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By Bo Erickson and Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The two biggest Republican money players in the 2026 midterm elections – U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk – have finally turned on the spigot with less than eight weeks to go before Election Day.     With Republicans facing the prospect of losing control of at least one chamber of Congress, and polling showing Democrats more motivated to […]

VIENNA, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Austria’s foreign ministry said on Friday it had “encouraging news” about an Austrian woman in her 70s taken hostage in 2025 in Niger, where she had lived for years, but it cautioned that the process of releasing her was not yet complete. The woman, identified by Austrian authorities as Eva G, was kidnapped in the desert town of Agadez in central Niger in January 2025. […]

Sept 11 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures bounced back as oil prices cooled on Friday and investors pinned their hopes on the consumer inflation report to end a rough week on a positive note. Oracle jumped nearly 7% premarket after topping estimates for quarterly results late Thursday, which reassured shareholders that its AI investments were generating returns. Nvidia rose 0.9%. Fluctuating interest rate expectations have left the market backdrop […]

By Mohammed Ghobari ADEN, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Friday reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, potentially tightening their grip on one of the world’s vital shipping routes and further increasing the threat to energy markets in the widening Middle East war.  Earlier, two sources from the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government said its forces had […]

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s government on Friday called for an end to Saudi Arabia’s blockade of Yemen and the immediate resumption of talks, in its first public statement since Iran-backed Houthi rebels entered a key Yemeni port and intensified their threat to a key global shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, Iran’s foreign ministry said Yemen’s sovereignty must be […]

GENEVA (AP) — Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland. The bus, with 45 people on board, overturned Thursday afternoon between the villages of Susch and Zernez in the Alpine canton of Graubuenden. Three people remained in serious condition at hospital, police said. Prosecutors and police were investigating what led […]

By Keshav SinghChundawat Sept 11 (Reuters) – Australian stocks ended Friday at a more than two-month low, as miners led by BHP lost on weaker commodity prices, while a surge in oil prices over the week heightened inflation concerns and kept investors on edge. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.9% to 8,741.20 points, its lowest closing level since July 2. It lost 2.1% in the week, its steepest drop […]

By Rocky Swift and Miho Uranaka TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) – A plan by Kioxia to list shares in the United States could put the Japanese chipmaker back into the global investment spotlight, said the lead manager of a $14 billion AI-focused fund. Kioxia, whose 456% surge this year leads gains on the benchmark Nikkei 225 index, said in May it was making preparations to list American depositary Shares (ADS) […]

BEIJING, Sept 11 (Reuters) – China and India are arranging for a bilateral meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday, as Xi is set to travel to India this weekend to attend a BRICS summit. China is willing to approach bilateral ties “from a strategic and long-term perspective,” enhance communication and cooperation while properly managing differences, said Mao Ning, […]