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US approves potential $2.68 billion sale of air strike weapons to Canada

OTTAWA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of air strike weapons and related equipment to Canada for an estimated cost of $2.68 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The principal contractors for the sale will be Boeing Co ...
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Venezuela asks lawmakers to approve 2026 budget of $19.9 billion

Dec 4 (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday presented the government's 2026 budget proposal to the National Assembly, urging lawmakers to approve spending of some $19.9 billion. Nearly 78% of the funding would be spent on social programs, Rodriguez said. The OPEC country's ...
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British police to ramp up facial recognition to catch criminals

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Use of facial recognition technology will be expanded across Britain's police forces to help track down criminals, the government said on Thursday, as it proposed a new body to oversee its use. The technology is already used by London's Metropolitan ...
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Fugitive pro-Russian Moldova business magnate says he is halting projects

CHISINAU, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Fugitive Moldovan business magnate Ilan Shor, accused by authorities in the ex-Soviet state of buying votes and trying to destabilise it with Russian backing, said on Thursday he was halting all his economic projects in the country. Shor was sentenced ...
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US says Pentagon review sees opportunities to strengthen AUKUS submarine deal

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has completed its review of the AUKUS project to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines and has found areas to put the deal on the "strongest possible footing," a U.S. official said on Thursday. President Donald Trump's administration said ...
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Lawmakers have reviewed summary of Pentagon order on Caribbean attacks, sources say

By Erin Banco and Phil Stewart Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have reviewed a summary of a Pentagon document that lays out the scope of the Trump administration's campaign to strike vessels carrying narcotics in the Caribbean, according to four sources familiar with the ...
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Czech populist billionaire Andrej Babiš to move business to a trust to become prime minister

PRAGUE (AP) - Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš said on Thursday he would get rid of his major businesses by moving them to an independent trust in order to be able to become the prime minister again. Babiš said he believed the move would help him ...
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Belgian PM hopes to have ‘fruitful discussion’ on Russian frozen assets with Germany’s Merz

By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said on Thursday he hopes to have a "fruitful discussion" with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday about an EU plan to use Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine against ...
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Drones were spotted near Zelenskiy flight path to Dublin, Irish media report

DUBLIN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - An Irish navy ship spotted up to five drones operating near the flight path of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's aircraft as he arrived for a state visit to Ireland on Monday, local media reported on Thursday. The sighting triggered a ...
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Czech populist Babis to become prime minister next week

By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Czech election winner and populist ANO party chief Andrej Babis will be appointed prime minister on December 9, the country's president said on Thursday, after Babis said he would shift his Agrofert business group to an independently ...
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US push for an end to the war in Ukraine sets off a flurry of shuttle diplomacy

The latest U.S. push to end Russia's nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine has unleashed a frenzy of diplomatic activity. Negotiators and officials from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia have crisscrossed the globe in recent weeks in a flurry of meetings to discuss a potential deal. Here ...
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Ecuador’s Otavalo Indigenous people use anime to inspire pride in their ancient culture and language

JATUN RUMI, Ecuador (AP) - High in the mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes, a group of young Otavalo Indigenous people is using anime to inspire pride in their ancient culture and language, especially among Otavalo children. They produced an animated short film titled "We're Aya" ...
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