A person walks past “our lives depend on your votes” posters in Nantes. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
Elections around the world
Opponents of France’s National Rally stepped up their bid to block the far-right party from power as more candidates said they would bow out of the run-off election to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote. Meanwhile, investors are skeptical that the relief rally after the first-round vote can last.
US President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity set a “dangerous precedent” and called on the American people to “dissent” by rejecting Donald Trump in November. Politics Editor Scott Malone explains the implications of this ruling on today’s Reuters World News podcast.
Pro-Palestinian candidates hope to mobilize Muslim votes at Britain’s July 4 election by tapping into discontent over the two main political parties’ positions on the war in Gaza.
Eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded when Israeli forces bombarded several areas of Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as thousands of people fled their homes under fire. Follow the latest.
Riot police patrolled Kenya’s capital Nairobi this morning as young activists called for more protests following last week’s deadly clashes. The recent protests have exposed President William Ruto’s neglect of the discontent he faces in the country.
Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a “potentially catastrophic” category 5 storm as it moved across the eastern Caribbean, putting Jamaica near its path after downing power lines and flooding streets elsewhere.
A US stock rally supercharged by excitement over artificial intelligence is drawing comparisons with the dotcom bubble two decades ago, raising the question of whether prices have again been inflated by optimism over a revolutionary technology.
Nvidia is set to be charged by the French antitrust regulator for allegedly anti-competitive practices, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, making it the first enforcer to act against the computer chip maker.
China’s BYD posted a 21% rise in second-quarter electric vehicle sales, closing the gap with Tesla after handing back the world’s top EV vendor title to the US rival in the first quarter.
Hindenburg Research refuted allegations from India’s securities regulator accusing the company of colluding with a US asset manager to use non-public information to set up its short bet against Adani Group last year.
Good luck getting a late-morning McMuffin in Australia. McDonald’s has cut breakfast service timings by 1-1/2 hours, after a shortage of eggs caused by bird flu outbreaks that have led to the slaughter of about 1.5 million chickens.
OnlyFans vows it’s a safe space. Predators are exploiting kids there.
OnlyFans says it vets every user and all content to keep children off its porn-driven platform. But a Reuters investigation of US police and court files found complaints that hundreds of sexually explicit videos and images of minors – from toddlers to teens – appeared on the website.
Swelling deer herd hems in South Korean islanders. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
On South Korea’s island of Anma, the deer destroy crops and damage trees in their nocturnal wanderings. By day the spot is deceptively peaceful, though the humans there must live behind fences, penned into homes and fields, as the animals outnumber them seven to one.
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