ensure peace,” Weber told German media outlet Funke. Rutte disagreed with the proposal in an interview with…
A powerful storm system that battered California with heavy winds, rain and snow this week was forecast to ease on Friday, though the risk of high surf along the coast, flash flooding near Los Angeles and avalanches in the Sierra Nevada persisted. Waves near the San Francisco Bay Area could reach up to 7.6 metres, and avalanches could hit the Lake Tahoe area, officials warned. Residents were advised to prepare to evacuate the mountain town of Wrightwood, about 130 kilometres northeast of Los Angeles, due to mudslides. The system also brought the wettest Christmas season to downtown Los Angeles in…
By Euronews Published on 26/12/2025 – 13:12 GMT+1 Maria Sole Agnelli, a member of the Agnelli family that founded and controlled the Italian carmaking giant, passed away in her hometown in Torre in Pietra, near Rome. She was a significant shareholder in the family’s business interests. Agnelli served as mayor of the Umbrian town of Campello sul Clitunno from 1960 to 1970, at a time when few women held elected office in Italy. She was elected without a formal campaign and remained active in public and civic life for much of her career. Influence in the Agnelli family Maria Sole Agnelli…
Published on 26/12/2025 – 12:27 GMT+1 Mariah Carey’s three-decade long domination of Spotify’s top songs of the season has come to an end. The syrupy sweet, or sickening for some, ‘All I Want for Christmas’ has been overtaken by Sia’s ‘Snowman’ as the most streamed Christmas title. The hit track comes her album ‘Everyday Is Christmas ‘(2017) in which she commiserates a snowman who is about to melt to the first rays of sunshine. It’s a slow, catchy piano-led pop ballad that has worked magic for many over the years but it’s promotion to number one will no doubt see…
By Euronews Published on 26/12/2025 – 12:14 GMT+1 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard naval forces seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz over alleged fuel smuggling, state-run media reported Friday. The vessel was carrying approximately 4 million litres of fuel when it was intercepted, according to Mojtaba Ghahramani, a provincial justice department official quoted by IRNA news agency. Authorities detained 16 foreign crew members but did not reveal their nationalities or the tanker’s flag. Iran periodically detains vessels in the strategic waterway on smuggling allegations. In November, Iranian forces seized another ship transiting the strait, citing violations including illegal cargo.…
When a business owner says they feel stuck, they are usually describing a feeling rather than a fact. They struggle to explain it clearly. The business is still operating. Revenue is still coming in. Staff still show up. Yet something feels wrong. From the outside, it may look like indecision. From the inside, it feels like paralysis. A fractional CFO sees this moment often, and it is rarely about a single problem. Stuck Is a Symptom, Not the Problem Feeling stuck is not a diagnosis. It is a signal. It usually appears when effort no longer produces progress. The…
A Russian drone strike struck Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa overnight into Friday for a second consecutive night, causing a fire to break out and damaging energy and port infrastructure. “Air strikes caused new damage to energy and port infrastructure facilities. Fires broke out, administrative buildings, equipment, and machinery were damaged,” Regional Governor Oleh Kiper wrote on Telegram. No injuries or fatalities were recorded, according to Serhii Lysak, head of the regional military administration, who said emergency services were on the ground. “Power engineers are working to restore power supply to Odesa residents’ homes,” Lysak wrote on Telegram. The…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in the near future.“Rustem Umerov [head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council] reported on his latest contacts with the American side. We are not losing a single day. We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level — with President Trump in the near future. A lot can be decided before the New Year. Glory to Ukraine!” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X.Zelenskyy’s announcement came after Thursday talks with U.S. lead negotiator Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, which the Ukrainian…
By Euronews Published on 26/12/2025 – 10:59 GMT+1 Israel conducted airstrikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Friday, including a training site used by the militant group’s elite Radwan Force, the Israeli military said. The strikes targeted a site used for training operatives, conducting live-fire drills and planning attacks against Israeli forces and civilians, according to the IDF. Israel also struck several Hezbollah weapons depots, infrastructure and military buildings used to “advance terror plots against IDF forces and the State of Israel,” the military said. Lebanese media reported strikes concentrated in the northeastern Hermel region. Casualties were not immediately known. The…