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The former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter has died aged 100. South Korea has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation system after its worst ever air disaster. Moldova’s separatist region is cutting gas consumption as it prepares for an end to Russian natural gas supplies. Our recommended read today is about China and a rush for civ...

Russian air defences downed an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, four sources have told Reuters. South Korea has plunged deeper into political chaos after its parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo. We hear from a mother who lost her son in the Indian Ocean tsunami, 20 years since the disaster killed 230,000 people. And in Los Angeles, the city is...

President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row – converting them to life in prison without parole. The U.S. House Ethics Committee’s report says Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex. And in Syria, Christians have been advised by the churches to scale back their Christmas celebrations. Sign up for the Reute...

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging steep prices to use the passage. A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market and killing five people faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. Nissan and Honda eye a possible merger. And inflation has left some drinkers looking for...

What started as a story about Hollywood waistlines has become a global phenomenon. Weight loss drugs are becoming more and more mainstream a few years after making their dramatic debut. On this weekend episode of Reuters World News, our health reporters weigh in on the impact of these game-changing drugs, and where they go from here.  Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to t...

A Trump-endorsed spending bill has failed in the U.S. House leaving Congress with no clear path to dodge a government shutdown. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is ready to compromise on Ukraine in possible talks with President-elect Donald Trump on ending the war. Target and Walmart are targeting cash-strapped holiday shoppers with $10 toys and gifts. And Hollywood is pivoting to God, the...

Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 20 years. The mass rape trial in France has transformed the victim, Gisele Pelicot, into a stirring symbol of courage and resilience. Donald Trump has disrupted bipartisan efforts to dodge a government shutdown, pressuring Republicans to reject a stopgap bill. The Fed’s rate cut lands as expected, but policymakers are starting...

Syrian mass graves expose “machinery of death” under toppled Bashar al-Assad, according to a top international war crimes prosecutor. Mayotte authorities fear hunger and disease after a devastating cyclone. President-elect Donald Trump sues the Des Moines Register newspaper and its former top pollster and threatens more news outlet lawsuits. And Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become the Director of...

Ukraine says it was behind the assassination of a top Russian general in a bomb blast in Moscow. The sudden resignation of Canada's finance minister has left Justin Trudeau’s government on the brink. An expanding coalition of health and consumer advocates is campaigning against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to the top U.S. health job. And President-elect Donald Trump has weighed into the myst...

Hundreds or even thousands are feared dead after a powerful cyclone slams into the French overseas territory of Mayotte. Israel wants to double its population on the ccupied Golan Heights, just over a week after the fall of the Assad regime in neighboring Syria. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is looking at cutting off federal support for electric vehicles. Plus, Canada’s promised b...

Reuters journalist Suleiman al-Khalidi was arrested by Syrian security police in 2011 during an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Hear what al-Khalidi witnessed back then and what it was like to see prisoners freed after Assad’s downfall. You can read Suleiman's account of his detention from 2011 here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement, opens new tab for information on our priv...

Time magazine names President-elect Donald Trump ‘Person of the Year’ - and his accompanying interview gives clues about his day one plans. Cargo planes from the UAE have been landing at a small airstrip in Chad that some U.N. experts suspect is being used to funnel arms across the border into Sudan. And the dilemma facing Ukrainian teenage boys ahead of their 18th birthdays.    Sign up for the Re...

FBI Director Christopher Wray will step down from his post after President-elect Donald Trump signaled his plan to fire him and replace him with Kash Patel. A crypto venture unveiled by Trump and his new Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has partnered with a crypto platform that authorities and financial experts say has been used by criminals and militant groups. And Syrians in Europe consider wheth...

The Israeli military says its air strikes have destroyed the bulk of Syria’s strategic weapons stockpiles. Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, plans to fight extradition to New York. And we look at TikTok’s future after a federal appeals court upholds a U.S. law requiring Chinese-owned ByteDance to spin off the social media app.  Sign up for the Reut...

New York prosecutors have filed a murder charge against Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, after a manhunt that ended in Pennsylvania. Families have been desperately searching the filthy cells of Syria's forbidding Sednaya prison for any sign of long-detained relatives. Around 180 people have been killed by gangs in Haiti over suspicions they were...

Rebels in Syria have seized the capital Damascus and ousted President Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia. We hear from the ground as the lightning advance spearheaded by Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) marks one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations - and the White House considers next steps after the success of a rebel group proscribed as terrorists by the U.S. Plus, the...

As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages, trouble is brewing for NATO’s EU countries. Beyond Russia’s aggression, subtle acts of hybrid warfare are forcing divided NATO members to confront a new reality: is Europe in a new ‘Cold War?’ Senior European Security and Diplomatic correspondent Sabine Siebold joins the Reuters World News podcast to answer that question. Sign up for the Reuters Econ Wo...

Donald Trump will travel to Paris for the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral as French president Emmanuel Macron faces turmoil at home. The healthcare industry rethinks risks to its executives after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. And we sit down with Antony Blinken as he reflects on his legacy as U.S. Secretary of State.   Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here....

A manhunt is underway for the gunman who shot and killed United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. As the French government collapsed, several thousand people lined up outside a Paris cafe for a chance to meet a rising star of the French far right. Bitcoin hits a new milestone over $100,000. Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Defense faces a rocky road to the Pentagon. And the U.S. Supreme C...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces impeachment after declaring martial law only to climb down hours later. President Joe Biden pledges lasting U.S. engagement with Africa during his 11th-hour visit to Angola. And how Neo, the humanoid AI bot, might be able to help out around the house. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Find t...

The French government is all but certain to collapse after far-right and left-wing parties submitted no-confidence motions against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. President-elect Donald Trump has gone quiet on his false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, but the election denial movement isn’t going away. Authorities in Japan are turning to hunters and technology to tackle an increased risk...

U.S. President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, having previously said he would stay out of legal proceedings against him. The Syrian government and Russia have carried out air strikes in northwestern Syria as President Bashar al-Assad vowed to crush insurgents who swept into the city of Aleppo. Urgent action is needed to help manage the rapid increase in satellites and space junk abo...

It's the day after Black Friday and holiday shopping is officially underway. That much has stayed the same. In this episode though, we take a look at what’s different this shopping season. Arriana McLymore, Helen Reid and Siddharth Cavale join the Reuters World News podcast to unpack what’s going on in the rapidly changing world of both retailers and shoppers. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World ne...

Australia passes the world’s first law banning under 16s from social media. Israel and Hezbollah trade accusations of ceasefire violations. Voters head to the polls in Ireland’s election. And we look at how Russia’s new ‘Oreshnik’ missile works. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Find the Recommended Read here. Visit the Thomson Reute...

As a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon takes effect, Palestinians in Gaza feel increasingly abandoned without a similar deal for a truce with Hamas. We look at how President-elect Donald Trump might use tariffs on its three top trading partners as an economic weapon in the fight against the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. And President Joe Biden has proposed expand...