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- US consumer inflation rises in December but underlying pressures ease
- SpaceX delays latest Starship megarocket test to Thursday
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- US bank profits rise as Wall Street hopes for merger boom
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- Mozambique inaugurates new president after deadly post-election unrest
- Syrian activists work to avoid return to dictatorship
- Beijing 'firmly opposes' US ban on smart cars with Chinese tech
- Equities mixed as US inflation, China data loom
- UK inflation dips, easing some pressure on government
- German bourse banks on Trump-fuelled crypto boom
- Record 36.8 million tourists visited Japan in 2024
- German far-right AfD takes aim at Bauhaus movement
- SpaceX set for seventh test of Starship megarocket
- Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket
- Spanish youth ditch dating apps for 'real life' love
- Bangladesh's Yunus demands return of stolen billions
- Asian equities mixed as US inflation, China data loom
- Renewed US trade war threatens China's 'lifeline'
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