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Voice of America 

Another winter of fighting adds to suffering in Gaza

As Israel’s 14-month-old war with Hamas drags on, the arriving winter means life will get even harder for the two million Palestinians living in the territory. Turkey's Foreign Minister met with Syria's de facto leader in Damascus on Sunday. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage, which allows ships to cross between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. And a NASA...

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Promising uncapped hitter Bevon earns call-up to NZ squad for Sri Lanka home series

Wellington [New Zealand], December 23 (ANI): Uncapped batter Bevon Jacobs has earned his maiden international call-up for New Zealand's T20I series against Sri Lanka, beginning in Mount Maunganui on December 28, ICC Cricket reported. Already with a reputation for high class power hitting displayed in New Zealand domestic cricket last season, the 22-year-old Bevon has continued his form in the early stages of the current h

Dawn 

CORPORATE WINDOW: Power sector at a crossroads

Pakistan’s energy sector stands at a crossroads, crippled by a circular debt of almost Rs6 trillion as of now — a crisis threatening the country’s economic and energy security. Circular debt is the amount that the power purchaser cannot recover from electricity distribution companies (Discos) and subsequently fails to pay to the independent power producers (IPPs). Although the circular debt emerged in 2006, its seeds were sown in the 1990s when Pakistan entered into short-sighted agreement with IPPs. Читать дальше...

Dawn 

China’s defence against Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is compelling countries across the whole spectrum of the United States’ major trading partners — China and Europe included — to recalibrate their economic policy. His pledge to impose additional tariffs exceeding 60 per cent on Chinese goods and up to 20pc on imports from Europe and the rest of the world to protect American manufacturers and jobs is pushing Washington’s allies and trading partners to readjust their economies.

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Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Sensex rejig in December: Zomato to see $513 million inflows amid shake-up for 6 stocks!

Zomato will join the Sensex on December 23. JSW Steel will exit the index. This change will bring $513 million into Zomato. JSW Steel will see $252 million leave. Other companies like Mahindra & Mahindra, ITC, Infosys, and Sun Pharma will also see minor changes in their Sensex weighting. These adjustments reflect the changing dynamics of the Indian stock market.

Pix11.com 

Congress omits funding for World Trade Center Health Program

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Thousands of first responders who received financial aid from the World Trade Center Health Program were left to fend for themselves. Congress left the program out of the budget bill last Friday to avoid a government shutdown. Just two days before Congress left the program out, first responders had celebrated that the [...]