Today's Top News

The oil refinery of the Lukoil company in Volgograd, Russia. REUTERS/File Photo

The United States hit Russia's major oil companies with sanctions and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major training exercise involving nuclear arms. Jeff Mason tells the Reuters World News podcast that US President Donald Trump is frustrated with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
A Russian court freed a French long-distance cyclist after finding him guilty of illegally crossing the country's border with China while trying to break the world record for cycling across the Eurasian landmass.
One of the first migrants sent back to France under the British government's flagship "one in, one out" deal has returned to Britain on a small boat, a minister confirmed, adding that he would be deported for a second time.
Britain's King Charles and Pope Leo prayed together in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, in the first joint worship including an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in 1534.
Just a month after Trump hailed "progress" in talks with China, the world's two most powerful nations are scrambling to salvage a planned summit of their leaders, now just a week away, while trading blame for a spike in tension.
Talks between Thailand and Cambodia this week have made "meaningful progress", Thai defense minister Natthaphon Narkphanit said, ahead of the potential signing of a broader ceasefire agreement between the two countries on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that moves by Israel's parliament toward the annexation of the West Bank could threaten the plan to end the war in Gaza, which has yielded a shaky ceasefire so far.

United States

Trump has ensured that federal immigration agents, US Border Patrol officers, FBI special agents and active-duty military personnel continue receiving paychecks during the government shutdown, even as hundreds of thousands of civilian federal workers are furloughed or are working without pay. Here's a list of the longest US government shutdowns.
The full East Wing of the White House will be torn down to make way for Trump's new ballroom, contradicting the former New York real estate magnate's pledge that the project would not interfere with the existing US landmark.
More than half of Americans, including about three in 10 Republicans, believe Trump is using federal law enforcement to go after his enemies, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that also found growing concern about US political divisions nine months into his second term in office.

Drivers chat next to taxis charging at a Shell electric vehicle charging station in Beijing — REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

Business & Markets

Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund is maintaining pressure on companies it invests in to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, it said, despite the growing US backlash against climate-friendly policies.
Unilever CFO Srinivas Phatak said the demerger of the group's ice cream business could happen in early December if The Magnum Ice Cream Company listing gains automatic SEC approval following the publication of its prospectus next month.
Tesla’s groundbreaking 2017 Model 3 electric sedan, followed by a taller Model Y variant, made Tesla the world’s most valuable automaker and CEO Elon Musk the world’s richest man. But years later, Tesla’s stalling car business remains almost entirely dependent on that one breakthrough – and it may continue to be for years to come.
Europe's largest space groups unveiled a preliminary deal to join forces in satellite manufacturing and services after months of negotiations to counter the runaway growth of rivals led by Elon Musk's Starlink.
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Lab-grown diamonds are losing their appeal due to oversupply and consumer preferences are starting to shift back to natural stones, World Diamond Council President Feriel Zerouki has said.
The world’s two largest economies are ratcheting up tensions amid a tussle over access to rare earths and chips. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain why both sides need to give ground, what a deal might look like, and what happens if it all falls apart.

How plastic whistles are becoming an anti-ICE resistance tool in Chicago

Community members hold whistles used to alert others about the presence of federal agents during immigration raids, Chicago, Illinois. October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

As the shrill sound of whistles echoed through a parking garage in Chicago’s North Side on Tuesday, two people flung their car doors open, ducked inside and shrank down into their seats. Outside, a convoy of federal immigration enforcement vehicles that had arrived in the area just minutes prior sped off.

The piercing blow of a whistle has become a Chicago-wide means of signaling that Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection agents are present. It warns undocumented people to flee and invites US citizens to come to the scene to record arrests, give detainees legal information and discourage agents from lingering.

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And Finally...

Scientists use a raft inside the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector. Kamioka Observatory/ICRR/University of Tokyo/Handout via REUTERS

Neutrinos are tiny particles that can pass through everything, rarely interacting with matter. They are the universe's most abundant particles, and trillions of them zip through our bodies every second without us noticing. Yet scientists are still struggling to understand them.

A new study that combines results from two major neutrino experiments in Japan and the United States is now offering some of the best information to date about these ghostly particles.