Smoke rises over the city after morning Russian missile and drone strikes, Lviv, Ukraine, November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer |
- Nineteen people were killed in a heavy overnight Russian missile and drone attack that struck an apartment building in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, Ukrainian officials said. Another 40 people were wounded in the strikes on Ukraine that targeted energy and transport infrastructure.
- China has informed Japan that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood, media outlets reported, in what appeared to be the latest salvo in an escalating diplomatic dispute between Asia's top two economies.
- Trump's administration for weeks tried to stall or head off a vote in Congress to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, but nonetheless the measure is expected to land on his desk as soon as Wednesday.
- Trump's approval rating fell to 38%, the lowest since his return to power, with Americans unhappy about his handling of the high cost of living and the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Politics Editor Scott Malone tells the Reuters World News podcast more about the poll results.
- US lawmakers are set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the US Capitol on the second day of his visit to the US, aimed at touting stronger-than-ever economic and security ties with Washington while brushing off scrutiny over his human rights record.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for Hamas to be expelled from the region, a day after the U.N. Security Council endorsed Trump's plan to end the war that offers the Palestinian militant group an amnesty.
- A spike in support for Spain's far right is reviving memories of late dictator Francisco Franco and burnishing his legacy among disaffected young Spaniards, even as the left-wing government seeks to eradicate symbols of the fascist past.
- Jamaica spent years building a pot of money to handle climate-fueled disasters. It turned out to be enough to cover just 5% of the cost wrought by one storm. Hurricane Melissa has left the island nation with bills totalling $10 billion – only $500 million of which it can cover with climate-preparation reserves.
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- The West's push to build a home-grown magnets supply chain to reduce its reliance on China - led by massive US backing for Nevada-based MP Materials - is running into a critical problem: the scarcity of so-called heavy rare earth elements.
- Finnish petrol station operator, Teboil, owned by Russian oil major Lukoil said it is preparing to shut down all its petrol stations in the country as fuel runs out amid US sanctions against its parent company.
- The fate of Wall Street's staggering bets on artificial intelligence will rest squarely on Nvidia when the chipmaker reports results, with investors seeking signs that bubble worries are overblown.
- For more market news, watch our daily rundown.
- The cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 will be lower for a third straight year thanks to steep discounting in turkey prices, but about half the items that grace a typical US holiday table are pricier than last year, a survey shows.
- Air India is lobbying the Indian government to convince China to let it use a sensitive military airspace zone in Xinjiang to shorten routes as the financial toll from a ban on Indian carriers flying over Pakistan mounts, a company document shows.
- The minutes of the US central bank's October 28-29 meeting could provide more insight into the depth of the divide that has emerged among policymakers navigating an official data blackout, conflicting signals from available information, and a leadership transition.
- British inflation slowed last month for the first time since May, official figures showed, offering some relief to the government before next week's annual budget and boosting the chance of a December rate cut by the Bank of England.
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Illustration: John Emerson, photo: REUTERS/Go Nakamura |
When Lauren Vaughn, a kindergarten assistant in South Carolina, saw reports that right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event in Utah, she opened Facebook and typed out a quote from Kirk himself. Gun deaths, Kirk said in 2023, were unfortunate but "worth it" if they preserved "the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given Rights." Following the quote, Vaughn added: "Thoughts and prayers." A few days later, Vaughn lost her job. She was one of more than 600 Americans fired, suspended, placed under investigation or disciplined by employers for comments about Kirk's September 10 assassination, according to a Reuters review of court records, public statements, local media reports and interviews with two dozen people who were fired or otherwise disciplined. |
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A tourist kisses a monkey at the Jaguar Animal Rescue Center in Puerto Viejo de Limon, August 25, 2010. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate/File Photo |
Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study. Researchers from Oxford University and the Florida Institute of Technology wanted to examine when kissing began, given that from an evolutionary standpoint it has no obvious survival benefit, and could spread disease. |
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