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The Trump administration issued more than 100 subpoenas demanding records on tens of thousands of voters in at least a dozen states, part of an escalating effort ahead of next week’s midterm elections to uncover evidence of unlawful voting by noncitizens

Campari confirms 2026 outlook after 3.4% rise in third quarter revenue

Germany set for record trade deficit with Asia-Pacific in 2026, report says

💰 Some of California's wealthiest people are spending big to defeat a ballot measure next week. Find out why on this week's Econ World podcast

Canadian dollar strengthens, bond yields rise after BoC's rate hike

Arrivals at Downing Street ahead of UK budget

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Anthropic offers glimmer of hope for China AI labs

Oilfield services firms lean on Middle East rebound but risks persist

Insurer Mapfre's core markets drive profit growth, offsetting Colombia earthquake losses

Nigeria's Dangote refinery closed its $1.6 billion initial public offering, after attracting investors across Africa to what the continent's richest man called 'The People's IPO'

UK homebuilders slump as budget's first-time buyer scheme disappoints

After a leaderless student-led protest movement swept Serbia's former President Aleksandar Vucic from power in a historic snap election on October 25, the country is waiting to hear who it will appoint to govern. Here are some of the prominent candidates on the shortlist

UK's Healey says minimum wage to rise by 3.9%

As Iran war drags on, airlines pull back on fuel hedges and warn on fares

Volkswagen, in strategy shift, plans to globalise China-developed technology

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami, Reuters images showed. Bolsonaro lost Sunday's presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and did not comply with a Supreme Court order to turn in his passports to federal police

💰 Would taxing billionaire wealth raise meaningful revenue, or drive the state's wealthiest people elsewhere? @berkeleyecon professor Emmanuel Saez joins this week's Econ World podcast to discuss California's hugely consequential tax proposal

In Asia’s richest family, which controls the oil-to-retail Reliance empire, Mukesh Ambani shed tears of pride as the telecom and digital unit run by his eldest son Akash made its market debut, capping the 35-year-old’s meteoric rise

As forest fires rage, hundreds of Indonesian students protest government response

Microsoft beats quarterly cloud revenue estimates

Hegseth reassures Southeast Asia of US commitment, pledges stronger defence ties

UK bank tax will be temporary and below 8%, Bloomberg reports

Italian judge frees protest suspect, prompting Meloni fury

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to reassure Southeast Asian counterparts of Washington’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific, pledging that Washington would defend its interests and those of its allies and partners

Iranians cut essentials and put dreams on hold as war-hit economy bites

European gas touches €100 for first time since 2022 energy crisis as consumers, industry feel the pain

Three South Korean financial firms including Bithumb report data breaches, Yonhap says

Cloud security startup Upwind raises $400 million, valued at $3.8 billion

British homebuilder shares slump on lack of clarity over first-time buyer plan in budget

Two high-speed trains have collided in Spain, prompting the ‌suspension of the line connecting Madrid to the southern Andalusia region, rail operator Adif said

🔊 Neocloud stocks have sold off, and so has their unsecured debt, in recent weeks. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate whether the damage can be contained and if cracks in AI's plumbing could further hit Anthropic's slowing growth

Chipmaker SK Hynix to return $75 billion to shareholders after record profit

Dolores Huerta, one of the foremost women in US labor history who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez and fought legislators and powerful growers to improve the lives of a previously powerless constituency, died at age 96, her family said

At least 30 people were killed ‌when the two trains collided in Spain, the second deadly accident in less than a year on the line connecting Madrid to the southern Andalusia region, regional authorities said

China's proposed artificial intelligence export curbs will push a business model favored by Beijing and the industry's biggest players: keeping valuable technology at home while selling access to it abroad as rivalry with the US intensifies

Rescue workers in Spain scoured wreckage for more bodies at the crash scene where at least 68 people were killed when two high-speed trains collided, in the country's second deadly railway accident this year. Live updates ➡️

As Iran war drags on, airlines pull back on fuel hedges and warn on fares

Shocked residents of Urda swung into action to help as soon as they heard of the deadly train crash on the railway line not far from the normally sleepy Spanish town

From its origins as Nazi Germany’s 'people’s car' to becoming the world’s second-largest automaker, Volkswagen has repeatedly reinvented itself. Now, it faces what could be the biggest restructuring in its 89-year history

Mbappe's Mao remarks expose costs of crossing China's red lines

Cruise ship residents left stranded in Cambodia after fuel prices soar

AI giants' funding ambitions test Wall Street's appetite for risk

Grand jury declines to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, source says

Gold edges lower before Fed decision, Warsh comments

Italian judge frees protest suspect, prompting Meloni fury

Residents of the Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship were left stranded and at a loss in the Cambodian port city of Sihanoukville after being told to leave the vessel, saying the operator had run out of money to pay for fuel

Young protesters across Europe tell @Reuters what is driving them to the streets, from worries about their future to frustration with leaders they say aren’t listening

🔊 From memes to a major backlash: Kylian Mbappé has apologized to China after an alleged Mao Zedong joke prompted Chinese brands to drop him. Listen now on the daily Reuters World News podcast

European gas touches €100 for first time since 2022 energy crisis as consumers, industry feel the pain

Two high-speed trains collide in Spain

Healey seeks to steer UK through 'difficult moment' with low-key budget

Zelenskiy holds briefing in The Hague

British actor and comedian Russell Brand arrived at Southwark Crown Court to give evidence in his trial where he is accused of three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and an attempted indecent assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009

Iran's Revolutionary Court sentences director Panahi to jail term, travel ban

Australia's Star Entertainment fined $183 million for anti-money laundering law breaches

Stellantis shares leap on bullish cost cuts, cash flow comments

Families of Spain train crash victims gather

German court weighs Bulgaria's extradition request in Starlink fire case

India's top money managers are launching a flurry of funds in a tax-neutral hub to absorb the record sums that domestic investors are sending overseas, frustrated by weak returns at home and craving exposure to AI-related assets

From crypto flooding the US midterms to Argentina's President Javier Milei being cleared of fraud, we round up the crypto stories of the week

Russell Brand says friends abandoned him after 'devastating' sex crime allegations

A banker, a chemist, a cardiologist, a basketball star? After sweeping Serbia's former President Aleksandar Vucic from power, which of these will Serbia's student protest movement choose as the country's next leader?

China is now supporting more people aged 65 and above than children, underscoring the impact of its rapidly ageing population and a declining birth rate

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Argentina sees EU soymeal opportunity as deforestation rules threaten Brazil trade

Cloud security startup Upwind raises $400 million, valued at $3.8 billion

US military says it struck vessel in Eastern Pacific, killing five

US estrogen supply crunch widens as women seek alternatives to scarce patches

Houthis strike Yemen's Aden airport after evacuation warning

US health department to allow temporary sale of some unapproved peptides

A US judge heard arguments in the Justice Department's bid to block California from counting mail ballots cast by more than 20,000 registered voters whom the Trump administration alleges could be noncitizens

🗳️ California is days away from a vote that could change the world, according to @berkeleyecon professor Emmanuel Saez. Find out more on this week's Econ World podcast