A cat, surrounded by Palestinians, stands next to crates of fish for sale at the seaport of Gaza City, November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa |
- From regulating the price of chicken to levying fees on cigarettes, Hamas is seeking to widen control over Gaza as US plans for its future slowly take shape, Gazans say, adding to rivals' doubts over whether it will cede authority as promised.
- The British Broadcasting Corporation sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump, but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.
- Russia launched one of the biggest drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing four people and wounding dozens in strikes on energy facilities, apartment buildings and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for the first Thai monarch to visit China since ties were established 50 years ago, seizing the chance to portray his nation as a benevolent neighbor and reliable economic partner.
- The US approved the sale of fighter jet and other aircraft parts to Taiwan for $330 million, marking the first such transaction since Donald Trump took office in January, drawing thanks from Taipei and anger in Beijing.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling coalition is set to comfortably retain power in the poor and populous state of Bihar, a vote count showed, giving him a boost after a disappointing national vote last year.
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- The elevation of Affordable Care Act subsidies as an electoral issue among Republicans a year before Americans go to the polls for midterm congressional elections underscores the issue's potential potency and threatens to reshape 2026 midterms. Read our story.
- Only 29% of Americans support using the US military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved, a rebuke of Trump's strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
- Large defense companies have "conned" the US military into buying expensive equipment when cheaper commercial options would have been available, US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said.
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- China's factory output and retail sales grew at their weakest pace in over a year in October, piling pressure on policymakers to revamp the $19 trillion export-driven economy as a trade war with the US and weak domestic demand heighten risks to growth.
- British finance minister Rachel Reeves has no plans to raise income tax rates in this month's budget due to improved fiscal forecasts, a source said, following a surge in borrowing costs earlier in the day on reports she had backtracked on tax hikes.
- China's BYD has told some suppliers it wants to stop using in-house financial notes to pay them, people briefed on the matter said - a seismic shift away from a practice that helped power its rise but has been criticised for disadvantaging its parts makers. For more news from the auto industry, sign up for our Auto File newsletter.
- Samsung Electronics this month raised prices of certain memory chips - now in short supply due to the global race to build AI data centres - by as much as 60% compared to September, two people with knowledge of the hikes said.
- More than 1,000 Starbucks unionized baristas in over 40 US cities launched an indefinite strike, intensifying their push for a collective bargaining agreement over increasing pay and staffing levels at the coffee giant. Waylon Cunningham tells the Reuters World News podcast that the employees are using Starbucks' holiday kickoff - Red Cup Day - to underline their demands.
- The US shutdown has ended but the hangover is just beginning for investors, who worry gaps in economic data will delay or even derail Federal Reserve rate cuts at a delicate moment for the stock market. Read our report and watch our daily rundown for more.
- BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London's High Court ruled, in a lawsuit the claimants' lawyers previously valued at up to $48 billion.
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- The task of clearing the huge backlog of shutdown-delayed US data begins this week and Europe's central banks are set to release new inflation numbers. Here's all you need to know about the coming week in financial markets.
- Nvidia's quarterly report on Wednesday will be a critical test for the high-flying AI trade that has started to make some spluttering noises in recent weeks.
- Saudi Arabia is expected to host a US-Saudi investment summit in Washington on November 19 during a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to a source familiar with the planning.
- Chile holds the first round of its presidential election on Sunday. Pollsters expect the leftist coalition candidate Jeannette Jara to come out on top, but for the race to then swing to the right in the run-off in a month's time.
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Inside Google's AI Paradox: How the technology giant fell behind its rivals |
Demis Hassabis at the Nobel Prize ceremony in the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden December 10, 2024. TT News Agency/Pontus Lundahl via REUTERS/File Photo |
In the 11 years since Google acquired artificial-intelligence startup DeepMind, founder Demis Hassabis has become the search giant's top AI executive, won a Nobel Prize, and earned millions of dollars. For Alphabet, Google's parent company, the benefits have been slower to materialize. In the scramble for AI dominance, Google risks losing the supremacy it has long enjoyed in the search industry. |
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A person carries a dachshund at the annual Paris Sausage Walk, also known as the march of the dachshunds, in Paris, France, November 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/File Photo |
Dogs today come in a mind-blowing array of shapes and sizes, from the diminutive pug, Pekingese and Pomeranian to the grand Irish Wolfhound, Great Dane and Saint Bernard. But when did this diversity in canine forms begin? New research shows it dates back many millennia, long before modern breeding practices. |
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