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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Tennessee’s special congressional election

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen candidates will compete for their parties’ nominations Tuesday to fill a vacant Tennessee congressional seat in the closely divided U.S. House. The winners will face off in a Dec. 2 special election to ...
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Situation for mothers and babies in Gaza has ‘never been worse’, says UNICEF

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Mothers and newborn babies in Gaza face dire conditions as Nasser hospital in the south of the enclave is overwhelmed with patients fleeing the north and medical resources running out, UNICEF said on Friday.  “The ...
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Wall Street futures climb in final session of volatile week

(Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as hopes of an interest rate cut underpinned sentiment in the final trading session of a volatile week, marked by a government shutdown that has dragged into its third day. The shutdown, ...
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No payrolls, no problem as stocks hit record highs

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -World stocks were on course for a solid weekly gain and more record highs, as the seemingly unstoppable rally in tech shares and expectations of lower U.S. interest rates helped offset U.S. government shutdown uncertainty. Investors ...
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US soybean farmers, deserted by big buyer China, scramble for other importers

By Tom Polansek WATERMAN, Illinois (Reuters) -A trade mission to Nigeria. A memorandum of understanding with Vietnam. A surge of purchases from Bangladesh.  These countries are not typically major customers for soybeans from the U.S. farm belt. But desperate farmers, their ...
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Wall St eyes Washington standoff with stocks near records

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. government shutdown tops investors’ agenda next week as markets head into the seasonally strong fourth quarter, with equities near record highs bracing for an earnings-season test later this month. A deep partisan ...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to be sentenced on prostitution-related charges for ‘Freak Offs’

By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean “Diddy” Combs is due to be sentenced on Friday for prostitution-related charges, with prosecutors pushing for the hip-hop mogul to spend more than a decade in prison and the defense ...
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US Senate to vote on dueling plans to end shutdown, though neither likely to pass

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote again on Friday on dueling Democratic and Republican plans to end a government shutdown now entering its third day, though there is no sign that either plan will win passage. Lawmakers ...
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Payroll data on ice gives Wall Street newfound free time, but a big problem reading the economy

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Suzanne McGee NEW YORK (Reuters) -The release of U.S. jobs data typically has traders and investors glued to their screens at 8:30 am waiting for the all-important numbers. This Friday, however, is giving some a ...
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Cyberattack hits major Japanese beverage producer, affecting its operations

TOKYO (AP) — A major Japanese beverage producer says it has been hit by a cyberattack that left its operations disrupted for the fifth day on Friday, and Japanese media are reporting that stocks of the company’s popular beer ...
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Spain seeks to make abortion a constitutional right, 40 years after legalising it

By David Latona MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s leftist government plans to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution amid what it views as a global onslaught on reproductive freedom, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday. If passed, the ...
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Analysis-Democrats rally around healthcare in shutdown fight, hoping for edge in 2026

By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress have rallied around healthcare as their top policy issue in a government shutdown standoff with President Donald Trump’s Republicans, hoping a focus on Americans’ concerns over access and affordability ...
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