|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | World | | At least 13 people have been killed in southwestern France by some of the worst flash floods in a century, local authorities said. Television pictures showed raging, muddy rivers - swollen by torrential rain - that had uprooted trees, knocked over concrete power pylons and swept away cars in the southern region of Aude, near the medieval hilltop city of Carcassonne. | | | | North and South Korea agreed to begin reconnecting rail and road links, another step in an improving relationship that has raised U.S. concern about the possible undermining of its bid to press the North to give up its nuclear program. | | | | Commentary: In recent Brazilian and Bosnian elections, far-right candidates rallied popular support by fanning the flames of long-dormant hostilities. Brazilian presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro, and Serb nationalist Milorad Dodik, both “have a stake not in compromise, but in confrontation,” columnist John Lloyd writes. “Branding liberals and peacemakers as ineffectual, rousing popular support to right old wrongs, real or imaginary, putting their part of the people first, last and always, means that the elections of this week are bad news for a strained world.”
| | | | | | Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two @Reuters journalists, have been imprisoned in Myanmar since Dec. 12, 2017. Follow the case: https://reut.rs/2yPnwus 8:19 AM - OCT 15, 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Sears Holdings Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a plan to close 142 more stores, throwing into doubt the future of the century-old retailer that once dominated U.S. malls but has withered in the age of internet shopping. 5 min read | | | | A sharp pullback in stocks last week, including the S&P 500's biggest single-day drop since a market correction in February, has left investors questioning whether this could signal danger for the longest-ever bull run for U.S. equities. 5 min read | | | | Dozens of employers looking to hire the next generation of tech employees descended on the University of California, Berkeley in September to meet students at an electrical engineering and computer science career fair. 7 Min Read | | | | In March, noted short-seller Andrew Left took a swipe at Netflix’s stock, calling the online video company’s aggressive spending on content acquisition “unsustainable.” 5 min read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
