By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) – A joint Lake Placid-New York City Olympic bid for 2042 moved one step closer to reality on Monday, as members of an exploratory committee met for the first time in Manhattan with the five boroughs aiming…
BRASILIA, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Planning Ministry said on Monday that the budget reallocations needed to accommodate measures recently announced by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he seeks re-election in next Sunday’s vote amount to about 20 billion reais ($3.95 billion) in…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said in a post on X, after a German court sentenced two men for planning to kill the leader of a Jewish organisation in Germany. The court said last week that…
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Florida begins the 2026-27 college basketball season back atop the Associated Press poll for the first time since it earned the top spot by winning the 2024-25 national championship. The Gators were picked as the…
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Former NC State football coach and longtime Florida State assistant Chuck Amato died Monday morning at the age of 80, according to multiple reports. Amato, who guided the Wolfpack to a school-record 11 wins in…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had discussed ways of speeding up supplies of the Patriot system, vital to countering Russia ballistic missiles, with representatives of the US company Lockheed Martin. “It is their Patriot systems and F-16 planes…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – The Pennsylvania Health Department on Monday reported 1,286 measles cases in the state, up 26 cases from the last update on Friday, as the outbreak of the highly contagious disease continues. Here are key details: • Measles-related hospitalizations this year stood…
By Jefferson Kahinju MOMBASA, Kenya, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 28 others were found guilty of murder by a Kenyan court on Monday over the deaths of 190 children and an adult in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies…
By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) – Playing college football games on non-traditional weeknights is one of the expected possibilities when the College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams starting after the 2027 season. With the CFP conference commissioners expected to approve…
By Timour Azhari, Federico Maccioni, Tala Ramadan and Alexander Cornwell Oct 19 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has decided to postpone its flagship investment conference until next year, organizers confirmed in a statement on Monday, following deadly attacks which rocked the kingdom in recent weeks as the…
