2026-01-10
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After 25 years of negotiations,
a qualified majority of EU countries backed a trade deal with Mercasur,
a South American bloc to create a common market of over 700 million people.
The European Commission is now expected to ratify the agreement in Paraguay as early as next week.
France opposed the deal, along with Austria, Hungary, Ireland and Poland,
who fear that food imports from Latin America will undercut their farmers.
said his regime would not back down as huge anti-establishment protests gathered momentum across the country.
The authorities cut off the internet after UNRES gripped several cities including Tehran,
the capital.
Rights groups estimate that Iran's regime has killed at least three dozen people
since protests began on December 28.
Meeting oil executives at the White House,
Donald Trump said that he expects the firms to spend at least $100 billion in Venezuela.