Local markets more upbeat about Brazil’s economy under Lula, poll shows
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Financial market participants in Brazil are increasingly optimistic about the country’s economic prospects under leftist President…
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Zelenskiy to meet NATO leaders after membership timeline rebuff
By Andrew Gray, Sabine Siebold and John Irish VILNIUS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets NATO leaders on Wednesday…
Yellen raised China’s hopes for tariff cut; U.S. politics will crush them
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to China has raised hopes…
Number of displaced by Sudan war surpasses 3 million – IOM
(Reuters) – The number of people uprooted by a conflict between military factions in Sudan that erupted nearly three months…
UN rights body passes disputed motion on religious hatred after Koran burning
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday approved a disputed resolution on religious hatred…
Marketmind: Dollar swoons in upbeat inflation vigil
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan World markets leaned positively into another…
Biden’s approval rating lingers at 40%, economy remains top worry -Reuters/Ipsos
By Josephine Walker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating held steady at 40% in early July,…
Canada nears deal to end port strike, labour minister says
(Reuters) – A bargaining agreement will soon be within reach to end a dispute between striking Canadian dock workers and…
UN summer camps let kids ‘just be kids’ in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – More than 130,000 Palestinian boys and girls in Gaza have joined summer camps run…
Ukraine reports some ‘success’ in fighting near Bakhmut
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine on Wednesday reported some success in fighting near the Russian-occupied eastern city of Bakhmut as its troops…