1. Donald Trump must be sentenced in the Stormy Daniels criminal hush-money case on Jan. 10, days before his inauguration, a judge ruled.

2. U.S. announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget aid for Kyiv. They also proposed selling $8 billion in arms to Israel despite calls for an embargo.

3. Germany’s and France’s foreign ministers met Syria’s de facto leader, urging a peaceful transition of power.

4. Citigroup and Bank of America joined other U.S. lenders in leaving a group of global banks that have pledged to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.

5. Microsoft is planning to invest about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on developing data centers to train AI models and deploy AI and cloud-based applications.

6. Shipments to China of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc's iPhone, fell by 47.4% in November from a year earlier.

7. United Airlines to begin testing Elon Musk's Starlink in February for in-flight internet services.