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Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal unless deal reached  Reuters.com

Turkey’s foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus, Ankara says  Reuters

China takes steps against Canada institutions, individuals over Uyghurs, Tibet  Reuters

Starbucks workers expand strike in US cities including New York  Reuters.com

Turkey will do ‘whatever it takes’ if Syria government cannot address Kurd militia issue, minister says  Reuters.com

Albania bans TikTok for a year after killing of teenager  Reuters

German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg attack site  Reuters

More than 30 dead in Brazil bus and truck collision  Reuters Canada

US judge finds Israel’s NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit  Reuters

India’s tax panel rejects airlines’ call to add aviation fuel to GST regime  Reuters India

Bank of England governor to visit China with finance minister, Sky News says  Reuters.com

Macron swears in angry exchange with residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte  Reuters

Eight convicted in France over murder of teacher who showed Prophet caricature  Reuters.com

Seven Chinese nationals tried to illegally enter Guam as U.S. tested missile, authorities say  Reuters

US finalizes up to $6.75 billion in chips awards for Samsung, Texas Instruments, Amkor  Reuters

Wall St Week Ahead Investors hope for ‘Santa Claus’ rally as stocks lose steam  Reuters.com

UK watchdog says $35 bln Synopsys-Ansys deal raises competition concerns  Reuters

OpenAI unveils ‘o3’ reasoning AI models in test phase  Reuters

Dollar poised to finish week higher after inflation data, Fed rate cut  Reuters

Meet Captcha, the AI robot teacher at a German school  Reuters.com

India competition watchdog approves UltraTech Cement’s acquisition of India Cements  Reuters India

Swiss findings on the Credit Suisse collapse  Reuters

Investors hope for US stock market trifecta in 2025 after back-to-back boom years  Reuters

High prices impinging on India’s growth, central bank minutes show  Reuters India

Indonesia anti-graft body raids office of Financial Services Authority  Reuters

How carbon finance is seeding new hope for northern forests  Reuters.com

UK finance minister to visit China in January to revive regular economic talks, sources say  Reuters UK

India steel imports from China hit record high, data shows  Reuters.com

Japan’s government ‘alarmed’ by recent forex moves, top officials say  Reuters.com

Pakistan’s missile program is ’emerging threat’, top US official says  Reuters

South Korea to allow more company borrowings overseas to boost FX liquidity  Reuters.com

Canada has fiscal room to tackle impact of US tariff, finance minister says  Reuters

India’s Tech Mahindra aiming for bigger bite of bank tech spends, CEO says  Reuters.com

Canadian PM Trudeau has full support of cabinet, new finance minister says  Reuters Canada

SoftwareOne to buy Norway’s Crayon in $1.4 bln Microsoft-focused takeover  Reuters

UK watchdog plans to simplify investment information, in shift from EU  Reuters.com

Any Commerzbank takeover by UniCredit not subject to investment screening, German government source says  Reuters.com

Indian government proposes prison terms, fines for illegal lending  Reuters.com

Belgium to become first EU country to ban disposable vape sales  Reuters.com

Labour shortages ease in Germany’s economy, survey shows  Reuters.com

Turkey’s central bank expected to start cutting rates next week: Reuters poll  Reuters.com

Mumbai boat accident: Thirteen dead after naval vessel hits passenger ferry  Reuters India

Bank of England to keep rates steady as price pressures linger  Reuters.com

Brazil’s real hits record low as markets eye govt spending  Reuters.com

Sweden’s north frets over financial risks as green boom stumbles  Reuters

Gulf equities end mixed; Fed rate outlook in focus  Reuters.com

Indian mills can export up to 2 million tons of sugar this season, industry says  Reuters India

How to avoid store credit cards with a potential debt bomb  Reuters.com

G20 watchdog urges governments to address non-bank financial risks  Reuters.com

Asia Hedge funds eye Chinese tech leading AI charge in 2025  Reuters.com

Bain’s $1.7 bln offer rebuffed by Australia’s Insignia on valuation concerns  Reuters

HSBC appoints insider John Shipman as interim CEO of Swiss Private Bank  Reuters.com

College students seek $685 million in damages in US financial aid lawsuit  Reuters.com

Canada proposes more powers for anti money-laundering regulator amid increasing scrutiny  Reuters

Investor allocations to US equities at record high, to cash at record low, BofA says  Reuters

Canada government adrift after finance minister resigns, Trump tariffs loom  Reuters Canada

Ethiopia passes law to open banking to foreign competition  Reuters.com

Indian finance minister says Q2 growth slowdown a ‘blip’, higher growth coming  Reuters India

Bangladesh’s electricity imports from Adani plant slide by a third in November  Reuters.com

Canada’s new finance minister ‘confident’ in the government  Reuters.com

Ecuador completes $1.5 billion debt swap for Amazon conservation  Reuters

Trump, SoftBank CEO announce $100 billion US investment, in echo of 2016 event  Reuters

Canada’s Trudeau loses key ally as finance minister resigns  Reuters.com

FULL TEXT Canadian finance minister’s resignation letter to PM Trudeau  Reuters Canada

Thai finance minister seeks further rate cut  Reuters.com

South Korean authorities to continue monitoring financial markets  Reuters.com

Israel Aerospace ready for IPO, awaits government approval, CEO says  Reuters.com

Buyout groups bid for public finance specialist Depfa: sources  Reuters.com

Australia’s Insignia Financial gets $1.7 billion takeover offer from Bain Capital; shares rise  Reuters

HSBC, World Bank’s IFC launch $1 bln trade finance programme for emerging markets  Reuters

Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants  Reuters

HSBC reviews retail banking outside UK and Hong Kong, FT reports  Reuters.com

US regulator’s ‘problem bank’ list grows as industry profits dip  Reuters

Top creditor China freezes lending to Cambodia, data shows  Reuters.com

UK’s Close Bros granted permission to appeal motor finance ruling  Reuters.com

German chancellor frontrunner says will finance military without more borrowing  Reuters

AI a productivity boost to banks but making money from it is a challenge  Reuters

Yellen discusses South Korean political crisis with country’s finance minister  Reuters.com

Economists react to India’s new central bank chief announcement  Reuters.com

India names Sanjay Malhotra to replace Das as central bank governor  Reuters.com

Norway’s wealth fund can start selling Russian stocks, finance ministry says  Reuters.com

AELIOS FINANCE S.A.S.  Reuters.com

Woman charged with stalking ex-UK finance minister Osborne and wife  Reuters UK

Comment: For Indigenous peoples, failure to increase biodiversity finance is a matter of life or death  Reuters.com

Trump picks finance professor Faulkender for deputy Treasury secretary  Reuters

Colombia replaces finance minister amid corruption scandal  Reuters Canada

Ecuador sets second debt-for-nature swap in motion  Reuters.com

Norway eases loan-to-value mortgage limit to 90%  Reuters.com

Banks behind troubled Brazil coffee traders could take $181 mln hit  Reuters.com

Facing far-right ultimatum, French finance minister says budget can still be improved  Reuters

Credit Agricole moves up FSB list of global systemically important banks  Reuters.com

Old National to buy Bremer Financial in $1.4 bln Midwest push  Reuters.com

Breakingviews – Adani presents India with big financing ultimatum  Reuters

UBS on track to fully own China securities joint venture  Reuters.com

Mubadala to take Canada’s CI Financial private in about $8.7 billion deal  Reuters.com

German minister expects UniCredit will ditch Commerzbank takeover plan  Reuters.com

UK former finance minister Zahawi, billionaire Mansour join bid for Telegraph, FT reports  Reuters

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