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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Israel holds a parliamentary election on Tuesday, its first since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 that shook the country and plunged the Middle East into turmoil. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on power is at stake, with centrist rivals promising to usher in a new era, but it might take time before clear results are known. WHEN WILL WE KNOW […]

By Steven Scheer and Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a fight for political survival in Israel’s election on Tuesday, with voters weighing his leadership after the 2023 Hamas-led attacks, wars in Gaza and with Iran, and Israel’s deepening international isolation. Yet Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader with 19 years in office, remains a formidable survivor, with nationalist politics increasingly entrenched and Israel’s fragmented system […]

(Corrects paragraph 15 to say top student leaders had not said whether a future government would halt weapons exports) BELGRADE, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Serbia’s student-led protest movement won a historic victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election, ending the long rule of Aleksandar Vucic and sparking mass celebrations. But their yet-to-be named leaders face a long list of issues. Here are a few of them:  KOSOVO The Student List believes that […]

By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – The Oklahoma City Thunder will be down two starters for the foreseeable future as both Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace are headed for surgery, general manager Sam Presti said Monday. The Thunder revealed Williams suffered both a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle, while Wallace has a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Their return timelines are up in the […]

By Amy Lv and Casey Hall ZHENGZHOU, China Oct 27 (Reuters) – Around 70% of the 2 million carats of lab-grown diamonds produced annually at Feng Canjun’s factory currently go into jewellery. But the entrepreneur is betting that the future of China’s synthetic diamond industry lies in supplying advanced materials for semiconductors, AI servers and other high-tech applications. “I am looking to raise the share of my products used in […]

By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens coach Jesse Minter is optimistic that star quarterback Lamar Jackson will return from an ankle injury to play against the host Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Jackson has missed the past three games due to the high left ankle sprain sustained in the second quarter of a victory over the Tennessee Titans on Oct. 4. “I think he was […]

By Luc Cohen and Jan Wolfe Oct 26 (Reuters) – A US appeals court on Monday ruled against President Donald Trump’s administration in a major voting dispute ahead of the midterm elections, denying a request to block California from counting mail ballots from people on a list of more than 20,000 registered voters the federal government alleges are likely noncitizens. The decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of […]

MADRID, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Spain on Monday unveiled a more flexible version of its proposed decree governing data centers after a wave of project announcements in the country, according to officials at the energy ministry. • The revised proposal raises the threshold for the rules to apply, extends the time frame for developers to demonstrate renewable-energy commitments and introduces a transition period for meeting clean-power targets. • The initial […]

Oct 26 (Reuters) – Universal Music Group held preliminary discussions with private equity firms earlier this year about going private, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. • The music label’s management held preliminary talks with private equity firms including Apollo Global Management, TPG and Blackstone, according to the report • Talks have not progressed and Universal has not started a sale process, the report said, […]