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

Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker featuring entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban, on Friday, October 23 at 11:00 a.m. CDT / 4:00 p.m. GMT. Register here 👉 reut.rs/4k2toVU

Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade, becoming ‌the fourth African country and the most populous yet to be affected by an outbreak that health officials have described as the fastest-spreading on record reut.rs/4slfIYv

🔊   Government websites across Europe went offline after critical security flaws were discovered. The vulnerabilities affected everything from WordPress sites to government portals. Hear more on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4yz29Gc

🎙️ 'Markets reward people for their knowledge instead of punish them,' according to @Kalshi CEO @mansourtarek_. Find out how his company is building a tradable future on this week's Econ World podcast reut.rs/3UePmdM

Some government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline after vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used programming language, were uncovered using AI. Cybersecurity Reporter Raphael Satter explains why reut.rs/4jyVubl

🎧 Are prediction markets gambling or forecasting? That question may reach the Supreme Court, and it will have a big impact on companies like @Kalshi. We talk to its CEO @mansourtarek_ on this week's Econ World podcast reut.rs/4dRgshS

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya warned African countries to strengthen their Ebola preparedness, adding that geographical distance offered no guarantee of protection after Nigeria confirmed a case reut.rs/4BrFKgP

The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street to a higher close after quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer improved investor appetite for artificial intelligence-related stocks reut.rs/4jAddit

🔊  US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russia's Vladimir Putin, praising him as a 'humanitarian' for releasing Stephen Hubbard, a retired US teacher who was held in Russia since 2022. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast for more reut.rs/4BkWi9Z

🎙️ 'Prediction markets have always been sort of an economist's dream,' according to @Kalshi CEO @mansourtarek_. But are they good for the rest of us? Find out on this week's Econ World podcast reut.rs/47DaSfx

🎧 Are markets the best way to predict the future? @Kalshi CEO @mansourtarek_ thinks so. He makes the case on this week's Econ World podcast reut.rs/4idAS6b

🎙️ From election odds to economic forecasts, prediction markets are booming. But should we trust them? @Kalshi CEO @mansourtarek_ joins this week's Econ World podcast to make the case reut.rs/4iwXorL

US President Donald Trump said Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired US schoolteacher in Russian custody since 2022, is on his way back to the United States reut.rs/3TUOxaa

🔥 Giant ‘heat storms’ are scorching the Earth. We covered the biggest one on record. Reuters journalist Mo Tamman analyzed hourly temperatures back to 1960 to find out how we got here. ➡️ Ask him anything on Thurs., Oct. 22 from 1-2pm EDT reut.rs/4emAwJ6

🔊 Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon as next month. The Reuters World News podcast explains reut.rs/47AswjZ