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National
Woodside natural gas project unit paused after Greenpeace protest off Western Australia
By Samuel McKeith SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Woodside said operations remained paused on Sunday at a floating production unit...
15h ago
Two killed, including 6-year-old, when truck drives through Kansas youth soccer game, police say
By Karen Freifeld and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A truck drove into a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, l...
17h ago
Hurricane Trudy gains strength near Mexico's coast, but is expected to weaken by Sunday
MEXICO CITY, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Hurricane Trudy gained some strength as it moved toward Mexico's western coast on Saturday, w...
Oct 17, 2026
Trump faults aides as Republican midterm prospects dim
By Nandita Bose, Bo Erickson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is blaming senior aides ...
Oct 17, 2026
Exotic species appear off California thanks to an unusually strong El Niño
By Daniel Trotta and Matt Silverstein DANA POINT, Calif., Oct 17 (Reuters) - The longfin bigeye fish was spotted in Californi...
Oct 17, 2026
National Sports
Tennis-Chwalinska outwits Kartal to win Wuhan Open
WUHAN, China, Oct 18 (Reuters) - French Open finalist Maja Chwalinska won her first title on the WTA tour as she shook off ea...
2h ago
NHL roundup: Panthers make history with third straight natural hat trick
By Field Level Media Oct 18 (Field Level Media) - Carter Verhaeghe scored a natural hat trick as the Florida Panthers made NH...
9h ago
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert touts successes as tenure winds down
By Field Level Media Oct 18 (Field Level Media) - With her tenure as WNBA commissioner in its final months, Cathy Engelbert m...
11h ago
Boxing-Figueroa withdraws from Kameda fight due to illness after losing WBA featherweight title
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Brandon Figueroa withdrew from his fight against Tomoki Kameda on Saturday, a day after he was stripped of...
11h ago
Swimming-Walsh surprised by 50m freestyle short course world record
Oct 18 (Reuters) - American Gretchen Walsh said she had surprised herself by bettering her own short course 50 metres freesty...
12h ago
World
Zelenskiy says he spoke to US envoys Witkoff, Kushner
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had spoken with US peace envoys Steve W...
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Trump endorses Netanyahu in Israeli election
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday for the upcoming I...
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Lithuania says attempted Starlink arson was Russia-linked sabotage
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Lithuania is treating an attempted arson attack at a SpaceX Starlink base statio...
48m ago
Egypt says ready to give Saudi Arabia necessary support amid Houthi conflict
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Egypt is ready to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it needs to defend its security and stability, the...
1h ago
Romanian F-16 fighter jets shoot down two drones over Romanian territorial waters
BUCHAREST, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Romanian F-16 fighter jets shot down two drones over the country's territorial waters on Saturd...
1h ago
Business
Analysis-Carney's pipeline push is unlikely to bring back Canada's oil jobs boom
By Amanda Stephenson FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney is betting a new pipelin...
3h ago
Analysis-IMF/World Bank meetings leave developing countries with more questions than answers
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder BANGKOK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Last week's meetings of the International Monetary Fund and Wor...
5h ago
Microsoft pulls out of UK data center deal with Nscale, Telegraph reports
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft has pulled out of a data center deal with British cloud provider Nscale, Britain's Telegraph new...
5h ago
Analysis-High debt, growing strains put focus on need for new development approaches
By Andrea Shalal and Rae Wee BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - High debt levels, rising debt-service costs and a sharp drop in offi...
Oct 17, 2026
Bank of Canada sees sharply higher inflation outlook as oil surges, Macklem says
By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada expects to raise its quarterly inflation forecast significa...
Oct 17, 2026
Politics
Roy Cooper's North Carolina playbook is working. Can other Democrats copy it?
By Yasmeen Abutaleb Oct 18 (Reuters) - North Carolina hasn't elected a Democrat to the US Senate in nearly 20 years, but form...
5h ago
Rubio says Trump to take up to 60 days to weigh Russia sanctions
By Nandita Bose and Gram Slattery Oct 17 (Reuters) - The day after waiving sanctions and tariffs related to Russian exports, ...
12h ago
Trump threatens California officials with imprisonment over stance on mail ballots
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department on Friday warned Los Angeles County and California el...
Oct 16, 2026
Trump mocks popularity of the name Mohammad, common among Muslims
By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh DALTON, Georgia, Oct 16 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump made a joke about the popul...
Oct 16, 2026
White House press secretary Zacharia fired in less than a week after facing criticism
By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - White House press secretary Katie Zacharia w...
Oct 16, 2026
Health
Congo confirms Ebola outbreak has spread to eighth province
Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to an eighth province, North Ubangi, Cong...
6h ago
Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, bringing total number to seven
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Kenya confirmed four new cases of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus on Saturday, including three health workers w...
Oct 17, 2026
India's food regulator proposes ban on added sugars in infant foods
Oct 17 (Reuters) - India's food safety regulator on Saturday proposed a ban on adding sucrose and fructose to food products f...
Oct 17, 2026
Bangladesh is battling measles. It's a 'real warning' to other nations
By Ruma Paul, Jennifer Rigby, Sam Jahan and Zia Chowdhury SYLHET, Bangladesh, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is battling to co...
Oct 16, 2026
Novavax shareholder Shah Capital to step back from activist role
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Shah Capital, one of Novavax's top shareholders, said on Friday it no longer seeks to influence c...
Oct 16, 2026
Science
Starlink disruptions are being felt on the front lines of Ukraine
By Sergiy Chalyi DONETSK REGION, Ukraine, Oct 16 (Reuters) - For one artillery unit fighting in eastern Ukraine, the US decis...
Oct 16, 2026
For fishermen, Britain's climate-driven octopus boom is an opportunity, and a threat
By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A surge in octopus numbers in British waters due to unusually warm seas is presen...
Oct 16, 2026
Blue Origin targets multiple New Glenn launches weekly by end of decade
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Blue Origin is targeting multiple flights per week of its New Glenn rocket by...
Oct 16, 2026
Newly identified green star leaves astronomers amazed
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have identified a green star, documenting a dens...
Oct 16, 2026
Bones from Iraqi cave hint at violence and compassion in Neanderthals
By Will Dunham Oct 15 (Reuters) - The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq's Kurdistan region are offering evidence of ...
Oct 15, 2026
Technology
Samsung to use TSMC technology for Nvidia's next-generation memory chips, Seoul newspaper reports
SEOUL, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics will use TSMC's 3-nanometre process to produce base dies for Nvidia's next-g...
3h ago
Accenture looks to sell Chinese operations for up to $1.5 billion, FT reports
Oct 18 (Reuters) - IT consulting firm Accenture is looking to sell its Chinese operations for up to $1.5 billion, the &zwn...
5h ago
China proposes export controls on solar-manufacturing technologies
By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Oct 18 (Reuters) - China has proposed export controls on 12 technologies used to make solar equipmen...
9h ago
AI rapidly improving, could vastly boost US GDP, Anthropic's Clark tells policymakers
By David Lawder BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Rapidly improving artificial intelligence capabilities will bring far faster chan...
Oct 17, 2026
China AI supply-chain IPOs hold firm despite valuation pullback, Citi says
(Corrects spelling of Simon Yuan's surname throughout) By Selena Li Bangkok, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Listings of Chinese AI supply...
Oct 17, 2026
Entertainment
Judge dismisses child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A state court judge in New Mexico on Friday dismissed charges of child sexua...
Oct 16, 2026
'Wild-eyed' comedian Russell Brand tried to drag me into toilets, woman tells UK court
By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - One of six women who accuse Russell Brand of sex offences told a London court on...
Oct 16, 2026
Netflix names former Disney executive Rice as new content chief as Bajaria departs
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Netflix said on Thursday it appointed former Disney executive Peter Rice as chief content officer, succ...
Oct 15, 2026
'Godfather' star Al Pacino to receive life achievement award from actors' guild
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Celebrated actor Al Pacino will receive a lifetime achievement award for...
Oct 15, 2026
'Whalefall' film dives deep into father-son bonds within a whale tale
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - For Austin Abrams, Disney's 20th Century Studios survival film "Wha...
Oct 15, 2026






