• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/zelenskiys-talks-with-other-leaders-signal-diplomatic-flurry-around-ukraine-2022-12-11/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">A Ukrainian general</a> said Russia is preparing for a long war and still aimed to conquer all of Ukraine, as fighting continued with Russia pounding Kherson and Kharkiv while Ukraine shelled Russian-controlled Donetsk.<img loading="lazy" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/4/1671137195115.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.39" width="550" alt="Kyiv" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Reuters<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Meanwhile: In Brussels, the EU agreed to aid Ukraine with €18 billion in 2023 after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged them to back "our struggle for peace for Ukraine and for the whole of Europe."</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In other news: Russia's President Vladimir <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/putin-says-russian-gdp-fall-25-2022-2022-12-15/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Putin said</a> the country would expand trade cooperation with new partners in Asia, Africa, and Latin America —including sharply increasing gas exports to China— to fight the West's effort to isolate Moscow.</li></ul>

Good morning! It’s Friday, December 16th.President Joe Biden said the US is "all in on Africa’s future" and promised billions of dollars in government funding and private investments at the US-Africa Leaders Summit at the White House. But the promises are also part of the US efforts to catch up with Russia and China, who have recently increased their influence in the continent.&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Speaking of catching up, let <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Wixj4yQon23n0UgX1c0Gc?si=ccff87ba3e3843dc" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">these songs</a> accompany you in your last-minute work before the weekend kicks in.</li></ul>—Özlem, with Tanem and Can

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