Listen "Libre News of The World. Wedesday the 10th of December 2025"
Episode Synopsis
Subscribe today so you never miss an episode! Today on Libre News of The World we covered a global sweep of major developments: Canada launched a new Express Entry stream for physicians (CBC News), while the Pentagon advanced micro-refineries for critical minerals (Defense One). A study reported a 48% collapse in Caribbean coral cover (Miami Herald), Honduras issued an arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández despite his U.S. pardon (La Prensa), and Brazil’s TCU backed a two-stage Port of Santos auction (O Estado de S. Paulo). Colombia was again named the deadliest country for environmental defenders (El Tiempo), Chile’s ENAP sealed a Vaca Muerta export deal (Diario Financiero), and Argentina moved to privatize Belgrano Cargas (Clarín). China’s premier warned of destructive tariffs (SCMP), the RBA held rates (Australian Financial Review), and NZ’s HMNZS Aotearoa was shadowed in the Taiwan Strait (NZ Herald). A major quake hit Japan (Japan Times), South Korea’s NPS considered dollar bonds (Korea JoongAng Daily), and Vingroup signed a $3B Telangana ecosystem deal (The Hindu). Angola and Gemcorp launched a $500M Africa fund (Jornal de Angola), Turkey guaranteed Russian gas flows to Hungary (Hungary Today), and Saudi Arabia’s PIF sought more Japanese investment (Arab News). Iran opened a spy trial (Tehran Times), Israel struck Hezbollah-linked sites (Reuters / Arab News link), and Louvre staff announced a strike (Le Monde). Italy’s Edison unveiled €600M in renewables (Il Sole 24 Ore), Spain’s services sector cooled but stayed strong (El País), and Portugal approved 150,000 new public homes (Público). Ciprian Ciucu won Bucharest’s mayoral race (Adevărul), the UK overhauled post-Brexit investment rules (Financial Times), and 14 new UK offshore carbon-storage sites opened for licensing (The Guardian). Ireland’s services sector hit a 3½-year high (Irish Times), Germany braced for 24,000 bankruptcies in 2025 (Handelsblatt), and NATO shifted all Nordics under JFC Norfolk (Politico Europe). Greenland pursued greater autonomy and EU investment (Politiken), Uzbekneftegaz secured up to $5B with Cargill (UzDaily), and Gazprom delivered its first post-sanctions Portovaya LNG cargo to China (TASS). Finally, Zelenskiy prepared a revised peace plan (Ukrainska Pravda) and Tata Electronics secured Intel for its Gujarat chip fab (Economic Times).
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