The US Capitol in Washington, D.C., November 9, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz |
- The US Senate moved forward on a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a now 40-day shutdown. Additionally, a federal appeals court allowed a judge's order to stand that directs US President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund this month's food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans.
- The BBC's boss and its head of news quit following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster. Paul Sandle joins today's Reuters World News podcast to discuss how an edit of Donald Trump's January 6th, 2021 speech, which spliced together clips from his address to make it sound like he was encouraging the crowd to riot, is a key factor.
- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's is set to meet Trump at the White House, capping a stunning year for the rebel-turned-ruler who toppled a longtime autocratic leader. Separately, Syrian officials said that they had foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate the president.
- FBI Director Kash Patel visited China last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, two people familiar with his trip said, following a summit between the US and Chinese presidents where both hailed "consensus" on the matter.
- None of the 117 people killed in Brazil's deadliest police raid were among the 69 suspects named by prosecutors in the complaint providing the basis for the raid, according to a Reuters review of the full police report on the operation.
- As the COP30 summit kicks off for the more than 190 countries participating, it was unclear what exactly they would discuss during the two-week U.N. summit in Brazil's Amazon city of Belem.
- The African Union has called for an urgent international response, including intelligence-sharing, to address worsening security conditions in Mali, where insurgents are imposing a fuel blockade and kidnapping foreigners.
- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy asked a Paris court to release him from jail pending an appeal, just weeks after he started a five-year sentence for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya.
- One of the year's most powerful storms in the Philippines, Super Typhoon Fung-wong has killed four people, authorities said, as they began assessing damage after its fury abated, though no reports of major destruction have flowed in yet.
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- As companies focused on stockpiling bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies come under pressure amid market saturation and souring sentiment, new entrants are pushing into less popular tokens, stoking worries over increased volatility.
- Slowing payroll growth in the US is likely due more to weaker demand for workers than the drop in the labor force from tightened immigration policy, an important distinction in the US Federal Reserve's debate about further interest rate cuts, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said. Watch our daily rundown for more.
- Tesla's sales in China dropped to 26,006 vehicles in October, their lowest in three years, as the electric vehicle maker struggles with tepid demand in the hyper-competitive market.
- China's internet platforms are quietly reviving consumer lending, taking Beijing's push to make household borrowing cheaper as a signal that regulators may be easing a years-long crackdown on the sector, four industry sources said.
- US exporters of agricultural goods to China are optimistic that trade between the two countries will return to normalcy after a framework agreement reached last month by their leaders, according to several exporters and industry officials.
- European business sees a far greater impact in 2026 from US tariffs and other trade tensions than in 2025, when front-loading mitigated the consequences, a survey by BusinessEurope showed. For more tariffs and trade, sign up to the Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter.
- Norway's sovereign wealth fund said it will abstain from voting on Novo Nordisk's new board chair or other nominees at the obesity drugmaker's extraordinary shareholder meeting this week, adding to pressure over governance at the company.
- When Chevron executives and top shareholders convene in New York City for the oil producer's investor day, portfolio managers will be eager to hear CEO Mike Wirth's plan to finally reap rewards from the Hess acquisition and begin a new phase of growth.
- Members of the New York real estate industry, concerned about Zohran Mamdani's rent-freeze impact on investments, are now seeking to engage with the New York City mayor-elect as he attempts to reshape housing policies and spur development in the city.
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Ten years on, France bears the scars of the November 13 attacks |
People lay flowers in front of the Bataclan concert hall, in Paris, France, November 13, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo |
Sebastien Lascoux was absorbed in the music when three Islamist militants burst into the Bataclan concert hall in Paris and opened fire on the crowd, killing 90 people including one of his friends. A decade on, he is still haunted by everything he saw and heard that night. The assault on the concert hall was the deadliest of a burst of coordinated attacks on the French capital that night which killed a total of 130 people and traumatized an entire nation. |
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Mimmo jumps out of the water as people on a boat take pictures in the San Marco Basin, in Venice, Italy, November 8, 2025. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri |
A wild dolphin, nicknamed "Mimmo" by the local press, has become a regular visitor in the waters off Venice's St. Mark's Square, captivating tourists but raising concerns about its safety amid heavy marine traffic. Mimmo has been dodging the water buses, taxis, and gondolas in the busy St. Mark's Basin area since last month, and experts are are uncertain how to encourage the dolphin to leave the area, according to marine biologist Luca Mizzan, head of Venice's Natural History Museum. |
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