BERLIN, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Germany’s manufacturing sector faced a deepening downturn at the end of 2025, with output declining for the first time in 10 months in December amid a sustained drop in demand, a business survey showed on Friday. The HCOB final Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for German manufacturing, compiled by S&P Global,…
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard is searching for survivors of a U.S. military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. President Donald Trump’s administration has carried out more than 30 strikes against suspected drug boats in the…
By Yimou Lee and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Taiwan remained on high alert on Wednesday after China staged massive military drills around the island the previous day, keeping its emergency maritime response centre running as it monitored Chinese naval manoeuvres, the coast guard said. The exercises named “Justice Mission 2025” saw China…
By Timour Azhari QARDAHA, Syria, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Khairallah Dib needed a promise of amnesty to come out of hiding. He had been lying low for weeks after Alawite fighters staged a March insurrection against Syria’s new Islamist-led rulers. Dib, an Alawite himself, carried no weapons and helped keep government security forces alive. But…
By Olivia Le Poidevin, Dawoud Abu Alkas and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA CITY, Dec 31 (Reuters) – In the weeks before the Gaza ceasefire on October 10, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, Reuters found. As Israeli troops pushed toward the centre…
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Oscar winner Mel Gibson and Rosalind Ross have separated after nine years together, a representative from Gibson’s legal team told Reuters on Tuesday. The representative confirmed a joint statement provided exclusively to PEOPLE on Tuesday that the couple had split about a year ago, but chose…
SYDNEY, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday an independent review into law enforcement agencies set up after the Bondi mass shooting will assess whether authorities could have taken additional steps to prevent the terror attack. Albanese said the review will examine whether existing laws or information gaps stopped police…
SYDNEY, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday an independent review into law enforcement agencies set up after the Bondi mass shooting will assess whether authorities could have taken additional steps to prevent the terror attack. Albanese said the review will examine whether existing laws or information gaps stopped police…
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – When Bianca Jones, a 33-year-old special education teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, decided a couple of years ago that she wanted to buy a house, she started digging into her Experian credit report. She was shocked by what she found. Her student debt had been double-counted, making it…
MOSCOW/KYIV, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in northern Russia, although it provided no evidence to back up an assertion that Kyiv dismissed as baseless and designed to undermine peace negotiations. The angry exchanges – including a statement by Russia that it was reviewing…
