Australian retailers add security tech amid rising theft, aggression (www.reuters.com)
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury's presence (www.reuters.com)
The judge released the jurors for the rest of the day following a lunch break and instructed them to return on Friday morning. The unusual move came after Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said they planned to elicit testimony about the involvement of FTX lawyers in key company decisions like document retention and in crafting of loans...
California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment (www.reuters.com) Dutch
Almost half of Russians say salary does not cover basic spending - survey (www.reuters.com)
Canada top court to get first woman majority bench with Trudeau's new nominee (www.reuters.com)
The naming of Moreau will give Canada’s top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta’s superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June....
North Korea says Israel bombed Gaza hospital, calls US 'accomplice' (www.reuters.com)
North Korea’s foreign ministry accused Israel of bombing a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Oct 17., saying it had openly committed a war crime “under the undisguised patronage of the United States”....
Broken Lebanon cannot afford war, and Hezbollah knows it (www.reuters.com)
With an economy in ruins and a crumbling state, Lebanon can ill afford another war between Hezbollah and Israel....
Global billionaire tax could yield $250 billion annually, study says (www.reuters.com)
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US economic growth accelerates in third quarter (www.reuters.com)
Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike (www.reuters.com)
Hamas delegation visits Moscow, discusses release of hostages in Gaza - agencies (www.reuters.com)
Ford, UAW reach tentative deal to end strike including record pay raise (www.reuters.com)
The proposed accord, which UAW’s leadership must still approve, provides a 25% wage hike over the 4-1/2-year contract, starting with an initial increase of 11%....
China rushes to swap Western tech with domestic options as U.S. cracks down (www.reuters.com)
China has stepped up spending to replace Western-made technology with domestic alternatives as Washington tightens curbs on high-tech exports to its rival, according to government tenders, research documents and four people familiar with the matter.
World oil, gas, coal demand to peak by 2030, IEA says | Reuters (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)
Trump valued holdings at 'whatever number' he picked, Michael Cohen testifies (www.reuters.com)
Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight strikes as Israel intensifies bombing campaign (www.reuters.com)
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack....
'We're wiser': US Republican women candidates steer clear of speaker fight (www.reuters.com)
Some of the holdouts say that is a deliberate choice, to avoid what has been a brutal fight that has taken a political toll on many of the group’s top leaders....
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not terrorist organisation, cancels trip to Israel (www.reuters.com)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands....
China ship is focus of pipeline damage probe, Finland says (www.reuters.com)
HELSINKI/VILNIUS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - An investigation into the damage to the Balticonnector gas pipeline is currently focused on the role of the Chinese NewNew Polar Bear container vessel, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday....
Gaza still has fuel but it could run out in hours, Red Cross official says (www.reuters.com)
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not a terrorist organisation (www.reuters.com)
ANKARA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people.
White House says Iran 'actively facilitating' some attacks on US military bases (www.reuters.com)
The White House on Monday said Iran was in some cases “actively facilitating” rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria, and President Biden has directed the Department of Defense to brace for more and respond appropriately....
Turkey's Erdogan calls on Israel to stop attacks on Gaza 'amounting to genocide' (www.reuters.com)
ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged the international community to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region....
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not a terrorist organisation (www.reuters.com)
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