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    MSCI proposes stand-alone downgrade for Indonesia as Jakarta index plunges 11%

    MSCI has launched a consultation on moving Indonesia to stand-alone status, which would remove it from all of its indexes. Jakarta's IDX Composite fell about 11% on Friday, 16 October, its sharpest one-day drop since January 1998.

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Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

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  • Pope appeals to Putin on Oleshky aid

    Pope Leo XIV asks Vladimir Putin for a local truce in Oleshky to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate civilians, the Vatican says.

  • EU summit opens in Brussels

    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for more EU funding for Ukraine at the start of the summit, without naming an amount, according to WiWo.

  • Pope Leo XIV undergoes lung surgery

    Pope Leo XIV phoned Vladimir Putin from his Gemelli hospital room and asked for a truce in Oleshky, Ukraine, so food and medical aid can arrive, the Holy See press office says.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

Mostly continuation: a €70 billion funding request left unresolved at the summit and a papal appeal, with no new aid or sanctions decision.

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