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By Kate Turton

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies days after she was set on fire by her boyfriend, a 14-year-old student kills 4 in a Georgia campus shooting, and what to watch for at the Harris-Trump presidential debate. Plus, fake Ozempic and the criminal groups using batch numbers to spread these dangerous drugs.

Today's Top News   People attend a vigil at Jug Tavern Park following a shooting at Apalachee High School, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school, jolting the US with the first mass campus shooting since the start of the school year. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will battle each other next week in their first televised debate. Debates can be enormously consequential, and this could be their only one. Here's what to watch for in the pivotal televised event. Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend. Kenyan and Ugandan media reported that Cheptegei suffered burns to more than 75% of her body in the attack in Kenya. President Xi Jinping pledged to step up Chinese support to Africa, the world's second fastest-growing continent, with funding of nearly $51 billion, backing for more infrastructure initiatives and a promise to create at least 1 million jobs. Pope Francis invited Muslims and Catholics to push global leaders to confront the dangers of climate change and extremism and spoke of the common roots of different religious beliefs as he visited Southeast Asia's largest mosque in Jakarta. Some 60 migrants including women and children were on a dinghy that set off from a beach in northern France. Two hours out to sea the vessel sank, killing at least 12 people. The incident has underlined the need for London and Paris to get a firmer grip on the migrant issue. Artificial Intelligence The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing by the countries which negotiated it, including European Union members, the US and Britain, the Council of Europe human rights organization said. Safe Superintelligence, newly co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash to help develop safe AI systems. Listen as Technology Correspondent Krystal Hu joins the Reuters World News podcast to discuss SSI's plans.

Business & Markets   Global property markets, rattled by the steepest rise in interest rates in a generation, will get little relief from the gradual easing of borrowing costs, with scant hope of a return to the free money that fueled a boom. Verizon said it would buy Frontier Communications in a deal valued at $20 billion, as the US wireless carrier looks to boost its fiber network. Shares of Frontier Communications fell more than 7% in premarket trading. Verizon climbed about 1%. The Biden administration told Nippon Steel in a letter its $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel would pose a national security risk by harming the American steel industry, three people said, adding to evidence the US is poised to block it. It’s been a shaky start to September for markets but then this month has form. It’s historically the worst month for US stocks. To hear why, tune in to this week’s episode of Reuters Econ World podcast. Norway's wealth fund will back a proposal demanding Nike examine whether binding agreements with workers would improve its ability to address human rights issues when sourcing from high-risk countries, the fund said. BYD is rolling out electric-vehicle charging stations and ramping up marketing and customer incentives in Japan, aiming to boost sales in a market that has become a stumbling block in the Chinese automaker's global expansion.

Fake Ozempic: How batch numbers help criminal groups spread dangerous drugs   A suspected fake Ozempic pen in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on April 17, 2024. Handout via REUTERS/File Photo In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight. Going home, he checked the pens. They looked unusual, so he shared photos on social media. The verdict: They were fakes. Three people on Reddit said Drew's product looked like insulin. "If so, it would be dangerous to use," said one.  The incident sheds light on a wider problem in the manufacturing of highly sought-after drugs, one that lets criminal organizations circulate potentially lethal fakes: forged drug batch numbers. Read more

And Finally... Lady Gaga poses on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the movie "Joker: Folie a Deux". REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki Lady Gaga, Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie were among the stars at the Venice Film Festival. View all the best styles from the red carpet. View our gallery

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