Lawmakers say US briefing showed Russia targeting Democrats with misinformation reut.rs/4zLtHJm reut.rs/4zLtHJm

Canada's Carney visits Turkey in push to ease US trade dependence reut.rs/4yYxuTL reut.rs/4yYxuTL

US consumers taking weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro have turned to cobblers and tailors as they try to save money while shedding pounds, motivated in part by a cost-of-living squeeze and rising out-of-pocket costs for the drugs as US employers increasingly drop GLP-1 coverage reut.rs/4yDZKtQ

Nestle reported better than expected organic sales growth for the third quarter and said it had deconsolidated its Russian business after Moscow seized control of Nestle's Russian assets last month reut.rs/4zNomRW

Tesla cuts spending before potential SpaceX deal even as Musk bets future on AI, robots reut.rs/4smpmtN reut.rs/4smpmtN

A probe into KPMG Australia has found it mishandled whistleblower allegations of client data leaks and let cultural and governance weaknesses persist for years, but stopped short of recommending a permanent ban on the firm from federal government work reut.rs/4yvTLan

Europe is emerging from one of its worst wildfire seasons on record. Deadly blazes this year ripped through countries including Spain, France and Greece, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and burning 699,000 hectares — an area more than four times the size of London. The disasters highlighted how climate change is fuelling hot and dry conditions that amplify wildfires. But another, often-overlooked factor played a pivotal role in some instances: How governments and private landowners are managing Europe’s emptying countryside reut.rs/3WpaVZX

An affinity for warm climes has helped crocs thrive for eons reut.rs/4sfFey6 reut.rs/4sfFey6

🔊 A website vulnerability facing 75% of the internet caused governments across Europe to pull down their sites until a patch can be installed. Security experts say AI hackers could exploit the vulnerability. The Reuters World News podcast has the latest reut.rs/3VYJ0Qu

Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow Big Bend border wall construction reut.rs/4icNABY reut.rs/4icNABY

Philippines exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan to protect cables reut.rs/4ibgWAB reut.rs/4ibgWAB

Australia's APA commits $492 million for key gas pipeline project reut.rs/4zQWxs6 reut.rs/4zQWxs6

Britain's MI5 spied on NHS founder Bevan, secret documents show reut.rs/4sjmXA5 reut.rs/4sjmXA5

Surfers in Brazil's Sao Paulo state gathered for a rally supporting the re-election bid of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whom they see as the candidate who will guarantee the preservation of the environment and democracy

Kinder Morgan to invest $4.7 billion in two gas pipeline projects as demand surges reut.rs/4Bja8Kb reut.rs/4Bja8Kb

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Ohio State University disputes DOJ finding that medical school discriminates in admissions reut.rs/4izP0ru reut.rs/4izP0ru

New Zealand's High Court has struck down regulations banning new prescriptions of puberty blockers for adolescents with gender dysphoria, ruling that the measures were made unlawfully and amounted to unjustified discrimination reut.rs/4i6RHzy

Cloud services firm Cloudflare saw millions of exploitation attempts after the public disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language PHP, CEO Matthew Prince said in a post on X reut.rs/4iaHQZE

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