From Reuters Daily Briefing |
By Kate Turton, Newsletter Editor |
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People in front of a makeshift memorial following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, Phoenix, Arizona, September 12, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Machowicz |
- The shooter: Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah trade school student jailed on suspicion of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, faces formal charges next week. Utah's Republican Governor Cox urged people to find an 'off ramp' from political hostility.
- The kids aren't alright: Graphic videos that swept across social media of Charlie Kirk's shooting made the activist's death an indelible moment, forcing young Americans to confront the public killing of a prominent political leader not much older than themselves.
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- Resolution passes: The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining "tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps" towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. Elsewhere in New York, Donald Trump held a dinner with the Qatari prime minister, days after Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.
- X means stay, O means go: Syrian security forces stormed a rundown Damascus suburb in late August, toting guns, swords and eviction orders. In their wake, they left the district's homes spray-painted with marks showing who could stay and who must go.
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- Expanding military: A growing number of Poles are signing up for voluntary military training, reflecting rising concern that neighboring Russia poses a security threat as its invasion of Ukraine nears its fourth anniversary. According to NATO estimates, Poland now has the third-largest standing army in the alliance after the United States and Turkey.
- Thanks, but... Belarusian prisoners released from jail and exiled to Lithuania thanked the U.S. President for his role but some said they would rather not have been forced to leave Belarus, especially as many were due to be freed soon anyway.
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- The cutting edge: U.S. Federal Reserve officials, already expected to cut interest rates next week, may also be closer to settling a months-long debate over the risks of stagflation after recent data showed longstanding weakness in hiring and easing inflation concerns.
- Exclusive: A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a "vacation home," according to a document reviewed by Reuters. Cook, who remains at the Federal Reserve, has sued the president to resist her dismissal.
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- Contrary to evidence: The CDC intends to award the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a single-source contract for investigating the association between vaccines and autism prevalence. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has for years promoted a theory, in contradiction to established research, that childhood vaccines are a cause of autism.
- Doubling down: Trump health officials are planning to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting access to the shots, the Washington Post reported. Kennedy has significantly rolled back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
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- South Korean workers who returned home after being detained for a week by U.S. immigration authorities described their horror over the raid at their workplace in the state of Georgia and their relief at being reunited with their families.
- Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections on March 5, following a week of deadly violence that culminated in the appointment of the country's first woman Prime Minister in the interim.
- Pope Leo has instructed the Catholic Church's newest bishops to confront sexual abuse by priests and not to hide allegations of misconduct, in a text released by the Vatican.
- Apple unveiled the iPhone Air, the company's slimmest handset yet and the biggest change in eight years to a lineup that was thought to be stagnating. Fans and gadget experts at the event were enthused about the iPhone Air, despite having reservations ahead of time.
- City Memo is in Tbilisi this week on a journey that includes dumplings, hilltop views and amber wine.
- Bikes, buses and boats were just some of the modes of transport used by commuters in London as a staff strike shut down the capital's underground "Tube" network this week.
- The Beacon is my new newsletter that goes out every Friday. Offering a respite from the relentless news cycle, it will focus of solutions journalism, human innovation and hopeful stories. If that sounds like something you need, sign up here.
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