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LONDON, (Reuters) – Around 5,000 train drivers across almost a quarter of Britain’s rail network went on strike on Saturday, as part of a campaign for higher pay after the country’s inflation rate hit its highest in 40 years.

ODESA, Ukraine/KYIV,  (Reuters) – Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war appeared to have been killed when a prison building was destroyed in a missile strike or explosion, with Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of responsibility yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – London’s High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s latest efforts to gain control of more than $1 billion of Venezuela’s gold reserves stored in the Bank of England’s underground vaults in London.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Brazilian firm selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) it says are linked to physical land in the country’s Amazon rainforest has been asked by Brazilian prosecutors to prove its ownership of the land, which is in territory claimed by indigenous people.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – As President Jair Bolsonaro has aggressively sought to boost gun ownership in Brazil, documents obtained by Reuters reveal one key source of resistance to his agenda: his own federal police.

ODESA, Ukraine/KYIV,  (Reuters) – Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war appeared to have been killed when a prison building was destroyed in a missile strike today, with Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of carrying out the attack.

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WASHINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter, with consumer spending growing at its slowest pace in two years and business spending declining, raising the risk that the economy was on the cusp of a recession.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental authority yesterday granted an initial permit that will allow a major highway to be paved through the centre of the Amazon rainforest, the minister of infrastructure said, in a move that threatens to increase deforestation.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine stepped up its counter-attacks against Russian forces in the south while Moscow bombed Kyiv’s outskirts for the first time in weeks as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two dragged on with no end in sight.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Licensing rights for 30 oil and gas blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo went up for auction yesterday, opening parts of the world’s second-biggest rainforest to drilling that could release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, jeopardising climate goals to tame global warming.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said yesterday he has reached a deal with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on a bill to increase corporate taxes, reduce the national debt, invest in energy technologies and lower the cost of prescription drugs.

(Reuters) – Russian forces took over Ukraine’s second-biggest power plant and are conducting a “massive redeployment” of troops to three southern regions, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said, amid expectations of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced yesterday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America’s dysfunctional two-party system.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil yesterday assured U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that its armed forces were focused on providing security to ensure a safe, secure and transparent election in October, Austin said.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon today killing four people, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union countries bracing for further cuts in Russian gas supply yesterday approved a weakened emergency plan to curb demand, after striking compromise deals to limit reductions for some countries.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, (Reuters) – Three United Nations peacekeepers and at least 12 civilians were killed during a second day of violent anti-U.N.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping are expected to talk tomorrow, a source familiar with the planning said, amid fresh tensions over Taiwan and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.