A view of the Washington Monument. REUTERS/Nathan Howard |
- The Senate will vote again on dueling Democratic and Republican plans to end a government shutdown now entering its third day, though there is no sign that either plan will win passage.
- Democrats in Congress have rallied around healthcare as their top policy issue, hoping a focus on Americans' concerns over access and affordability could help them in next year's midterm elections.
- After attempting to bludgeon colleges and universities into complying with its ideological mandates, the Trump administration is trying a new tactic: using financial incentives to encourage schools to comply.
- A massive fire erupted in a jet fuel production unit at Chevron's El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles, sending flames and smoke into the sky and raising questions over supply in California's isolated energy market.
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- Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Europe blocked traffic and vandalized shops and restaurants after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla. In Italy, tens of thousands took to the streets across the country.
- Britain appointed Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been named leader of the Church of England in the 1,400-year history of the role.
- The British government vowed to redouble its efforts to tackle antisemitism as the Jewish community reeled from an attack at a Manchester synagogue that killed two people. UK Bureau Chief Kate Holton has more on the Reuters World News podcast.
- Drone sightings overnight at Germany's Munich airport led to the cancellation and diversion of dozens of flights, leading politicians to call for a tougher response to drone threats, potentially including shooting them down.
- Indonesia's nuclear agency is still determining the size of the area affected by radioactive contamination linked to a scrap metal plant, with 10 points in an industrial zone near Jakarta found with high levels of exposure, officials said.
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- Alternate data from public and private sources, a substitute for official statistics delayed by a government shutdown, showed the US job market likely remained stalled in September with sluggish hiring.
- Watch our markets rundown, as stocks keep climbing.
- Japanese restaurants, bars and stores are running low on beer and other beverages from industry leader Asahi Group as the impact from a cyberattack entered a fifth day, with no resolution in sight.
- Alphabet's Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives from various companies, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications.
- Armani representatives have approached potential buyers over a minority stake in the renowned Italian fashion group, starting a de facto auction, for a slice of one of the world's best-known fashion empires weeks after the designer's death.
- Artificial intelligence startups are attracting record sums of venture capital, but some of the world's largest investors warned that early-stage valuations are starting to look frothy.
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- The US Supreme Court is set to scrutinize presidential powers in major cases during its new term opening on Monday, including the legality of Trump's tariffs and his move to fire officials from the Federal Reserve.
- Japan stands a good chance of having its first woman prime minister or its youngest leader in the modern era after a vote to pick the head of the nation's ruling party.
- Syria will hold an indirect vote to establish its first parliament since Bashar al-Assad was ousted, a key step in the transition from his rule but one that has stirred concerns about political inclusivity under the country's new leaders.
- Czechs are likely to oust their center-right government in an election, with polls favouring populist billionaire Andrej Babis to return to power on pledges to raise wages and lift growth while reducing aid for Ukraine.
- In markets news, the OPEC+ group meets at the weekend and is expected to accelerate the pace at which it is unwinding the curbs on oil output that it imposed during the pandemic.
- And the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced next Friday. Here is a look at how the award works.
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US soybean farmers, deserted by big buyer China, scramble for other importers |
Soybean grower Ryan Frieders stands in a field on his farm in Waterman, Illinois. REUTERS/Tom Polansek |
A trade mission to Nigeria. A memorandum of understanding with Vietnam. A surge of purchases from Bangladesh. These countries are not typically major customers for soybeans from the US farm belt. But desperate farmers, their trade organizations and Trump's administration are turning to far corners of the world in hopes of averting a disaster for agriculture. |
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People wait to enter a pop-up event for Taylor Swift's new album in New York City. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper |
Superstar Taylor Swift's latest studio album, 'The Life of a Showgirl,' arrives with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles. Swift has emerged as a cultural and economic force, with the highest-grossing tour of all time. |
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