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1. 12-16 US and Cuba to resume regular commercial flights Cuba
C. 12-16 Air India worker 'sucked into aircraft engine' in Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mumbai
12-16 US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25% Washington
4. 12-16 Asia's investors cheer the Fed's move to raise rates Japan
F. 12-16 Migrant crisis dominates as EU holds final summit of 2015 Brussels
G. 12-16 Baltimore judge declares mistrial in Freddie Gray case Baltimore
H. 12-16 Six missing after tanker collision in Singapore Strait

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Dec.16   Cuba US and Cuba to resume regular commercial flights  The US and Cuba have reached an understanding on resuming regular commercial flights between the two countries

  Mumbai Air India worker 'sucked into aircraft engine' in Mumbai  An Air India technician has died after he was sucked into an aircraft engine at Mumbai airport, the airline says

Day News


  Washington   US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25%
  The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points - its first increase since 2006
 The move takes the range of rates banks offer to lend to each other overnight to between 0.25% and 0.5%. Rates in the US have been at near-zero since 2008

Evening News


  Japan     Asia's investors cheer the Fed's move to raise rates  Shares in Asia were all in positive territory on Thursday on news the US Federal Reserve had raised its rates for the first time since June 2006

  Brussels     Migrant crisis dominates as EU holds final summit of 2015 Map of Brussels  Germany and several other nations are to discuss with Turkey ways of settling thousands of Syrian refugees ahead of the final summit of the year

  Baltimore Baltimore judge declares mistrial in Freddie Gray case  The judge in the case of a Baltimore police officer on trial over a death in custody has declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict

  Singapore Six missing after tanker collision in Singapore Strait  Authorities from Singapore and Indonesia are searching for six people, after a chemical tanker collided with a freighter in the Singapore Strait

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