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By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira LISBON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Thousands rallied outside Portugal’s parliament in Lisbon on Tuesday to protest against a deepening housing crisis and recent police operations against housing activists, while lawmakers debated the government’s draft budget for 2027. Portugal faces one of Europe’s most acute home affordability crises, with prices more than doubling since 2017 and new-lease rents nearly doubling, hitting young people hardest, as […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements established under ‌a 2021 law aimed at combating illicit finance. The Trump administration in August finalized a rule exempting US companies and individuals from reporting beneficial ownership information ​to the Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit, rolling back reporting requirements established under […]

Israeli Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Bloc Short of Majority as Opposition, Arab Parties Gain Ground  Exit polls from Israel’s three major television networks project Netanyahu’s bloc falling 11 seats short of a majority, while opposition parties also lack the numbers to form a government without additional support  By Steven Ganot/The Media Line  Israel’s first election since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks appeared headed toward another political deadlock Tuesday night, […]

Egypt Orders Independent Mada Masr Closed, Fines Editor $54,000  By The Media Line Staff  A court in Cairo ordered the closure of independent news website Mada Masr on Tuesday after convicting its editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah, of operating without a license under Egypt’s media law. The court also fined her 3 million Egyptian pounds (about $54,000), ordered the confiscation of the outlet’s equipment, and had her taken into custody pending payment.  […]

By John Revill ZURICH, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Logitech International on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected profit for the second quarter, with the computer mouse and keyboard maker seeing higher demand for its gaming and video conferencing devices. The Swiss-U.S. company reported non-GAAP operating income of $231 million for the three months to the end of September, beating forecasts for $204 million in a consensus gathered by Visible Alpha and the […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced widespread rebuke from civil rights groups, healthcare advocates and Democrats on Tuesday over his anti-Arab comments that the Council on American-Islamic Relations cast as “a textbook display of unvarnished racism and bigotry.” In his remarks on Monday at a campaign event in Michigan where Republican Mike Rogers is running for the US Senate against […]

Oct 28 (Reuters) – Jordan and Syria have agreed to form a joint security committee to examine the details and repercussions of recent Jordanian airstrikes against Islamic State sites in Syria, the two countries’ foreign ministries said in a joint statement early on Wednesday. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani that Tuesday’s strikes were based on field intelligence and aimed at “neutralising” confirmed threats and […]

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The US State Department’s policy chief, Jeremy Lewin, said on Tuesday he was leaving his role after nearly two years in which he helped lead an overhaul of US foreign assistance and implemented President Donald Trump’s policies toward Venezuela and Cuba. Lewin, a top adviser to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said on social media he was leaving to return to the […]

By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Dallas owner Jerry Jones said in a radio interview Tuesday it’s “very possible” he could hire ESPN broadcaster and former Cowboy Troy Aikman for a role in the organization. “And the answer is … not that necessarily we’re going to do something more direct with the team at this time,” Jones told Dallas radio station 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday. […]