Hurricane Helene intensifies before its expected landfall on Florida's Big Bend. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Hurricane Helene roared through Florida and into Georgia as one of the most powerful storms to hit the US, with fears of deaths and widespread destruction in its wake. Follow our live updates.
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister after winning a closely fought contest in his fifth and final attempt to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Israel will continue to discuss Lebanon ceasefire proposals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as Washington warned that further escalation would only make it harder for civilians on both sides to return home. We look at how US diplomacy in the Middle East has faltered as the clock ticks down for President Joe Biden.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to appear in court on federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal campaign contributions from Turkish nationals, as the Democrat resists mounting calls from within his own party to resign.
Alabama executed convicted murderer Alan Miller in the second-ever nitrogen-asphyxiation execution since the state pioneered the method which it says is less painful than lethal injections but human rights experts say may amount to torture.
China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior US defense official said, a potential embarrassment for Beijing as it seeks to expand its military capabilities.
Russian forces stationed in the southern border region of Rostov fired the missile that killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and wounded two of the agency's journalists when it struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine last month, Ukrainian security sources said.
Business & Markets
Chinese stocks raced toward their best week since 2008 and helped lift Asian shares to 2-1/2-year highs after Beijing rolled out a huge stimulus package to revive the economy, while a sharp fall in oil prices bodes well for disinflation globally.
In a major climbdown, Elon Musk's X told Brazil's Supreme Court it had complied with orders to stop the spread of misinformation and asked a judge to lift a ban on the platform, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Costco Wholesale missed market expectations for fourth-quarter revenue, hurt by cautious consumer spending on pricier items at its membership-only stores and lower gasoline prices.
SoftBank-backed Swiggy filed papers for an initial public offering, which a source said would be worth $1.25 billion, as the food delivery firm looks to tap a booming stock market in one of India's biggest listings this year.
Shares in Australia's no.2 casino operator Star Entertainment slumped over 50% to a record low, as it resumed trading a day after posting a second straight multi-billion-dollar annual loss. The company has been hit by a switch to mandatory cashless gambling.
The Week Ahead
Financial markets will enter the fourth quarter fizzing with anticipation of a drop in global interest rates from high levels in the past few years and the only question is whether the economy drops off as quickly, or gently slows. Here's what to watch.
JD Vance and Tim Walz go head-to-head on Tuesday in their only scheduled debate before the November 5 election.
Voters go to the polls in Austria this weekend in a parliamentary election, with polarizing far-right leader Herbert Kickl the man to beat.
Is Putin bluffing?
Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool
President Vladimir Putin has signaled that Moscow will consider responding with nuclear weapons if the United States and its allies allow Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia with long-range Western missiles.
But some in the West are asking: does he actually mean it?
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