New Mexico has filed a civil lawsuit to block payments from Jeffrey Epstein's estate to the late sex offender's lawyer and accountant, and to recover damages for survivors of his alleged sexual abuse, the state's top law enforcement official said reut.rs/4sBXulH

The shock of oil prices at a five-month high of $110 a barrel and gas prices in Asia and Europe hitting their highest levels since December 2022 is making its mark on household budgets. As well as raising the costs of transport and heating, it ​adds to pressure on food, clothing and packaging prices and contributes to elevated levels of inflation and borrowing costs reut.rs/4dQSeUW

Australia's APA commits $492 million for key gas pipeline project reut.rs/4sBXqCt reut.rs/4sBXqCt

Britain's MI5 spied on NHS founder Bevan, secret documents show reut.rs/4jzPjUi reut.rs/4jzPjUi

Some government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline after vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used programming language, were uncovered using AI. Cybersecurity Reporter Raphael Satter explains why reut.rs/4jyVubl

Kinder Morgan to invest $4.7 billion in two gas pipeline projects as demand surges reut.rs/3TPvkXp reut.rs/3TPvkXp

Ohio State University disputes DOJ finding that medical school discriminates in admissions reut.rs/4z2f9Fd reut.rs/4z2f9Fd

🎧 Are prediction markets gambling or forecasting? That question may reach the Supreme Court, and it will have a big impact on companies like @Kalshi. We talk to its CEO @mansourtarek_ on this week's Econ World podcast reut.rs/4dRgshS

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jean Kaseya warned African countries to strengthen their Ebola preparedness, adding that geographical distance offered no guarantee of protection after Nigeria confirmed a case reut.rs/4BrFKgP

Putin agrees to resume 3-way peace talks with Ukraine and US reut.rs/4dUqH57 reut.rs/4dUqH57

The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street to a higher close after quarterly results from SpaceX and Super Micro Computer improved investor appetite for artificial intelligence-related stocks reut.rs/4jAddit

Tom Cruise to be honored with American Film Institute award reut.rs/4iedeGH reut.rs/4iedeGH

Meta puts Muse agent at heart of AI strategy, plans new stock to power investments reut.rs/4i7BXfx reut.rs/4i7BXfx

🔊  US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russia's Vladimir Putin, praising him as a 'humanitarian' for releasing Stephen Hubbard, a retired US teacher who was held in Russia since 2022. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast for more reut.rs/4BkWi9Z

Chinese-linked hackers compromise ConnectWise, target hundreds in global attack, Microsoft says reut.rs/4jvghMQ reut.rs/4jvghMQ

China, Djibouti say all countries should enjoy freedom of navigation in Red Sea reut.rs/3WEbNKe reut.rs/3WEbNKe

EQT to buy molecular testing firm Qiagen for $10.8 billion reut.rs/4zGSj64 reut.rs/4zGSj64

🎙️ 'Prediction markets have always been sort of an economist's dream,' according to @Kalshi CEO @mansourtarek_. But are they good for the rest of us? Find out on this week's Econ World podcast reut.rs/47DaSfx

Australia's Fortescue warns of operations hit as China state buyer talks rumble on reut.rs/3WnzztT reut.rs/3WnzztT

After generations in Central Park, horse-drawn carriages face a ban reut.rs/4BCtlXx reut.rs/4BCtlXx