US Election

  • Why we may not know the winner on Nov. 5
  • Latest polling
  • Musk's $1 million giveaway tests law

  • Tiesha Blackwell, 24, voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but says she is casting her ballot for Republican former President Donald Trump this year, and high food and housing prices are a chief reason.

    For many US voters, the economy is personal and they blame the Democrats
    Tiesha Blackwell sits in her apartment where she works from home, in Lincoln Park, Michigan,
    REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
  • Global economy chiefs fret over a Trump return as US election draws closer
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  • Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies
    Worldcategory
  • Will Trump's unbridled rhetoric cost him the US election?
    ANALYSIS
  • Commercial real estate industry worries over higher taxes as election looms

Autos & Transportation

  • Reactions
  • Factories Under Threat

  • Volkswagen plans to shut at least three factories in Germany, lay off tens of thousands of staff and shrink its remaining plants in Europe's biggest economy as it plots a deeper-than-expected overhaul, the company's works council head said on Monday.

    VW labour chief sounds alarm on mass layoffs, three German plant closures
    Daniela Cavallo, Chairwoman of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG, speaks to employees announcing job cuts and closure of a few Volkswagen factories, at the company's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

  • The state of Lower Saxony and company workers have significant influence.

    Volkswagen law: German automaker鈥檚 ownership structure explained
    World at Workcategory

  • Germany lost cheap Russian energy and faces uncertainty over trade with China. Now it faces a hard test on the third ingredient in its long-time formula for success.

    VW factory threat stress-tests Germany's economic model
    ANALYSIS

Japan

  • The uncertainty sent the yen currency to a three-month low as analysts prepared for days, or possibly weeks, of political wrangling to form a government and potentially a change of leader.

    Japan's government in flux after election gives no party majority
    REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool

  • Here are the main players in any post-election jockeying for power.

    The Japanese parties that may jockey for power after election
    Worldcategory

Middle East

  • Israeli campaign leaves Lebanese border towns in ruins, satellite images show
  • Iran says it will 'use all available tools' to respond to Israel's attack
  • How Biden pushed Israel to calibrate its strikes on Iran
  • Egypt proposes short Gaza truce with small hostage-prisoner exchange

Markets

  • Wall Street rises as markets await megacap earnings, election
  • Fed faces hefty data, political calendar before next policy meeting
  • Yen tumbles after Japan election, dollar set for biggest monthly rise since 2022
  • BOJ on quest for better communication as more rate hikes loom

Aerospace

  • Boeing to raise up to $22 bln to shore up finances, stave off downgrade
  • Boeing workers' demand for reinstated pension a long shot, experts say

Autos & Transportation

  • Musk's bold 2025 prediction on Tesla sales faces skepticism, scrutiny
  • China again warns EU against separate talks with EV makers

Commodities

  • China Jan-Sept gold consumption slides 11% as high prices deter buying appetite
  • Korea Zinc attempts to fend off takeover with $1.5 billion share buyback

Energy

  • Oil slides 6% after limited Israeli retaliatory attack on Iran
  • Zero carbon ammonia for shipping faces cost, safety challenges
City Memo
See Budapest like a local

Reuters journalist Krisztina Than shares her favorite ways to spend downtime in Hungary鈥檚 capital.

China

  • There has been no formal acknowledgement of a change in policy. But there is now tacit consent from policymakers to allow the tutoring industry to grow, in a pivot by Beijing to support job creation.

    China's private tutoring firms emerge from the shadows after crackdown
    REUTERS/Jorge Silva

  • Customers are cutting spending amid a property crisis and a rise in unemployment.

    Some companies change tack in China with no recovery in sight
    ANALYSIS

United States

  • After Supreme Court ruling, a Black Alabama Democrat aspires to US House seat
  • Harris campaigns in Michigan, Trump in Georgia in final stretch of White House race
  • Democratic Senator tries to swim upstream in increasingly Republican Ohio

Europe

  • UK anti-Islam activist 'Tommy Robinson' jailed for breaching injunction
  • Georgian president calls for protests, West seeks probe into reported vote violations
  • Bulgaria's GERB wins election, coalition talks in sight

Americas

  • How Mexico鈥檚 migrant crackdown influences the U.S. election
  • US policy toward Cuba hangs in balance as presidential election looms
  • Sikh separatist claims Indian 'spy network' operates in US and Canada

Asia Pacific

  • NATO chief confirms North Korean troops are in Russia's Kursk
  • Former Philippine President Duterte confirms existence of 'death squad'
  • Police out in force to prevent rowdy Halloween celebrations in Shanghai

Environment

  • National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations said on Monday as countries prepare for the next round of climate change negotiations in November.

    Current climate pledges still fall way short on Paris goals, UN body says
    Manaus, Brazil. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  • The $1.8 trillion fund pools the Nordic state's revenue from oil and gas production.

    Norway's wealth fund falls short on climate ambitions, NGO says
    Sustainabilitycategory

Sports

  • Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Cricket
  • Golf

  • The club said it was a unanimous decision, with the Old Trafford side 14th in the Premier League after nine games and showing no sign they are on a path back to former glory.

    Manchester United sack manager Ten Hag after woeful start to the season
    Erik ten Hag Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
  • NFL roundup: Commanders sink Bears on last-second Hail Mary
    Sportscategory
  • Triumphant Sainz uses Ferrari exit as extra motivation
    Sportscategory
  • Yankees and Dodgers giving MLB dream World Series matchup
    Sportscategory
  • Spanish government joins investigation into racist insults at Bernabeu
    Sportscategory

Breakingviews

  • Axel Springer boss is media鈥檚 key consolidator
  • Many roadblocks delay journey to zero carbon world
  • Election throws Japan into turbulent waters
  • Elon Musk creates a must-win election

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