|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | World | | A ceasefire agreed between Yemen’s warring parties in Hodeidah will begin on Dec. 18, sources from both sides and the United Nations said on Sunday, to try to avert more bloodshed in a port city vital for food and aid supplies. | | | | Clashes in Nigeria between farmers and semi-nomadic herders have killed more than 3,600 people since 2016, most of them this year, Amnesty International said, in a report documenting an upsurge in violence that could sway the results of February 2019 elections. | | | | | | .@Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been imprisoned in Myanmar for one year. Follow updates on the case: https://reut.rs/2Ep5WOX 7:13 AM - 17 Dec 2018 | | | UK | | Commentary: British Prime Minister Theresa May, who took office after the 2016 Brexit referendum, inherited the thankless task of “unpicking 45 years of laws, regulations and habits, while trying to keep the country together and get a deal through parliament,” writers columnist John Lloyd. The process has been prolonged torture – for May and her party, for EU leaders in Brussels, and for members of the British public, no matter where they stand on the wisdom of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | The lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking at least $9 billion in damages from Qualcomm said the contract manufacturers are not in settlement talks with the mobile chip supplier and are “gearing up and heading toward the trial” in April. 4 Min Read | | | | Alphabet’s Google said that it is investing over $1 billion to establish a new campus in New York city, as it expands its presence in the city’s technology corridor along the Hudson River. 3 min read | | | | As U.S. bank stocks tanked this month over fears of an impending recession, industry executives downplayed concerns to colleagues, analysts and journalists, arguing that the economy is in great shape. But looking behind headline numbers showing healthy loan books, problems appear to be cropping up in areas such as home-equity lines of credit, commercial real estate and credit cards, according to federal data reviewed by Reuters. 5 min read | | | | Brazil’s Embraer said it had finalised the terms of a proposed deal to sell 80 percent of its commercial aviation business to Boeing, now valuing the division at $5.26 billion. As originally announced in July, the deal valued Embraer’s commercial division at $4.75 billion.
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