MADRID, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Lawyer Miriam Gonzalez Durantez launched a new Spanish political party on Saturday to run in an early general election on November 29, promising to rise above a growing ideological divide, recover democratic values and depoliticise institutions. Gonzalez Durantez, who is m
Oct 10 (Reuters) – A conversation on Friday between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump was “very substantive and friendly” and neither leader wanted to be the first to end the call, Russian news agency Interfax quoted a Kremlin aide as saying. During the call, the presidents agre
By Ali Sawafta, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Eman Abouhassira RAMALLAH, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in
By Rohith Nair SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (Reuters) – World champion Lando Norris apologised to his McLaren team after a final-lap collision with team mate Oscar Piastri wrecked their pursuit of a podium finish at a chaotic Singapore Grand Prix sprint on Saturday. The McLaren duo were chasing Ferrari’s Charl
BANGKOK, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Thailand is preparing to host the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok from October 12–18, bringing together more than 15,000 participants from 191 countries, including central bank governors, economic policymakers and business leaders, for discussions on the world e
Oct 10 (Reuters) – Five people were shot dead at a residence in Douglas, Georgia, on October 9, the city’s police department said on Saturday. Officers with the Douglas Police Department responded late on Friday to a report of shots fired and found five people with gunshot wounds who were all pronou
By Sergiy Chalyi and Max Hunder ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Twelve people, including three children, were killed in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel in
(Corrects prosecutor office comment in paragraph 4 to remove reference to police officer seeking to protect himself) By Juliette Jabkhiro and Layli Foroudi PARIS/ARGENTEUIL, France, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Fourteen-year-old Eden suffered a broken jaw and multiple smashed teeth when he was struck by a tea
By James Mackenzie and Andreas Rinke BERLIN, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s warning this week that extremism was entering Germany’s parliamentary system was the latest in a series of signs that mainstream parties’ “firewall” to isolate the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has
By Saurabh Sharma, Aftab Ahmed and Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Police in the Indian capital detained scores of protesters on Saturday amid patrols by thousands of security forces, with travel and telecoms links suspended, in a lockdown to stop a youth protest asking the election chief
CARACAS, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has authorized Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to operate in the Latin American country. The authorization is part of an agreement with the US firm, the Venezuelan government said in a s
By Max A. Cherney and Krystal Hu SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Six-month-old microchip startup Nuvacore, which does not yet have a product, is raising hundreds of millions of dollars at a roughly $2.5 billion valuation to develop a new central processor designed for data centers, according to two
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Patriot Mobile disclosed a 21% increase in first-half revenue in its paperwork for a US initial public offering on Friday. • Revenue rose to $53.4 million in the six months ended June 30, from $44 million a year earlier. Net loss widened to $4.6 million from $1.8 million during the
By Karen Freifeld Oct 9 (Reuters) – A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally export computer servers containing advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, according to a court filing on Friday. In March, U.S. prosecutors charged Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun and two oth
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Prediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation into a series of suspicious trades on their platform about the selection of US President Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a Kalshi spokesperson. (
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Satellite technology firm Sidus Space said on Friday two directors had resigned from its board, citing disagreements over governance and management practices. The company said it disagreed with the assertions made by the directors in their resignation letters. Here are some details
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Amazon on Friday confirmed it was shuffling leadership in its Alexa division, a day after the company announced its first tablet computers featuring the voice assistant. Daniel Rausch, a 17-year Amazon veteran who has served as vice president of Ale
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Power infrastructure firm Base Electron said on Friday it had confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering. The confidential filing comes as interest in AI-linked infrastructure remains strong, though investors are increasingly scrutinising valuations, capital needs and
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Private equity firm GTCR and activist investor Elliott Investment Management are in advanced talks to acquire software provider CCC Intelligent Solutions, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the company, which provides software that
The Illinois Department of Transportation and the city of Moline have announced the start of a project to convert the I-74 and John Deere Road interchange into a diverging diamond and widen I-74 to six lanes.
Work has started on a two-year reconstruction that will convert the I-74 and John Deere Road interchange in Moline into a diverging diamond and widen I-74 to six lanes.
Oct 9 (Reuters) – An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip through a Philadelphia police website, the department said in a statement, the latest incident of rogue behavior from the powerful technology. Anthropic notified authorities earlier this week and said that an
By Field Level Media Oct 09 (Field Level Media) – After listing just four players in its program as late as Wednesday, LSU men’s basketball had 10 players available for an exhibition Thursday night at McNeese State. The Tigers’ roster was just four-deep for months as coach Will Wade worked to recons
By Field Level Media Oct 09 (Field Level Media) – Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was ruled out for Baltimore’s Week 5 game Sunday night against the Atlanta Falcons. Head coach Jesse Minter said Friday that Tyler Huntley would be the starter at Atlanta (2-2). Jackson did not practice all week becau
By Phil Stewart and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Vice President JD Vance said on Friday he does not know whether the Pentagon will proceed with a livestream of the execution by firing squad of the former US Army psychiatrist convicted in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting, a plan that
By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-European government intends to press for changes in legislation to allow for the production of weapons, but needs them for its own defence and has no intention of providing them to neighbouring Ukraine, the head of parliament said on Frida
Oct 9 (Reuters) – Africa-focused digital payments company OPay on Friday revealed in its US initial public offering filing that its revenue more than doubled in the first six months of the year. The filing comes as surging bond yields and elevated interest rates dampen investor appetite for new list
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, damaging homes, cutting power, halting flights and sending residents into the streets, while triggering more than a dozen aftershocks. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at a
The Illinois Department of Transportation will close ramps on Illinois 6 between Knoxville Avenue in Peoria and Illinois 29 in Mossville during resurfacing work the week of Oct. 12.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 13 other states sued the U.S. Department of Labor, saying it unlawfully terminated more than $45 million in grants to modernize state unemployment systems and fight fraud.
