Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa |
- Israel's military pushed deeper towards the most populated areas of Gaza City, a painful reminder for Gazans that Western powers' recognition of a Palestinian state does not mean an end to the horrors of war.
- US President Donald Trump will address the U.N. General Assembly as world leaders question whether the United States, with its "America First" foreign policy, is still prepared to play a leadership role in global affairs.
- Trump linked autism to childhood vaccine use and the taking of popular pain medication Tylenol by women when pregnant, elevating claims not backed by scientific evidence. On the Reuters World News podcast US Healthcare and Pharma Editor Caroline Humer explains what Trump's warnings about Tylenol and autism are based on.
- Britain's energy minister Ed Miliband said talk of a US-led global retreat from climate action was overstated and that the economic arguments supporting net zero were strong enough to see off domestic and international scepticism.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will seek more support from allies when he addresses the U.N. and meets Trump this week, but behind the scenes Kyiv is quietly preparing for a new phase of the war in which it relies more on itself. Meanwhile, the West and Russia clash at U.N. after incidents in NATO air space.
- Hong Kong shut down ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, with authorities urging people to stay at home, while most passenger flights were due to be suspended until Thursday.
- Military-led West African countries Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, denouncing it as "a tool of neocolonial repression."
- Venezuelan military forces drove armoured vehicles and conducted weapons training for civilians in Caracas as tensions with the United States escalated over a US military buildup in the Caribbean and recent attacks on Venezuelan vessels. View our gallery.
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- Global growth is holding up better than expected, but the full brunt of the US import tariff shock is still to be felt as AI investment props up US activity for now and fiscal support cushions China's slowdown, the OECD said.
- The Trump administration's hefty new visa fees for H-1B workers have prompted high-level talks inside companies in Silicon Valley and beyond on the possibility of moving more jobs overseas - precisely the outcome the policy was meant to stop.
- Amazon duped tens of millions of Prime customers by signing them up without consent and locking them in with overly complex cancellation methods, the US Federal Trade Commission will seek to show at a trial starting in Seattle.
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's pledge of "large and forceful" actions to stabilize Argentina's wobbling currency by using a 91-year-old US crisis fund could help the peso find its footing, at least for a while.
- In a landmark interpretation, China's top court recently reinforced that workarounds between employers and workers to evade social insurance contributions are invalid, a move that both promises to fund depleted pension plans and threatens jobs and businesses.
- Chinese buyers booked at least 10 cargoes of Argentine soybeans after Buenos Aires scrapped grain export taxes, three traders said, dealing another setback to US farmers already shut out of their top market and hit by low prices.
- A global gathering of aviation leaders in Montreal will need to navigate international rifts as it confronts high tech threats, rising pollution from flights and labor shortages.
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From looms to laptops, Afghan women lose lifeline in Taliban internet ban |
Taliban fighters install a Taliban flag on a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo |
In a dim home used as a small business in Afghanistan, women bent over bright cloth use needles to form intricate embroidery. But their fibre-optic network in Kandahar - their primary link to buyers - has now gone dark. Local government officials confirmed a ban on fibre-optic services in five northern provinces. Officials said the ban is to prevent "immoral activities." The internet has been a lifeline for students, especially girls barred from secondary schools and universities, but the shutdown has cut off even that option in northern Afghanistan. |
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The unexpected upside of Canada's wildfires |
A flowering canola crop grows in the Canadian prairies, with smoky air from forest fires obscuring the morning sun, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, July 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ed White |
Colin Penner, who farms about 3,700 acres an hour's drive north of the US border, crunched up a handful of plump canola pods and blew the chaff into a stiff prairie breeze. Last summer, high heat and harsh sun scorched canola's yellow flowers and ruined their pollen, knocking down yields across Western Canada. This summer, smoke from nearby wildfires shrouded the July skies and protected Penner's young crop from the sun's burning rays. Reuters spoke to dozens of farmers and 10 crop experts who said the smoky skies of midsummer had mainly positive impacts for canola - although the experts cautioned that more research is needed. *Are you interested in more stories like this one? Sign up to the Reuters Beacon, a new weekly newsletter focusing on innovative ideas and solutions-based journalism. |
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