Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses and residential buildings in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Abdul Karim Farid |
- Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, called on law enforcement to investigate billionaire Elon Musk for his promise at a weekend pro-Trump rally to give away $1 million each day until Election Day. Follow our live coverage of the US election race.
- Half of Moldovans voted "yes" in Sunday's referendum on the country's EU aspirations, early results showed, putting the small nation tugged between East and West on a path towards joining the single market despite pressure from Russia.
- King Charles was accused of "genocide" by an Indigenous senator at Australia's Parliament House, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his "respects to the traditional owners of the lands".
- Kenya's impeached deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, said his security protection team had been withdrawn and that President William Ruto would be responsible if anything happened to him.
- Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, raising fresh doubts about a quick fix on an island already suffering from severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine. View our gallery.
- The US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. He was 83.
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- The International Monetary Fund and others worry that the end of a wave of sovereign defaults could see a liquidity shortfall take its place in many emerging economies - setting back development, stunting climate change mitigation and fueling distrust in governments and Western institutions.
- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has warned finance leaders of lackluster medium-term growth and high levels of debt. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast as Economics Editor Dan Burns previews the annual IMF-World Bank talks in Washington this week.
- As CVS Health's new CEO David Joyner steps into the top job after Karen Lynch's quick departure, Wall Street analysts and some investors are questioning whether he has the right experience to turn around the Aetna health insurance business as it struggles with high medical costs.
- UBS is offloading part of the Credit Suisse business it acquired last year with a deal to sell the fallen bank's 50% stake in credit card provider Swisscard.
- German automakers should not be afraid of competition from China, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the opening of Mercedes-Benz's first battery recycling plant, an investment he described as part of Germany's new industrial policy agenda.
- A hearing in a lawsuit against BHP over Brazil's worst environmental disaster, the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, will begin at London's High Court, with claimants seeking up to $47 billion in damages.
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New cases of political violence roil US ahead of contentious election |
A hand-painted sign encouraging citizens to vote, sits with Halloween decorations, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo |
In York, Pennsylvania, a man accosted a group of people rallying for Vice President Kamala Harris' White House campaign, punching a 74-year-old man in the head and calling another man a "n— supporter" as he fled. In northern Michigan, an assailant enraged by his hatred of Donald Trump used an all-terrain vehicle to run over and injure an 81-year-old man who was putting up a yard sign for the former president's reelection bid. These cases are part of the biggest and most sustained increase in US political violence since the 1970s. |
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Stars like Amy Adams, Kim Kardashian and Cynthia Erivo graced the red carpet. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni |
The best style from the Academy Museum Gala fundraiser for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. |
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