Reuters

Global wire service; center, straight-news style

Stories

• 3 U.S. Officials Tell Reuters a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Is Unlikely Before 2028, Citing Military Purges and Taiwan's Election
• 2 Pakistani Airstrikes in Kunar and Helmand Kill 9, Afghan Taliban Say; Pakistan Says It Killed 22 Militants
• 2 Baldwin Group Agrees to $32.50-a-Share Cash Buyout Led by Sequence Holdings and Michael Dell's Family Office in Deal Valued at $7.7 Billion
• 2 U.S. Trade Court Hears Challenge to Trump's 10% and 12.5% Forced-Labor Tariffs on 60 Economies
• 3 UN Security Council Votes 12-0-3 to Extend Haiti Gang Suppression Force Through March 31, 2027
• 2 U.S. Job Openings Were 7.08 Million in August, Below Forecasts; Conference Board Confidence Index Falls to 81.9, Lowest Since 2014
• 2 South Korea Says North Korean Mines That Wounded 3 Soldiers Were Buried South of the Border Line; North Korea Denies Crossing
• 3 CDC Reports 3,659 U.S. Measles Cases So Far in 2026 as Pennsylvania's State Count Passes 900
• 2 Leaked Anthropic Filing Shows $42 Billion Net Loss for 2025, Including a $34 Billion Non-Cash Charge, and $518 Billion in Compute Commitments
• 2 Zelensky Says North Korea Is Preparing 10,000 More Troops for Russia; Putin Raises Army's Authorized Size by 15,500
• 2 Taipei Times Cites Unnamed Official Saying Xi Made 'Little Progress' Pressing Trump on Taiwan Arms Sales
• 3 Venezuela Frees 39 Political Prisoners, Rights Group Says, After Second Round of Government-Opposition Talks
• 2 MGM Resorts Discusses a Bid for Barry Diller's People Inc., WSJ Reports, a Day After People Dropped Its $48.30-a-Share Offer for MGM
• 2 University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Finalized at 48.1 for September, Down From 51.7; Year-Ahead Inflation Expectations Rise to 4.6%
• 3 Supreme Court Votes 6-3 to Let DHS Resume Expanded SAVE Citizenship Checks of Voter Rolls While Appeal Proceeds