Power being restored after Russian attack plunges thousands in Kyiv into darkness

(Corrects DTEK reference in paragraph 7 from Friday to Saturday, moves Chernihiv attack from 4 to 8 for clarity) By Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -Emergency crews restored power to many parts of Ukraine after an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Friday struck energy facilities, plunging large districts of Kyiv and other areas into …

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Trump ratchets up US-China trade war, promising new tariffs

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump revived the trade war against Beijing on Friday, ending an uneasy truce between the two largest economies with promises to sharply hike tariffs in a reprisal against China curbing its critical mineral exports. The president unveiled additional levies of 100% on China’s U.S.-bound exports, along with …

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China issues bounty for Taiwan PsyOps unit for ‘separatism’

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese police on Saturday offered rewards of $1,400 for information about 18 people it said were Taiwanese military psychological operations officers spreading “separatist” messages, a day after Taiwan pledged to boost its defences. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the strong objections of the government in Taipei, and has increased …

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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Russia’s Kamchatka, GFZ says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near the east coast of the Kamchatka region in Russia’s far east on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, GFZ said. (Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)

Gold pares gains after brief run above $4,000/oz on Trump’s China tariff warning

By Anushree Mukherjee and Anmol Choubey (Reuters) -Gold pared some gains on Friday after briefly rallying above the $4,000 an ounce milestone for a second time this week as U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of possible fresh tariffs on China accelerated a flight to safe-haven assets. Spot gold was up 0.4% at $3,989.49 per ounce …

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Ecuador empata 1-1 con Estados Unidos en partido de preparación para Mundial

10 oct – La selección de fútbol de Ecuador empató el viernes 1-1 con su similar de Estados Unidos, en un partido amistoso de preparación para la Copa del Mundo 2026 después de su clasificación como segundo lugar de la eliminatoria sudamericana tras Argentina. El gol para Ecuador lo anotó el capitán Enner Valencia  a los …

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Sin Messi, Argentina vence a Venezuela en partido de preparación para Mundial 2026

10 oct – La selección de fútbol de Argentina venció el viernes 1-0 a Venezuela en el estadio Hard Rock de Miami en un partido amistoso de preparación para el Mundial 2026 donde estuvo ausente Lionel Messi. La Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) anunció minutos antes del inicio del juego que Messi no estaría “disponible …

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ASEAN to discuss Myanmar election observers at October summit

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta has invited the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to send observers for planned year-end elections, and the bloc will discuss the request during a regional summit later this month, Malaysia’s foreign ministry has said. The invitation to send election observers was extended to all ASEAN member states, the ministry …

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