The Hamas tunnel city beneath Gaza: a hidden frontline for Israel (www.reuters.com)
What lies in wait for Israeli ground troops in Gaza, security sources say, is a Hamas tunnel network hundreds of kilometres long and up to 80 metres deep, described by one freed hostage as “a spider’s web” and by one expert as the “Viet Cong times 10”....
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....
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...
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”....
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....
US economic growth accelerates in third quarter (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.
Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike (www.reuters.com)
Australian retailers add security tech amid rising theft, aggression (www.reuters.com)
Anti-Semites cannot be granted German citizenship under new law - minister (www.reuters.com)
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
Donald Trump fined $10,000 for second gag order violation in civil fraud case (www.reuters.com)
Justice Arthur Engoron on Oct. 3 barred Trump from disparaging court staff after Trump shared on social media a photo of the judge’s top clerk posing with U.S. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and falsely called her Schumer’s “girlfriend.”...
Gaza still has fuel but it could run out in hours, Red Cross official says (www.reuters.com)
Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey (www.reuters.com)
California sidelines GM Cruise's driverless cars, cites safety risk (www.reuters.com)
Venezuela's Machado wins presidential primary, near-final count shows (www.reuters.com)
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not a terrorist organisation (www.reuters.com)
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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.
'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....
All three Italians missing after Hamas attack are dead, Rome says (www.reuters.com)
All of the three people with dual Italian-Israeli citizenship who went missing after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group have died, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday....
Israel's military tells UN in Gaza: ask Hamas for fuel (www.reuters.com)
Israel’s military suggested on Tuesday that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel supplies after the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip warned it would have to halt operations on Wednesday night if no fuel was delivered....
Argentina's Peronists soar in election to seal run-off with radical Milei (www.reuters.com)
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Argentina’s ruling Peronist coalition smashed expectations to lead the country’s general election on Sunday, setting the stage for a polarized run-off vote next month between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and far-right libertarian radical Javier Milei....