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20251220 Samstag, 20. Dezember 2025
20251220 Kampf gegen Terrormiliz: US-Militär beginnt Vergeltungsschlag in Syrien gegen IS
202512200051 Ausland
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20251220 Veröffentlichte Epstein-Akten: Neue Fotos, doch viele Dokumente bleiben geschwärzt
202512200318 Ausland
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20251220 Popkultureller Jahresrückblick: Diese Memes und Social-Media-Trends haben 2025 geprägt
VON—KIM—STAUDT
202512200712 Netzwelt
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20251220 Neu veröffentlichte Epstein-Akten: Viel Schwarz, viel Bill Clinton, wenig Donald Trump
VON—JULIA—AMALIA Heyer
202512200925 Ausland
20251220 Hamburgerinnen über Treffen mit US-Millionär: Wie zwei deutsche Schwestern Epsteins Missbrauchsfalle entkamen
VON—SUSANNE—AMANN, Sophia Baumann, Bastian Obermayer und Frederik Obermaier
202512201054 Ausland
20251220 Ehemaliger US-Präsidentschaftskandidat: Mitt Romney fordert höhere Steuern für Reiche
202512201123 Wirtschaft
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20251220 Mehr als zehn Jahre im All: Nasa verliert Kontakt zur Marssonde »Maven«
202512201245 Wissenschaft •
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20251220 Konflikt mit Maduro: Trump nominiert neuen Kommandeur der US-Streitkräfte in Lateinamerika
202512201332 Ausland •
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20251220 Jahrelanger Missbrauch: Die Chronologie des Falls Jeffrey Epstein
202512201637 Ausland •
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20251220 Die ersten Vorwürfe gegen den Multimillionär gab es bereits vor über 20 Jahren – eine Chronologie:
20251220 März 2005: Die Familie einer 14-Jährigen berichtet, dass das Mädchen in Epsteins Villa in Palm Beach, Florida, bedrängt worden sei.
20251220 Die Polizei beginnt mit Ermittlungen.
20251220 Später berichten mehrere Highschool-Schülerinnen, sie seien von Epstein für sexuelle Massagen angeheuert worden.
20251220 Sommer 2006: Ermittler wollen dafür sorgen, dass Epstein wegen unerlaubten Geschlechtsverkehrs mit Minderjährigen angeklagt wird.
20251220 Nachdem der örtliche Staatsanwalt sich einmischt, wird Epstein aber nur weniger Delikte beschuldigt.
20251220 Auch das FBI beginnt zu ermitteln.
20251220 2007: Epsteins Anwälte arbeiten das ganze Jahr über an einem Deal, der eine Anklage auf Bundesebene verhindern soll.
20251220 Mutmaßliche Opfer werden als unglaubwürdig dargestellt.
20251220 2008: Epstein bekennt sich vor einem Gericht in Florida schuldig.
20251220 Es geht um Anstiftung zur Prostitution, in einem Fall einer Minderjährigen.
20251220 Er wird zu 18 Monaten Haft verurteilt.
20251220 Eine Anklage, die Epstein lebenslang ins Gefängnis bringen könnte, wird hingegen fallen gelassen.
20251220 Staatsanwalt Alexander Acosta sichert ihm zu, dass er nicht auf Bundesebene verfolgt werde. Den allergrößten Teil seiner Strafe verbüßt Epstein als Freigänger.
20251220 Mai 2009: Virginia Roberts Giuffre, damals Mitte 20, reicht Klage ein und behauptet, Epstein und dessen Gefährtin Ghislaine Maxwell hätten sexuelle Begegnungen mit »Royals, Politikern, Akademikern, Geschäftsleuten« und anderen arrangiert.
20251220 Die Männer werden nicht namentlich genannt.
20251220 Juli 2009: Epstein wird aus der Haft entlassen.
20251220 In den folgenden zehn Jahren kämpfen seine mutmaßlichen Opfer juristisch darum, Epsteins Deal mit den Ermittlern rückgängig zu machen
20251220 Frühjahr 2011: Die »Daily Mail« veröffentlicht ein Interview mit Giuffre.
20251220 Darin berichtet sie, im Alter von 17 Jahren mit Epstein nach London gereist zu sein und dort Zeit mit Prinz Andrew, dem Sohn der Queen, verbracht zu haben.
20251220 Die Geschichte und ein Foto der Begegnung lösen im Königshaus eine Krise aus.
20251220 FBI-Agenten befragen Giuffre.
20251220 Dezember 2014: Giuffres Anwälte reichen Gerichtsdokumente ein, in denen sie sexuelle Begegnungen mit Prinz Andrew und anderen Männern schildert, darunter »ausländischen Präsidenten, einem bekannten Premierminister und anderen Weltführern«.
20251220 Alle Genannten weisen die Vorwürfe zurück.
20251220 November 2018: Der »Miami Herald« rollt Epsteins Fall neu auf – Alexander Acosta, der Staatsanwalt, der ihn einst schonte, ist inzwischen Arbeitsminister unter Präsident Donald Trump.
20251220 Juli 2019: Bundesanwälte in New York kommen zum Schluss, dass sie gegen Epstein ermitteln dürfen.
20251220 Dieser wird festgenommen.
20251220 Trumps Arbeitsminister tritt zurück.
20251220 August 2019: Epstein stirbt in seiner Gefängniszelle in New York, der Obduktionsbericht geht von Suizid aus – was teils bis heute in Zweifel gezogen wird.
20251220 Juli 2020: Staatsanwälte auf Bundesebene erheben Anklage gegen Ghislaine Maxwell.
20251220 Sie soll Epstein bei der Rekrutierung und dem Missbrauch seiner Opfer geholfen haben
20251220 Dezember 2021: Maxwell wird wegen Sexhandels und anderer Straftaten schuldig gesprochen, als Strafe werden im Jahr darauf 20 Jahre Haft festgelegt.
20251220 Januar 2024: Das öffentliche Interesse flammt erneut auf, nachdem ein Richter weitere Akten freigibt.
20251220 Der Vorwurf: Epstein habe ein internationales Netzwerk des Mädchenhandels für reiche und mächtige Männer betrieben, dessen Ausmaß größer ist als bisher vermutet.
20251220 Januar 2025: Donald Trump, der jahrelang ein enger Freund Epsteins war, wird erneut Präsident.
20251220 Im Wahlkampf hatte er angedeutet, er wolle weitere Akten über Epstein freigeben.
20251220 Eine wichtige Forderung des MAGA-Lagers, das Trump unterstützt.
20251220 Februar 2025: Justizministerin Pam Bondi behauptet, sie habe eine »Klientenliste« Epsteins.
20251220 Das Justizministerium verteilt unter wachsendem Druck der eigenen Basis Dokumente mit vermeintlichen Neuigkeiten an rechte Influencer – doch vieles ist bereits bekannt.
20251220 April 2025: Virginia Roberts Giuffre stirbt durch Suizid.
20251220 7. Juli 2025: Das Justizministerium erklärt, Epstein habe keine »Klientenliste« geführt, und kündigt an, keine weiteren Akten zu veröffentlichen.
20251220 15. Juli 2025: Der demokratische Abgeordnete Ro Khanna und sein republikanischer Kollege Thomas Massie bringen den »Epstein Files Transparency Act« ein.
20251220 17. Juli 2025: Das Wall Street Journal berichtet über einen anzüglichen Brief, der Trumps Signatur trägt und in ein Album zu Epsteins 50. Geburtstag eingeheftet gewesen sei.
20251220 Trump bestreitet die Autorenschaft und verklagt die Zeitung – Beweise für eine Fälschung legt er nicht vor.
20251220 Der US-Präsident gerät zunehmend unter Druck
20251220 Ende Juli 2025: Um die politische Krise zu entschärfen, befragt Vizejustizminister Todd Blanche Maxwell.
20251220 Sie sagt, sie habe Trump nie dabei gesehen, wie er etwas sexuell Unangemessenes tat.
20251220 Kurz darauf wird sie in ein Gefängnis mit niedrigerer Sicherheitsstufe verlegt.
20251220 Oktober 2025: Giuffres Memoiren erscheinen posthum.
20251220 Darin bekräftigt sie, mächtigen Männer, darunter Prinz Andrew, zugeführt worden zu sein.
20251220 Der britische König Charles III. entzieht Andrew daraufhin seine letzten Titel und die Residenz .
20251220 November 2025: Ein Ausschuss des Repräsentantenhauses veröffentlicht zahlreiche E-Mails von Epstein und Vertrauten.
20251220 Neben Andrew tauchen auch Trumps einstiger Vertrauter Steve Bannon, Ex-Finanzminister Larry Summers und LinkedIn-Mitgründer Reid Hoffman darin auf.
20251220 In einer E?Mail schreibt Epstein, Trump habe »von den Mädchen gewusst«.
20251220 14. November 2025: Auf Drängen Trumps kündigt Justizministerin Bondi an, Epsteins Verbindungen zu Ex-Präsident Bill Clinton und anderen Unterstützern der Demokraten überprüfen zu lassen.
20251220 Keiner der Männer wurde von Epsteins Opfern beschuldigt.
20251220 18. November 2025: Der Kongress verabschiedet den Epstein Files Transparency Act.
20251220 Trump hatte in den Monaten zuvor versucht, dies zu verhindern, aber seine Haltung schließlich geändert, nachdem eine Abstimmung unausweichlich schien.
20251220 Er unterzeichnet ihn tags darauf.
20251220 19. Dezember 2025: Das Justizministerium beginnt mit der teilweisen Veröffentlichung der Unterlagen, schwärzt sie allerdings großflächig – und verpasst die vorgegebene Frist.
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20251220 Friedensgespräche: Selenskyj begrüßt US-Vorschlag für ein trilaterales Treffen mit Russland
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20251220 Epstein-Akten: Bill Clinton fühlt sich als Sündenbock missbraucht
202512202013 Ausland
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20251220 Krise in der Karibik: USA beschlagnahmen erneut Öltanker vor Venezuelas Küste
202512202044 Ausland
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20251220 Veröffentlichte Dokumente: US-Justizministerium löschte offenbar Foto mit Trump-Bezug wieder
202512202309 Ausland
20251220 Demonstration in Italien: Ausschreitungen nach Räumung von linkem Zentrum in Turin
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20251220 CAIRO, December 19. /TASS/.
20251220 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused European leaders pursuing an aggressive policy course of abusing their mandate.
20251220 "[German Chancellor Friedrich] Merz, too, has stated openly that Germany should prepare for war with the Russian Federation.
20251220 Similar statements have been made by [British Prime Minister Keir] Starmer and other hawks in the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance, including [European Commission President] Ursula von der Leyen and [NATO Secretary General] Mark Rutte, who certainly abuse their powers as they declare this aggressive policy line, one that does not reflect the unified opinion of EU member countries or the North Atlantic Alliance," Russia’s top diplomat said at a news conference following talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty.
20251220 Moscow sticks to quite a different position as it advocates for "ensuring indivisible security – in an honest manner and on equal terms," Lavrov emphasized.
20251220 A kind of security, he continued, that "unlike the European approach, would, instead of setting the stage for another war, would make sure to thwart any attempts toward following the militarist path.
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20251220 MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/.
20251220 The Bank of Russia filed the lawsuit against Belgium-based depository Euroclear in time, Governor of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina said at the press conference.
20251220 "Why we filed the lawsuit now and not earlier?
20251220 Circumstances were in place to do that, and it will suitable to talk about them later.
20251220 And what will be further on, how court decision will be enforced - it will be determined after the court judgement comes into force," she said.
20251220 The Central Bank chief also said that it is difficult for her to comment on specific arguments prevailing among EU member-countries that did not approve the confiscation of Russian assets".
20251220 In the first instance, it seems to me this is related to the fact that the decision would undermine the basis of international financial system functioning.
20251220 It is obvious," she noted.
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20251220 MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/.
20251220 Kiev and Lisbon have signed a joint statement on establishing partnership for the production of surface drones, Vladimir Zelensky said.
20251220 "Today, we have a joint Ukrainian-Portuguese statement on establishing partnership for the production of uncrewed seaborne vehicles.
20251220 We signed it with the Portuguese prime minister [Luis Montenegro], who is on his first visit to Ukraine," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
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20251220 LONDON, December 19. /TASS/.
20251220 The British government will not unilaterally expropriate frozen Russian assets after the failure of the EU summit, the Financial Times reported quoting a government official as saying.
20251220 "We won’t move without international partners," the official said, adding that the UK would "continue to work closely with the G7 and EU on Ukraine financing".
20251220 Earlier the kingdom was prepared to allocate eight billion pounds ($10.6 billion) to Kiev at the expense of Russian assets.
20251220 The FT said that that the UK government has decided that the World Bank's $2 billion loan guarantees will be provided to Ukraine ahead of schedule, as early as 2026, to meet its emergency financial needs.
20251220 It said that the kingdom remains committed to providing three billion pounds ($4 billion) annually for military support to Ukraine until 2030.
20251220 The EU summit ended in the early hours on Friday after a discussion that lasted 17 hours and failed to overcome Belgium’s resistance and agree on the expropriation of Russian assets.
20251220 The meeting participants confirmed their indefinite freezing without any real prospect of a voluntary return in the foreseeable future.
20251220 The EU countries decided to provide Ukraine with a 90 billion euro financing in 2026-2027.
20251220 The union will raise the money through a loan, which Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic officially refused to participate in.
20251220 Ukraine will receive the loan at zero percent and repay it if it receives full reparations from Russia, the amount of which, according to Brussels, exceeds half a trillion euros.
20251220 The European Commission previously declared Ukraine insolvent and on this basis announced that it could not provide loans to it.
20251220 However, it was forced to finance Kiev directly on a grant basis.
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20251220 NEW YORK, December 20. /TASS/.
20251220 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has started to publish materials from the case of Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of corrupting minors and later committed suicide.
20251220 Epstein was arrested by New York State law enforcement in July 2019.
20251220 The prosecutor’s office reported that between 2002 and 2005 he arranged visits to his Manhattan home for dozens of underage girls, the youngest being 14.
20251220 Epstein’s friends and acquaintances included a large number of current and retired officials not only from the United States but also from many other countries, including former heads of state, major entrepreneurs, and show business stars.
20251220 The criminal prosecution of the financier in the United States ended after he committed suicide in a prison cell in August 2019.
20251220 On November 20, US President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social network account that he had signed a bill to compel the country’s Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
20251220 At the same time, Reuters said, citing sources, that the Trump administration exerted pressure on US Senate’s members to make them delay the vote on publishing the Epstein files.
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20251220 GENEVA, December 20. /TASS/.
20251220 The government of Switzerland is perfectly aware of risks that the EU’s possible expropriation of immobilized Russian assets under the guise of a ‘reparations loan’ to Ukraine may entail, but agrees to participate in the related risky undertakings of Brussels, Russian Ambassador to Switzerland Sergey Garmonin said.
20251220 According to the diplomat, Swiss elites "understand perfectly well that a theft of Russian assets will be illegal and destroy the confederation’s reputation of a 'safe haven' for foreign investors.
20251220 "Such step will set a dangerous precedent in the eyes of the Global South countries," he explained".
20251220 That is why Swiss officials have repeatedly emphasized that the confiscation of Russian assets frozen here is ruled out, because it will put into question the rule of law".
20251220 In his words, the confiscation would be "not even a theft - a robbery, because a theft is done in secret, while a robbery is by definition an open and confrontational criminal act".
20251220 "As the latest summit in Brussels has shown, more and more countries and the top management of the European Central Bank realize the dangers not just for the European financial system, but also for the global one," the Russian diplomat continued.
20251220 In this regard, Russia is particularly surprised by Bern’s decision "to join such a risky undertaking" by taking part in the Council of Europe-backed anti-Russian entity, namely in a "pseudo-legal mechanism to justify the seizure of Russian assets frozen in the West".
20251220 According to the European plan, the mechanism will deal with the issue of compensations that Russia allegedly owes to Ukraine.
20251220 Garmonin added that all such initiatives are "null and void" and "doomed to fail".
20251220 Earlier, an EU summit concluded with no consensus on the expropriation of Russian assets under the guise of a so-called reparations loan to Kiev despite spending 17 hours in discussion.
20251220 EU leaders ultimately failed to agree on expropriating frozen Russian assets in the form of a "reparations loan" to Ukraine and instead decided to allocate €90 billion to Kiev over the next two years through borrowing, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a final press conference.
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20251220 NEW YORK, December 20. /TASS/.
20251220 Ukraine must be prepared for the continuation of hostilities in 2026, as a peace agreement may not yet be finalized by the end of the current year, US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker told Fox News.
20251220 "Ukraine should also be prepared to fight into 2026.
20251220 And it is the reason that the $105 billion loan at the EU was approved, to fund that.
20251220 As we head into this winter without a peace deal, that the fighting will continue," he said during a broadcast on the television channel.
20251220 Frozen Russian assets
20251220 The EU summit ended in the early hours on Friday after a discussion that lasted 17 hours and failed to overcome Belgium’s resistance and agree on the expropriation of Russian assets.
20251220 The meeting participants confirmed their indefinite freezing without any real prospect of a voluntary return in the foreseeable future.
20251220 The EU countries decided to provide Ukraine with a 90 billion euro financing in 2026-2027.
20251220 The union will raise the money through a loan, which Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic officially refused to participate in.
20251220 Ukraine will receive the loan at zero percent and repay it if it receives full reparations from Russia, the amount of which, according to Brussels, exceeds half a trillion euros.
20251220 The European Commission previously declared Ukraine insolvent and on this basis announced that it could not provide loans to it.
20251220 However, it was forced to finance Kiev directly on a grant basis.
tass.com/world/2062435
20251220 BERLIN, December 20. /TASS/.
20251220 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements about European countries at his "Results of the Year" event echo the position of US President Donald Trump and his supporters, German security expert Gustav Gressel told Die Welt.
20251220 "[Putin] is obviously also addressing an audience in the US.
20251220 This rhetoric that the EU is, so to speak, a liberal bureaucratic colossus leading Europe to cultural destruction, of course, resonates with Trump and his supporters," Gressel stated.
20251220 He asserted that this position will significantly complicate the already tense relations between European elites and the Trump administration.
20251220 On December 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the combined Direct Line Q&A session and year-end press conference headlined "Results of the Year" that Europe is "stuck in a rut" on the issue of supporting the Kiev regime, and it is difficult for it to alter its path.
20251220 The Russian leader added that another reason for Europe’s policy on this issue is an attempt to mask its mistakes in the areas of foreign policy, the economy and other spheres.
20251220 The Trump administration’s recently released national security strategy, published on December 5, expresses concern that Europe will become unrecognizable in 20 years and is on the verge of destruction as a civilization due to the subversive policies of the European Union and other supranational structures.
20251220 The US administration expressed doubt that some European countries would have the appropriate economic and military potential to remain Washington’s reliable allies.
20251220 Earlier, Trump has repeatedly criticized Europe.
20251220 In general, as he said in an interview with Politico, he likes the current composition of leading politicians in the European countries.
20251220 However, according to the American leader, they do not do their job well.
20251220 He indicated that in the future he would support the European politicians whom he considers more suitable.
20251220 Trump also criticized Europe’s immigration policies, which, according to him, will make many of them unviable states in the future.
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20251220 Putin, in its opinion, laid bare a scenario of the Ukrainian conflict’s development and his key message was that "Moscow has long been seeking to settle the conflict through talks and insists that a diplomatic settlement is possible even today if security conditions are met".
20251220 The portal also recalled that during his year-end press conference, the Russian leader noted that US President Donald Trump "is making serious efforts" to end the Ukrainian crisis and is doing this "absolutely sincerely".
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20251220 The US military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for an attack on American personnel.
20251220 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes targeted ‘ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites.’
20251220 ‘This is not the beginning of a wa
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20251220 President Trump's administration has launched a review that could result in the first shipments to China of Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chips, making good on his pledge to allow the controversial sales
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20251220 Republican critics fear incomplete disclosure of Epstein files will loom over midterms
20251220 Extensive redactions and the limited number of documents released related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has angered some Republicans.
20251220 Extensive redactions and the limited number of documents released related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein angered some Republicans and did little to defuse a scandal threatening the party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
20251220 Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a House Republican, cited the failure to release all the documents as well as the heavy redactions as among actions she considered inconsistent with Trump's Make America Great Again movement.
20251220 ‘People are raging and walking away,’ she wrote on X
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20251220 The U.S. Coast Guard is currently interdicting a sanctioned vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters of the Caribbean Sea, according to three U.S. officials.
20251220 No further details were available as to the name of the ship or where exactly the operation is taking place.
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20251220 Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s unflinching response to President Donald Trump’s trade war this year has paid off: Tariffs have been dramatically reduced, new export controls and port fees have been suspended, and China can even now buy the more advanced Nvidia chips that will help its AI ascendancy.
20251220 By pulling China’s economic levers — like weaponizing the supply chains of rare earth minerals that China dominates — Xi was able to inflict enough pain to cause Trump to backtrack on his toughest measures.
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20251220 Epstein files live updates as DOJ releases initial trove of records
20251220 The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law signed by Presiden
20251220 The Justice Department has unveiled four groups of records from the Jeffrey Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law signed by President Trump compelling their release
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20251220 The current geopolitical climate makes delivering growth while ensuring resilience harder than ever: this CEO paradox is solvable only through platformization and collaboration.
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20251220 Japan's central bank said it was raising its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75% as it continues the monetary policy ‘normalisation’ process.
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