Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. November 4, 2025. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network via REUTERS. |
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Varieties of Ben & Jerry's ice cream sits on display at a store in the Queens borough of New York City, September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton |
- The Magnum Ice Cream Company has concluded that the chair of its Ben & Jerry's brand no longer "meets the criteria" to serve as a board member after internal investigations, it said in an SEC filing, as an ongoing internal feud continues.
- China will suspend retaliatory tariffs on US imports, including duties on farm goods, after last week's meeting of the two countries' leaders, Beijing confirmed, but imports of US soybeans still face a 13% tariff.
- The Chinese government has issued guidance requiring new data center projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made artificial intelligence chips, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised that his first budget would be a bold blueprint for "generational investments," to bolster the economy and withstand a trade war with the US, but to some analysts the document he unveiled was a missed opportunity.
- Investors in pure-play quantum computing stocks are grappling to value these futuristic companies, making prices highly volatile for the latest hot trend on Wall Street.
- A tumble on Wall Street turned into a full-on slide in Asian stocks, as fears are growing that AI stocks could be in bubble territory. The Supreme Court is also set to consider whether Trump's tariffs are legal, as Elena Casas explains in our daily market rundown.
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Betting on misery: The dark side of Italy's gambling passion |
Datawrapper/Stefano Bernabei |
When Luciano walked into an anti-addiction clinic in the central Italian city of Pisa, the only thing he had not lost to years of gambling were the clothes he was wearing. Everything else - family homes, savings, his dignity - was gone. "I devoted myself to casinos, horses, everything. Basically, I toured all the casinos in Europe; I spent all my assets, I gambled them, I gambled everything away in those places," the 69-year-old retired railway worker told Reuters. Luciano's story exemplifies some of the darker realities behind Italy's emergence as Europe's largest gambling market, with the spread of online and smartphone betting making it ever easier to place wagers. |
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Relatives and friends toss rice at Apostolos Gatidis and Apostolia Chatzivretta, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 25, 2025. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis |
Faced with droughts and sharper competition, Greek rice farmers are tapping into a new revenue stream: selling their cheap, broken rice to wedding goers instead of discarding it or using it for animal feed. |
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