A woman gestures while casting an early ballot on the last day of early voting in Michigan at a polling station in Lansing. November 3, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio |
- Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their last-ditch appeals to swing state voters as the two remain locked in a tight race for The White House. Jarrett Renshaw joins the Reuters World News podcast to explain how Democrats are prepping for the possibility that Trump prematurely declares himself the winner as he did in 2020.
- On election eve, America is stressed out. Faced with two radically different visions for the country's future, voters are girding themselves. Some are turning to religion, others to yoga, swimming or lifting weights. Some are following the news closely, while others have shut off their TVs and smartphones.
- Further down the ballot, Democrats face a tough fight in the election to preserve their narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate, as they are defending several incumbents in Republican-leaning states. Here are ten senate races to watch.
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- Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb badly hit by last week's deadly floods protested during a visit by Spanish King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, with some throwing mud at them. Amid this discontent, Spain is deploying 7,500 troops to the region.
- Moldova's pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu claimed victory in a closely-fought presidential election, defeating Alexandr Stoianoglo, her rival backed by the traditionally pro-Russian Socialist Party.
- Russian forces attacked Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv and the surrounding region with guided aerial bombs, wounding at least 15 people, Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
- A suspected leak of classified Gaza documents involving an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has jolted Israeli politics and outraged the families of hostages held by Hamas who have been pushing for a deal to get their loved ones home.
- Israel's effective use of air-launched ballistic missiles in its airstrikes against Iran is expected to pique interest elsewhere in acquiring the weapons, which most major powers have avoided in favor of cruise missiles and glide bombs.
- Quincy Jones, the man known simply as "Q," died at the age of 91. Jones was a huge influence on American music in his work with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped pop music in his collaborations with Michael Jackson.
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Shipping containers at Pier J at the Port of Long Beach wait for processing in Long Beach, California. April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bob Riha Jr. |
- Economists say that Trump's tariff plans, likely his most consequential economic policy, would push US import duty rates back up to 1930s-era levels, stoke inflation, collapse US-China trade, draw retaliation and drastically reorder supply chains.
- The US Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants - Meta's Facebook and Nvidia - to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in separate cases that could make it harder for private litigants to hold companies to account.
- Americans are still eagerly seeking prescriptions for Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk's weight-loss and diabetes drugs but cannot always fill them because of supply issues and insurance hurdles, according to their doctors.
- Boeing US West Coast factory workers will hold a vote on an improved contract offer that could end a seven-week strike and restart jet production at the troubled planemaker.
- China has urged France to push the European Commission towards a solution acceptable to both the European and Chinese electric vehicle industries, while France said the bloc would not yield on key matters as it pushes to overturn a tariff on brandy.
- Some of the biggest Chinese-owned solar factories in Vietnam are cutting production and laying off workers, spurred on by the expansion of US trade tariffs. Meanwhile, in nearby Indonesia and Laos, a slew of new Chinese-owned solar plants are popping up, out of the reach of Washington's trade protections.
- Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15.
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Graphic: What about inflation? |
Penny candy. Nickel cigars. Dime stores and 25 cent movie tickets. Debate about prices and inflation in the United States often seem frozen in time, with cultural anchors in "how things used to be" and anxiety over how they might turn out. That has never been more evident than over the last three years when inflation surged to levels not seen since the early 1980s and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates aggressively to rein it in. Not surprisingly, inflation is a key issue in this year's presidential campaign between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. |
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In September this year, Tupperware Brands filed for bankruptcy in a Delaware court as demand fell, losses mounted, the stock slumped and debt rose. Our graphics explain how outdated sales strategy and market competition led to the company's downfall. |
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