Sailing boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, Greece, September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Stefanos Rapanis/File Photo |
- Israeli forces have intercepted 39 boats carrying aid and foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, to Gaza, leaving only one vessel still sailing towards the Palestinian enclave, the flotilla organizers said. Listen to Cynthia Osterman discuss the interception on the Reuters World News podcast.
- French police have arrested the captain and first officer of a sanctioned tanker suspected of operating for Russia's "shadow fleet", authorities said, after the navy boarded the vessel which may have been involved in recent drone incidents around Denmark.
- British police said four people had been injured after a car was reportedly driven at pedestrians and one person stabbed near a synagogue in Manchester, northwest England, and that officers had shot the suspected offender.
- Demonstrators in more than 240 locations around France are due to stage more protests and strikes, the CGT union said, to demand the government scraps looming budget cuts.
- Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, has died at the age of 91.
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- President Donald Trump's administration froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target Democratic priorities. The shutdown also means more pain for US farmers as it will delay access to federal farm loans.
- As she has done several times recently, liberal Justice Elena Kagan sounded the alarm after another bold emergency action by the Supreme Court's conservative majority again let Trump carry out one of his policies without taking the usual time or deliberation to review its legality.
- The Trump administration is pursuing deals across up to 30 industries, involving dozens of companies deemed critical to national or economic security, according to more than a half dozen people familiar with the talks.
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- Investors have anticipated for weeks the risks of a US government shutdown to markets. Now that it is here, they are hoping it will be brief. A shutdown that lasts at least several weeks could cause confusion about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path as the central bank will be without government data that helps guide its decisions.
- In India's Gujarat, eating meat or seafood is frowned upon, but in the state's dusty industrial town of Vithalapur, hotels with names like Osaka Palace are churning out ramen and tempura - all to please the Japanese auto engineers and managers who now reside in them.
- The dollar fell to near a one-week low as traders weighed the impact of a US government shutdown, while poor jobs data boosted expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates two more times this year. Watch our daily market rundown for more.
- Online fast-fashion retailer Shein plans to open its first bricks-and-mortar shops in France in November under an agreement with department store owner Société des Grands Magasins, a move that sparked criticism from French retailers.
- The European Union's financial risk watchdog called for urgent safeguards on stablecoins only partly issued in the bloc, echoing a warning from the European Central Bank, which is worried that their failure could induce a run on reserves.
- The Supreme Court will rule whether Donald Trump can fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook in a test of the president's powers over the central bank. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explore the consequences for the US economy and markets if the Fed loses its independence.
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Babies' deaths in Cameroon show how US aid cuts curtail malaria fight |
Fatimata Madou, shows a photo of Mohamat, her nine-month old child who died of malaria, in Bogo, Cameroon September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Desire Danga Essigue |
Nine-month-old baby Mohamat burned with fever for three days before his family took him to the closest health centre in northern Cameroon, but it was too late. He died of malaria that day. Mohamat's death was part of a spike this year in malaria fatalities that local health officials attribute to foreign aid cuts by the United States. |
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HUNTR/X poses on the red carpet at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, New York, September 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo |
While the lead vocalists in animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" are largely inspired by the work of other K-Pop artists, EJAE, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna said they also admire Black American hip-hop stars like Kendrick Lamar, Missy Elliott and Doechii. "I think I discovered West Coast rap in high school, and I learned a lot about storytelling, lyricism and rhythm," Korean American rapper and singer Rei Ami said. All three vocalists told Reuters that rapper and record producer Lamar's music had particularly impacted their musical styles. |
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