Biden team says election night wins show path to 2024 victory ( www.reuters.com )
A sense of vindication swept through the White House and Biden campaign on Wednesday after Democrats' strong showing in off-year elections, despite a slew of recent polls showing U.S. President Joe Biden's popularity is low....
Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1 million after boarding oil vessel ( www.reuters.com )
Shell (SHEL.L) is suing Greenpeace for $2.1 million in damages after the environmental group's activists boarded the company's oil production vessel in transit at sea this year, according to Greenpeace and a document seen by Reuters....
Takeaways from the third 2024 Republican presidential debate ( www.reuters.com )
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US House Oversight panel will issue subpoenas to president's son, brother to appear ( www.reuters.com )
Yet more kabuki theater
Democrats' dilemma: Biden's agenda is popular, but he is not ( www.reuters.com )
US plans precision bombs transfer to Israel ( www.reuters.com )
White House suggests 'pauses' in Israel-Hamas conflict to get people out ( www.reuters.com )
The White House on Thursday said it was exploring a series of pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict to help people safely exit Gaza and allow humanitarian aid to get in, but reiterated its opposition to a full ceasefire....
Brazil child cancer deaths linked to soy farming, study finds ( www.reuters.com )
China agrees to nuclear arms-control talks with US -WSJ ( www.reuters.com )
BBC World Service to launch emergency radio service for Gaza ( www.reuters.com )
Moscow will confiscate EU assets if Brussels 'steals' frozen Russian funds, Putin ally says ( www.reuters.com )
Archived version: https://archive.ph/2XIDN...
Russia hikes rates to higher-than-expected 15% as budget pressure tells ( www.reuters.com )
Clarence Thomas loan report spurs new ethics criticism of US Supreme Court ( www.reuters.com )
New findings that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas apparently failed to repay at least a "significant portion" of a $267,230 loan he received from a wealthy benefactor prompted Senate Democrats on Thursday to step up their criticism of the court's lack of an ethics code....
Donald Trump fined $10,000 for second gag order violation in civil fraud case ( www.reuters.com )
TIL - J and J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder and failed to disclose it to regulators or the public. ( www.reuters.com )
Argentina's Peronists soar in election to seal run-off with radical Milei ( www.reuters.com )
US intelligence report alleging Russia election interference shared with 100 countries ( www.reuters.com )
The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide....
Alex Jones must pay $1.1 billion of Sandy Hook damages despite bankruptcy - court ( www.reuters.com )
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday.
Microsoft in talks to sign on Amazon as customer in $1 bln cloud tools deal ( www.reuters.com )
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) is preparing to bring Amazon.com (AMZN.O) as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools in a deal worth over $1 billion, news site Insider reported on Tuesday, citing an internal document and a person familiar with the matter....
Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution ( www.reuters.com )
"The authors proposed three universal concepts of selection: the basic ability to endure; the enduring nature of active processes that may enable evolution; and the emergence of novel characteristics as an adaptation to an environment."
US House Republicans nominate hardliner Jim Jordan for speaker ( www.reuters.com )
This guy is a real glutton for punishment