December 16, 2025

The European Commission (EC) will propose a ban on purchases of Russian oil by EU countries in early 2026, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jorgensen said, TASS reports.   “Early next year we will put forward a legislative proposal to ban the remaining oil,” he told reporters.   Shipments of Russian oil to…

Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast has won a run-off election to become Chile’s 38th president, ousting the centre-left government currently in power, Al Jazeera reports.   On Sunday, with nearly all the ballots counted, Kast prevailed with 58 percent of the vote, defeating former Labour Minister Jeannette Jara, a Communist Party politician who represented the…