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The index climbed 5.7 percent in November from a year earlier. Follow business updates here.

Enrique Mora, chair of the Vienna talks, says it is ‘important to pick up the pace’ of the negotiations and ‘move forward’

NY ‘Proud Boys’ member who pled guilty faces 4 years in prison; Florida man handed 5 years for assaulting police; Iowa man could spend up to 20 years behind bars

Coronavirus live updates and omicron variant news  The Washington Post ‘Enormous spread of omicron’ may bring 140M new COVID infections to US in the next two months, model predicts  USA TODAY Omicron live updates: Latest news on the COVID variant  New York Post

The California-based chip maker said a letter it had sent to global suppliers was written only to comply with U.S. law and didn’t represent Intel’s stance on the region, where the Chinese government has conducted a campaign of forcible assimilation

4 injured after explosion and fire reported at an ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Texas, officials say  CNN Neighbors react to Exxon Refinery fire in Baytown  KPRC 2 Click2Houston Fire reported at ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Texas, near Houston; some injuries feared  Fox Business

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Washington’s willingness to discuss Russia’s security proposals aimed at curbing NATO’s eastward expansion was “positive”, as fears mount in the West over a major military escalation in Ukraine. The Kremlin has grown increasingly insistent

There’s no such thing as a slow month in the TV-release calendar anymore, but December does still often feel like an afterthought. The annual best-of lists are already out, sweeps month (to the extent that it still matters) is over

As Italy is fighting to slow down the Omicron variant, many nursing homes have restricted or suspended family visits during the Christmas holidays, putting a strain on families.

Russia’s president defended the need to protect his country’s integrity and sovereignty in the face of what he described as attempts by NATO to encroach on Russia’s doorstep.