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Tara Oakes on Reuters World News
Yemen’s Houthis struck Riyadh airport for a second consecutive day, killing one person and wounding almost a dozen, Saudi authorities said. The airport remained closed, schools moved online for the week, and the Houthis warned of more attacks unless Saudi Arabia halted its campaign in Yemen.Tara Oakes on Reuters World News
US President Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but neither Moscow nor Ukraine confirmed it. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed a ceasefire while awaiting details, and Russian forces later hit a power plant in Kharkiv.Tim Reid on Reuters World News
Democrats enter the November 3 midterm elections facing predictions of a blue wave, but six factors could limit their gains, including a smaller House battleground, a toss-up Senate, weak young-voter turnout, and a Republican financial advantage. Polls have overstated Democratic strength in five of the last seven election cycles, while Donald Trump portrays Democrats as extreme and un-American.Tara Oakes on Reuters World News
A new Reuters Ipsos poll found that a bipartisan majority of Americans oppose prediction markets for betting on elections, military actions, and government policy. Respondents largely viewed platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi as gambling and raised concerns about insider trading and turning real-life events into commodities.Chris Prentice on Reuters World News
Democrats and Republicans who participated in a poll expressed concern that government officials and others with inside information, including news journalists, could trade on bets about real-life events. They also objected to such betting because they viewed it as commoditizing those events.Hardik Vyas on Reuters World News
A video claiming to show passengers during a fly-by incident drew more than 700,000 views on X, but Reuters found it was unrelated. The footage showed Dubai’s coastline, while the flight descended near the Saudi Arabia-Jordan border, and its audio came from a four-year-old clip.