A UPS wide-body cargo plane crashed and erupted into a fireball moments after takeoff from the international airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing seven, including all three aboard, and injuring 11 on the ground, officials said.
Democrats swept a trio of races, elevating a new generation of leaders and giving the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead of next year’s congressional elections. A critical California vote also boosted Democrats’ hopes for 2026.
Listen to today’s episode of the Reuters World News podcast as host Kim Vinnell chats with Maria Tsvetkova, Bo Erickson and Daniel Trotta about the key election takeaways.
Bipartisan efforts in the US Senate to reopen the federal government as early as this week gave way to fresh signs of frustration, even as Republicans and Democrats aired details of a possible path out of the five-week-old impasse.
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The Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 F-35 fighter jets, a potential multi-billion-dollar deal that has cleared a key Pentagon hurdle ahead of a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, two sources familiar with the matter said.
As the death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines climbed to 66, residents in the hardest-hit province of Cebu are confronting the devastation it left behind: homes reduced to rubble, streets choked with debris, and lives upended.
EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil.
Brazil’s most lethal police operation ever has left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stunned and struggling to handle the political fallout, as he attempts to reconcile international concerns over human rights violations with growing public support for a crackdown on crime.