SpaceX is conducting the company's riskiest mission yet. We have a live streaming of the event. Elsewhere, Ukraine businesses hire more women and teens amid labor shortages, and we report on immigration in Ohio. Plus, some of the most memorable moments from this year's MTV Video Music Awards, in pictures. |
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Bansal Oreus helps other Haitian immigrants with government documents in Springfield, Ohio. REUTERS/Howard Schneider |
- Haitian Americans said they fear for their safety after Donald Trump repeated a false and derogatory claim during this week's presidential debate about immigrants in Ohio. On today's Reuters World News podcast, Howard Schneider discusses how Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield's growth.
- Hurricane Francine has come ashore in southern Louisiana, pounding New Orleans with heavy rains and gusty winds while threatening the wider Gulf Coast with a potentially deadly storm surge that led to evacuation orders for thousands of people.
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- The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, US Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will announce today.
- A lack of accountability for the killing of United Nations staff and humanitarian aid workers in the Gaza Strip is "totally unacceptable," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview.
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- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has died aged 86. He steered economic growth in the 1990s but was later jailed for human rights abuses in a war against Maoist rebels. Supporters gathered to mourn and pray outside his residence last night.
- Pope Francis urged political leaders in Singapore to seek fair wages for the country's million-plus lower-paid foreign workers, in likely the last major speech of an ambitious 12-day tour across Southeast Asia and Oceania.
- As the war with Russia drains Ukraine's labor force, businesses are trying to cover critical shortages by hiring more women in traditionally male-dominated roles and turning to teenagers, students and older workers. Follow the latest news from the war.
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Crew members of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission. REUTERS/Joe Skipper |
- The first private spacewalk was underway when we published this newsletter, with a group of astronauts set to leave a SpaceX capsule after a delay of a few hours. It is the Elon Musk-led company's latest and riskiest bid to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.
- The European Central Bank is almost certain to cut interest rates again later today, but with inflation risks simmering despite anemic growth, investors will be combing its message for clues on further easing.
- The Bank of England aims to roll out revised new rules on how much capital UK banks must set aside to cope with future crises, as it juggles efforts to shock-proof lenders while supporting growth and without hurting their global commercial interests.
- A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company's then-nascent online advertising business in 2009 was to "crush" rival advertising networks, according to evidence prosecutors presented at the tech titan's antitrust trial.
- For years, the world's biggest condom maker Reckitt Benckiser designed products and marketing to lure Indian men to its Durex brand. Now, it is pushing a growth strategy by betting on women and rural consumers.
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Rich nations have millions of mpox shots. Will they share? |
New mpox strain has spread to 14 African countries. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi |
Rich countries have several hundred million doses of vaccines that could help fight mpox in Africa, where donated shots fall far short of what is needed, according to a Reuters tally of public statements, documents and estimates from non-governmental organizations. The shots have been stockpiled for years by countries such as Japan, the US and Canada in case smallpox, an eradicated disease that is the more dangerous cousin of mpox, ever makes a comeback. |
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Taylor Swift accepts the award for Video of the Year. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid |
Taylor Swift took home seven trophies at the MTV Video Music Awards, tying her with Beyonce for the most lifetime honors in the 40-year history of the video accolades. Swift snagged the top prize, video of the year, for "Fortnight" featuring Post Malone. Below, we recap this and other highlights of the night. |
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