By Pesha Magid and Lina Obeid LUBBAN AL-GHARBI, West Bank, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Brought to tears as he recalled Israeli settlers hitting his cherished olive trees with sticks and taking off with the olives, Palestinian Ahmed Salem said he feared being attacked if he…
By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Flush with money from billionaire donors, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has started hiring staff for a YouTube-based TV channel to bypass established broadcasters and capitalise on fundraising unrivalled by any major political party in…
By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Serbian activist Marko Marjanovic was on his way back from the supermarket in Belgrade when masked officers bundled him into a car and took him to a police station basement where he was held in solitary confinement…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Poland on Thursday committed to join a HealthAI-led global network for governing the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, as Europe rolls out new AI rules amid growing concerns over unpredictable AI behaviour. • Poland would become the second European Union…
ZURICH, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Swiss skincare company Galderma on Thursday nudged up its full-year sales guidance for the second time in two quarters after robust sales growth during the first nine months, driven particularly by its therapeutic dermatology division. • In the January-September period,…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s potential mega-merger of Tesla and SpaceX would likely face a China-shaped hurdle from regulators on both sides of the Pacific over concerns about national security and the sharing of data and technology. The world’s richest person said on Tuesday…
BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping urged effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth in the economy in a speech on Thursday, Xinhua reported. “We must resolutely promote high-quality development and continuously meet the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life,” Xi…
LOS ANGELES, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Luka Doncic and newly acquired center Walker Kessler led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 127-105 rout of the Golden State Warriors in their season-opener on Wednesday in their first game since LeBron James’ departure. The Lakers began the…
By Danielle Kaye and Alexander Marrow NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Lorraine Scott has spent at least $300 to tailor her pants and jeans since losing 60 pounds on weight-loss drugs over the past year. “Most of the things in my closet didn’t fit…
By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Reuters) – US software company Palantir sought to reassure Europeans that its military AI system used by NATO has no “kill switch”, after disruptions to Ukraine’s Starlink services heightened concerns about reliance on US tech firms. Ukraine reported last week…
