Structures in Lebanon are hit by artillery fired by the Israeli Army, as seen from Kiryat Shmona, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart |
- The Israeli military said the ground operations in Lebanon involved the elite 98th division, which was deployed to the northern front two weeks ago from Gaza where they had been fighting against Hamas for months. Follow our live updates.
- Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people in Gaza, local medics reported and fighting ramped up, as the Israeli military said it had been targeting command centers used by its Islamist militant foe Hamas.
- Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will go head-to-head at the only vice-presidential debate before the Nov. 5 election. Political Correspondent Jim Oliphant tells the Reuters World News podcast what you can expect from the debate tonight - and whether it can move the needle for voters. Listen now.
- Crews airlifted emergency food and water into remote North Carolina towns that were cut off and devastated by tropical storm Helene that turned the western part of the state into a "post apocalyptic" landscape.
- Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveiled his cabinet as he seeks to heal party divisions and secure a national mandate with an Oct. 27 snap election.
- About 25 people were feared dead in Thailand when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalized, the government said.
- Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, told European lawmakers his guilty plea to US espionage accusations was necessary because legal and political efforts to protect his freedom were not sufficient.
- Rising cocoa prices driven by global production shortfalls have led to increased thefts of the commodity in farms in Cameroon, farmers and authorities say, forcing farmers to turn to machete-armed vigilantes, and amulets to stop thieves.
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A worker moves shipping containers at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs |
- Dockworkers on the US East Coast and Gulf Coast began their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labor contract broke down over wages.
- Euro zone inflation dipped below 2% for the first time since mid-2021 in September, reinforcing an already solid case for a European Central Bank rate cut this month as a three-year battle to tame runaway price growth nears its end.
- Global investors are preparing to stake bets on China again, in a major sentiment shift sparked by Beijing's drive to reverse its economic slowdown and revive long term interest in its stock markets.
- The US National Transportation Safety Board said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using planes with rudder components that could pose safety risks.
- CVS Health is exploring options that could include a break-up of the company to separate its retail and insurance units, as the struggling healthcare services company looks to turn around its fortunes amid pressure from investors, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
- Siemens Energy has agreed to pay $104 million to settle an investigation with US authorities, after it used stolen trade secrets to inflate bids for contracts five years ago.
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In Nevada, where hospitality rules, tipping is not the issue
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Culinary Workers Union Local 226 members Evangelina Alaniz and Yunet Gonzalez canvas door-to-door in Las Vegas. REUTERS/Ronda Churchill/File Photo |
Two decades into her work as a unionized bartender in Reno, Nevada, Kristie Strejc has the comfort of job stability, her pick of the best shifts, and, unlike many in the hospitality industry, enough income that she'd actually benefit from plans floated by both US presidential candidates to exempt tips from federal income tax. Proposals to exempt tipped income from federal taxes have emerged as Harris and Trump use competing economic proposals in areas like tariffs and taxes to vie for the votes of different constituencies, a strategy Trump has since extended to include a tax exemption for overtime pay. |
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Driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, parrots have invaded the town of Hilario Ascasubi. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian |
The town of Hilario Ascasubi near Argentina's eastern Atlantic coast has a parrot problem. Thousands of the green-yellow-red birds have invaded, driven by deforestation in the surrounding hills, according to biologists. They bite on the town's electric cables, causing outages, and are driving residents around the bend with their incessant screeching and deposits everywhere of parrot poo. |
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