NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans shopping for 2026 Obamacare health insurance plans are facing a more than doubling of monthly premiums on average and are likely to postpone signing up in hopes of a last-minute reprieve, or walk away, health experts say. COVID-19 pandemic-era subsidies, due to expire at year-end, are at the center of the month-long U.S. government shutdown, with...

BEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping took centrestage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday to push a proposal for a global body to govern artificial intelligence and position China as an alternative to the United States on trade cooperation. The comments were the first by the Chinese leader on an initiative Beijing unveiled this year,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's non-genetically modified soybean exports to China are safe, a Russian government source told Reuters on Saturday, despite a deal between China and the United States concluded by U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Russia ranked a distant fifth among the largest soybean exporters to China in 2024, but its shipments consist exclusively of non-genetically...

* Americans delay enrollment over jump in monthly premiums for 2026 * Increases to have outsized impact on buyers in Georgia, Florida and Texas, small business owners * Enrollment figures will drop, even if tax credits are extended retroactively, experts say By Amina Niasse, Nathan Layne and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Americans shopping for 2026 Obamacare...