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Election Day, Musk's power play and walker comes home

Americans head to the polls to vote in the US midterms, with control of Congress on the line. Elon Musk eyes greater control of his companies through a proposed SpaceX-Te

Nov 3
13 min

Trump speech, Michigan Senate race, Ukraine alert system hack (Updated)

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President Trump gives an address at the Lincoln Memorial, emphasizing park improvements, on the eve of midterm elections. Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens endorses

Nov 2
13 min

Gen Z protests, Oleshky and a possible Democratic Congress

Rioters loot stores in Frankfurt as Gen Z-led protests in Germany turn violent. Starved and exhausted residents from the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky cross into Ukr

Nov 1
13 min

Judge blocks DOJ threats, Italy strike, Burnham 'open to slave trade apology'

A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening state and local election officials with prosecution if they don't comply with demands related

Oct 31
12 min

Crypto hack, tech stocks dip, remembering Patrick Stewart (Updated)

What we know about possibly the largest crypto hack in history. AI stocks dip as tech investors pump the brakes over AI concerns. President Donald Trump's approval rating

Oct 30
14 min

Alaska Senate dispute, Spain mourns, Bolsonaro's declaration (Updated)

Republicans allege Alaska Democrats recruited spoiler candidates to upset the Republican incumbent. Spain is counting the losses of its second deadly train crash this yea

Oct 29
13 min

Bolsonaro claims victory, Israel's election uncertainty, Spain train crash (Updated)

A train collision in Spain has killed at least 68 people. Flavio Bolsonaro says he's the rightful president of Brazil, after fleeing to Miami. Israel's Prime Minister Ben

Oct 28
13 min

Israeli deadlock, Maine's tight Senate race and Jay-Z halftime show (Updated)

Voting has ended in Israel's first election since October 7th, though no bloc has a clear majority. Susan Collins is vying for a 6th term as Maine's US Senator and facing

Oct 27
13 min

Anthropic IPO, Lula's comeback, Le Pen's presidential bid (Updated)

AI giant Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beats the odds to win a fourth term as Brazil's president - while his opponent Flav

Oct 26
12 min

France protests, Texas Senate race and West Bank olives

Violence flares in Paris after a largely peaceful day of mass protests - we fact check some of the videos shared online in recent weeks. Early voting ramps up in what's

Oct 25
13 min

US Starlink requests, Alaska's Senate race and Serbia's elections

Reuters exclusive reporting reveals the US made several previous requests to Elon Musk to alter his Starlink service in Ukraine and the Middle East. The Trump administrat

Oct 24
13 min

Melania ceasefire, Banks block AI agents, Trump's evangelicals (Updated)

First Lady Melania Trump has brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for the besieged town of Oleshky. White evangelicals remain Trump's most loyal demo

Oct 23
13 min

PHP hacks, Russia-Ukraine strikes, Brazil's phone problem (Updated)

Millions of hacking attempts are logged, after a flaw in one of the Internet's most widely used coding languages forced government websites offline across Europe and Asia

Oct 22
13 min

Putin agrees to peace talks, SpaceX-Tesla merger, Kansas voters (Updated)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon as next month. SpaceX turns its first profit and Elon Musk says a merge

Oct 21
12 min

Macron's twilight, Trump's approval and AI hacking

France's riots plunge Emmanuel Macron's final months as president deeper into turmoil, with Marine Le Pen standing to gain from the fallout. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll puts

Oct 20
13 min

France curfew, Russian energy strikes, Trump's golf course fight (Updated)

Kyiv says it again received no warning before Russian energy strikes, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the US has resumed intelligence sharing with Ukraine. US Se

Oct 19
13 min

France unrest, Canada military base, Pope Leo and Siberian bears

Clashes broke out between demonstrators and police across France as more than half a million people took to the streets to denounce the rising cost of living. People ha

Oct 18
13 min

Trump drops Russia sanctions, Israeli settlers attack US photojournalist, Oregon police say teacher and parent stopped school shooter

President Trump has waived new sanctions aimed at Russia's oil and gas industry, just days before they were due to take effect. Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive

Oct 17
13 min

Zacharia out, Zelenskiy slams diesel deal, Oregon shooting (Updated)

Katie Zacharia, Trump's new White House press secretary, has been let go after just seven days. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticizes Donald Trump's diesel deal with R

Oct 16
13 min

Ukraine oil strike, Fort Hood execution, AI stock slide (Updated)

Ukraine has struck a Russian oil refinery, defying Trump's energy ceasefire. Inflation came in hotter than expected in September, putting a Fed rate hike back on the tabl

Oct 15
13 min

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Mostly nonbiased, which is really hard to find these days. Straightforward and to the point, sticking to the facts. 10 minute episodes make it easy for people who don't have time to watch/read the news

_California_dreamin_ · Apr 2026

Reuters has always prided itself on being one of the most unbiased news sources you can find, and this podcast is no exception. According to the Interactive Media Bias Chart from Ad Fontes Media, Reuters World News is smack dab in the center. This podcast is straight facts, with next to zero commentary, making it as unbiased as you can get. There are a decent amount of reviews that say “Reuters is leftist” “Reuters is left leaning” “Reuters is democrat propaganda”. These are all just claiming bias where there is none, and when you conduct actual research on the topics this podcast talks about, it shows how truly unbiased it is. There are two very short ad breaks, but these are over in the blink of an eye so they aren’t too bothersome.

Uzbek Chad · Dec 2025

Lately, I’ve been on the lookout for a daily podcast that provides a concise overview of the day’s most noteworthy events, and I’ve found Reuters World News to be one of the more reliable. The delivery is direct and unimpassioned. So far, this is the best I’ve heard.

SlamminAmon · Nov 2025

The ad timing and content is wildly inappropriate. It is jarring and disrespectful to put goofy and chirpy ads after somber discussion of tragedy.

Leopold P Bloom · Oct 2025

I have unsubscribed from Reuters World News and will no longer be following Reuters coverage after this episode. My family and friends are doing the same. Listening to Reuters devote a segment to the struggles of russian tourism, interviewing russian business owners and vacationers about canceled holidays, fuel shortages, and declining profits—including in occupied Crimea—was appalling. You started an episode referring to Crimea as “russia's holiday coast”. Crimea is Ukraine. It is not simply a travel destination for russians. It is occupied Ukrainian territory. Yet this report centered the discomfort of people vacationing in or profiting from that occupation, while barely acknowledging the reality that these inconveniences are the direct consequence of russia's own war of aggression. The editorial framing was profoundly misguided. Rather than centering the victims of this war in Crimea, rather than focusing on Crimean tatars specifically, Reuters chose to humanize the inconveniences of citizens of the aggressor state, many of whom have benefited from or normalized the occupation of Ukrainian land. There is a difference between reporting on the effects of war inside russia vs. producing a segment that invites listeners to empathize with the disruption of russian holidays on occupied territory. This crossed that line.

YarynaMykh · Aug 2026

I like my news to be relayed to me as is, with out the opinion of a reporter or the media house trying to manipulate my opinion. I liked Reuter news because of its neutrality and objectivity in reporting news stories, that set it apart from many major news outlets that chose to pick sides either left or right. Recently however I find myself dismayed and frustrated at the progressive left ward shift in Reuter’s coverage of news stories all over the world. Will unfollow.

Anne00Ri · Nov 2024

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