Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a family photo ceremony in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo |
- Chinese President Xi Jinping will gather more than 20 world leaders at a regional security forum in China next week in a powerful show of Global South solidarity in the age of US President Donald Trump while also helping sanctions-hit Russia pull off another a diplomatic coup.
- More Palestinian families left Gaza City after a night of Israeli shelling on its outskirts, as Israelis launched a day of nationwide protests calling for hostages to be released and the war in Gaza to end.
- Australia accused Iran of executing two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne and gave Tehran's ambassador seven days to leave the country, its first such expulsion since World War Two.
- US and Russian government officials discussed several energy deals on the sidelines of negotiations this month that sought to achieve peace in Ukraine, according to five sources familiar with the talks.
- France could find itself heading for another snap parliamentary election, a government minister suggested, after opposition parties said they would vote to oust Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and as French markets tumbled.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung narrowly avoided what he called a "Zelenskiy moment" after Trump welcomed him to Washington with right-wing conspiracy theories but then pulled off a high-stakes summit without unwanted drama.
- Pakistan evacuated at least 150,000 people in areas along three rivers in its agricultural heartland under threat of flooding after neighboring India warned it plans to release excess water from a dam, officials said.
- Under Donald Trump, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has become the driving force of his sweeping crackdown on migrants, bolstered by record funding and new latitude to conduct raids, but staff are contending with long hours and growing public outrage over the arrests.
- A Utah judge ruled that the state must redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2026 US midterm elections, saying Utah's Republican-controlled legislature had overstepped in overruling an earlier ballot measure passed by voters against drawing districts to favor any party.
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Fed Governor Lisa Cook attends the 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, in Wyoming, US, August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart |
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In protein-deficient India, McDonald's, Bollywood and cricket fuel wellness craze |
An advertisement for McDonald's new protein slice is displayed on an ordering kiosk in Bengaluru, India, August 21, 2025. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh |
At McDonald's outlets in South India, a 30-cent burger topping has been selling out fast. It's not extra cheese or a fancy salsa dip, but a vegetarian protein slice developed with Indian government food scientists -- the brand's first such offering globally. McDonald's has joined India's biggest dairy Amul, a slew of startups and a company backed by Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh to unleash a marketing blitz with celebrity chefs and cricketers promoting protein as a daily nutrition need for young and old, not just a gym fad. |
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Revelers take part in the Notting Hill Carnival in London, August 25. REUTERS/Jack Taylor |
Revelers, dancers and musicians filled the streets of west London for the annual Notting Hill carnival, one of the world's largest street parties that, despite its cultural prominence, has struggled with funding challenges. The carnival traces its roots to the hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Caribbean, known as the "Windrush" generation, who came to Britain between 1948 and 1971 to help rebuild the country following World War Two. |
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