Asian governments step up cyber defences after PHP flaw reut.rs/4dV4HHb reut.rs/4dV4HHb

China bets on manufactured water, and wants to sell it to the world reut.rs/4BltspZ reut.rs/4BltspZ

Many people in India's capital, Delhi, are missing work as they try to get their names back on the voter list. Millions of Delhi residents have been removed in a nationwide revision of electoral rolls known as the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR reut.rs/4sidCs9

France reports first human Shamonda virus case reut.rs/4zeEHPu reut.rs/4zeEHPu

Hermes revenue growth slows as weak China demand hits accessories reut.rs/4Bpbjb6 reut.rs/4Bpbjb6

EXCLUSIVE: TSMC seeks factory-equipment alternatives to thwart China's rare earths grip, sources say reut.rs/3W1wnEf reut.rs/3W1wnEf

Morning Bid: France's debt strains, AI in focus reut.rs/3WnVRf3 reut.rs/3WnVRf3

Lumpy Jio IPO inflows push rupee into 'overbought' zone just as oil renews rise reut.rs/4iakXp1 reut.rs/4iakXp1

China's Xi calls for qualitative improvement, measurable growth in economy reut.rs/4ijQq8y reut.rs/4ijQq8y

🔊 Neocloud stocks have sold off, and so has their unsecured debt, in recent weeks. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate whether the damage can be contained and if cracks in AI's plumbing could further hit Anthropic's slowing growth reut.rs/3VN1tQ1

Meta sued in Australian class action over alleged social media harm to children reut.rs/4zNqyJ7 reut.rs/4zNqyJ7

Tesla cut its annual capital expenditure forecast by a fifth and posted surprise positive free cash flow in the third quarter, after investing far less in its AI and robotics ambitions than Wall Street had expected reut.rs/4BlE34c

New World screwworm cases confirmed in wildlife in Texas, beef cow in New Mexico reut.rs/3U74b2f reut.rs/3U74b2f

North Korea's National Garment and Footwear Exhibition-2026 opened at the Three-Revolution Exhibition House in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported

Israeli settlers have intimidated Palestinians harvesting their olives in the occupied West Bank for decades, but this year, not only has violence increased sharply, theft has been widespread, according to Palestinians, Israeli rights groups and the UN reut.rs/4zLOf4v

Australia's CSL hit with shareholder class action suit over earnings guidance reut.rs/4dTaPjd reut.rs/4dTaPjd

Bank of Korea holds rates as expected after back-to-back hikes reut.rs/47yUlt6 reut.rs/47yUlt6

As former President Aleksandar Vucic seeks to extend his 12-year hold on power by running for prime minister in an October 25 election, interviews with activists, student protesters and opposition politicians paint an increasingly authoritarian picture of Serbia where critics are routinely threatened, press freedoms are waning and corruption is on the rise reut.rs/4z8ATj4

Tesla aims to sell Cybercab robotaxis by end of year despite federal probe reut.rs/3UfGxAq reut.rs/3UfGxAq

A video, released by Russia's FSB security service and published by state media, purports to show the arrest of David Adrian Kercso, a Romanian citizen who grew up in England and was sentenced earlier this year to 15 years for spying for Ukraine reut.rs/4eL6yyy