People and security walk outside Happel stadium after Swift's three concerts this week were canceled. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl |
- A little over two weeks ago, Donald Trump's presidential campaign had visions of an expansive national strategy that would result in a landslide victory. Now, as they struggle to blunt a surging Kamala Harris, campaign advisers say they are recalibrating to protect states once thought of as safe.
- Reporter Gram Slattery joins today's Reuters World News podcast with insights on how Trump's campaign is scrambling to fight a surge in support for the Democratic ticket. Follow the latest election coverage here.
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This tally tracks the top five countries as medals are awarded. Updates every 30 minutes. |
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- Investors are tiptoeing back into shares of US tech stocks following a sharp tumble, even as some still-elevated valuations threaten to punish dip buyers if markets stumble again.
- The Bank of Japan managed to calm investor nerves during global market turmoil by reversing a calibrated strategy to communicate steady interest rate rises, but the flip-flop tests the bank's resolve to phase out decades of radical stimulus.
- Seeking some calm, markets remain edgy following the volatility jolt of the past week and traders now seek some re-assurance the real economy has not shifted underneath them.
- Travel companies including Airbnb and Marriott International are forecasting a slowdown in leisure travel as US consumers wait longer to book vacations in a time when the economic outlook remains uncertain.
- Companies and others responsible for some of America's most toxic waste sites are using a federal health agency's faulty reports to save money on cleanups, defend against lawsuits and deny victims compensation, a Reuters investigation found. A Missouri neighborhood's tale.
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In the Amazon, an Indigenous trek marks territory where Brazil is absent. REUTERS/Adriano Machado |
Fifty Munduruku warriors hack their way with machetes through the undergrowth of the Amazon rainforest, marking the borders of their ancestral lands to finish a task that the Brazilian government has not. It is a quiet but defiant act from a people fighting for decades to urge Brazil's government to fully recognize their lands, a move that would grant legal protections against loggers, miners, and even the government's own infrastructure projects. |
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World's largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas. REUTERS/Evan Garcia |
As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object – except this printer is more than 45 feet wide, weighs 4.75 tons and prints residential homes. |
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