A girl covers herself with blanket as she takes shelter inside a metro station during an air raid alert, Kyiv, Ukraine, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko |
- Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, shortly after Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually direct criticism at Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, the Kommersant newspaper reports 'Fortress Russia' has confiscated $50 billion in assets over three years.
- Benjamin Netanyahu said that his meeting with Donald Trump focused on freeing hostages held in Gaza, and stressed his determination to "eliminate" the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas.
- The US Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump's administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping downsizing of numerous agencies, a decision that could lead to tens of thousands of layoffs. Tim Reid tells the Reuters World News podcast how this ruling further cements the President's power.
- US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that there will be "no amnesty" for agricultural workers as Trump's administration moves to deport all immigrants in the country illegally.
- A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, with one adding the probe had narrowed its focus to the movement of the plane's fuel control switches.
- The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people still missing.
- Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis. Pope Leo interrupted a two-week vacation to exhort Catholics to exercise care for creation, in the Vatican's second major appeal in a week for the world to address global climate change.
- Protesters braving police batons, water cannon and occasional bullets on Kenya's streets this week have taken up a rallying cry that is likely to unnerve its embattled president, William Ruto: "Ruto wantam", or Ruto one-term.
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- Unusually large quantities of antimony - a metal used in batteries, chips and flame retardants - have poured into the United States from Thailand and Mexico since China barred US shipments last year, according to customs and shipping records, which show at least one Chinese-owned company is involved in the trade.
- Trump said he would impose a 50% tariff on imported copper and soon introduce long-threatened levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, broadening his trade war that has rattled markets. Here is what you need to know about US copper imports. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here.
- The minutes from the Federal Reserve's June 17-18 policy meeting are expected to show a divided central bank wrestling with the expected economic impact of rising US import taxes and reluctant to commit to interest rate cuts until it is clearer how much tariff increases will add to inflation.
- A US appeals court blocked a rule that would have required businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up, saying the agency that created it did not follow protocol.
- Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol earned a reputation on Wall Street as a miracle worker for wounded restaurant brands like Taco Bell and Chipotle. Nine months into his Starbucks tenure, investors are unsure if lightning will strike a third time.
- Indian telecom and digital giant Reliance Jio Platforms, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has decided not to launch its IPO this year as planned, delaying one of the country's most anticipated stock offerings, two people familiar with the matter said.
- For more, watch our daily rundown on financial markets.
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Haitian immigrants in Springfield stand firm as Trump threatens deportation |
Children play with toys at the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Springfield, Ohio, July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean |
Reuters interviewed a dozen Haitian nationals in Springfield last week after the Department of Homeland Security said on June 27 that it would terminate the Temporary Protected Status providing legal status for half a million Haitians Eight said they were banking on asylum claims for a shot at staying in the United States. All said moving from the US to a third country was an unrealistic option for them. |
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David Corenswet attends a premiere for the film "Superman" at the TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole |
Actor David Corenswet feels a connection with the classic DC comic book character Superman that he portrays in the 2025 James Gunn directed film "Superman." |
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