2025-12-19
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European Union leaders reached a deal to loan Ukraine 90 billion euros or 106 billion dollars for the next two years after marathon talks in Brussels.
The bloc will raise joint debt backed by its budget.
Ukraine will only return the funds once Russia pays reparations.
EU leaders said they would continue to discuss a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support the embattled country.
After years of wrangling, TikTok's Chinese owner,
Bite Dance, signed binding agreements with three American investors,
led by Oracle, to sell just over 80% of its American assets.
That will enable the social media app to continue operating in America.
The deal will create a joint venture governed by a, quote, majority American board,
which will enable America to control data protection and algorithm security in the country.
America's annual inflation rate was lower than expected in November.
At 2.7%, economists had forecast a rate of around 3%.
Meanwhile, the core rate, which strips out volatile energy and food prices,