WARSAW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Seven people were injured in a knife attack at a school in Ostroleka, north-eastern Poland, police said on Wednesday, adding that the attacker had been detained. “A 19-year-old student from the school was detained near the town beach,” police spokesperson…
MOSCOW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia informed the World Health Organization about the death of a laboratory worker at a Siberian plague research institute last week in line with established procedures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, accusing the media of providing false information…
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “The Social Network,” wasn’t looking to make another movie about Facebook. Sorkin had been struggling to find an idea for a new project when he met Frances Haugen, a former…
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Microsoft will unveil on Wednesday a new laptop powered by Nvidia’s chips, seeking to turn Windows into a platform for AI agents to handle tasks such as writing code without having to access the cloud, analysts said.…
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump is sending $2.35 billion in direct payments to millions of Americans just weeks before the November 3 elections that will determine whether his Republicans will maintain control of the US Congress. Here is…
By Nandita Bose Oct 7 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Wednesday for the third time in a month, placing unusual focus on a state he won easily in 2024 but where Republicans now face unexpectedly tight midterm election battles as they seek to…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – A readout on Wednesday of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting is expected to show a much broader debate than reflected in the unanimous decision to raise interest rates, with possible implications for the US central bank’s…
By Nathan Layne and David Morgan Oct 7 (Reuters) – Two-thirds of Republican candidates in competitive US House and Senate races have broken with President Donald Trump on policy or played down ties to him, a Reuters review found, revealing a widespread effort to distance…
By Andrew Goudsward, Jonathan Landay, Erin Banco and Ned Parker WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Kurt Olsen, a Justice Department lawyer who has been a leading Trump administration proponent of false claims the 2020 election was stolen, had his DOJ security clearance terminated last month…
By Deena Beasley Oct 7 (Reuters) – Novartis’ experimental del-desiran for a rare type of muscular dystrophy was expected to be a winner, with the Swiss company’s CEO predicting annual peak sales of $5 billion. When a late-stage trial missed its goal last month, shares…