The US calls on Azerbaijan to safeguard Armenians as thousands flee Karabakh, Biden and Trump are set to woo striking autoworkers, and India's BJP plots an epic election drive. By Kate Turton Next week the team behind the Daily Briefing is launching One Essential Read. This newsletter will highlight a standout story each day diving deeper into the news – from exclusive reporting and long reads to photo essays and interactive graphics. Sign up here. |
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A refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh region holds a child. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze |
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- Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, while the United States called on Azerbaijan to protect civilians and let in aid.
- The US House and Senate plan to take sharply divergent paths in a high-stakes spending battle, with just five days remaining until a deadline that could force wide swaths of the government to shut down for the fourth time in a decade.
- Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan agreed that their countries' leaders would meet at the "earliest convenient time", Seoul's foreign ministry said after a rare meeting aimed at kickstarting trilateral exchanges.
- India's Bharatiya Janata Party, the world's largest political outfit with 180 million members, is betting on what it says is the biggest voter outreach campaign in history, to secure a third term in power in the world's most populous country.
- A Ukrainian captain of a cruise liner was sentenced to five and a half years in prison in Hungary for his role in a 2019 accident in which his boat hit and sank a smaller boat on the River Danube, killing 25 South Korean tourists and two crew.
- Record growth in clean energy technology, including solar panels and electric vehicles, means it is still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), the International Energy Agency said.
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Biden, and Trump hope to woo union workers, as to date the UAW has declined to support either 2024 presidential candidate. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery/File Photo |
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- Joe Biden and Donald Trump will speak to striking autoworkers in rare back-to-back events in Michigan this week, highlighting how important unions are to the 2024 presidential election, even though they represent a tiny fraction of US workers.
- Talk show producers started planning new episodes on Monday, the first steps to put Hollywood back to work after writers reached a tentative deal to end their nearly five-month strike. Listen to Dawn Chmielewski tell today's Reuters World News podcast about what happens next in Hollywood.
- British workers took the most sick leave in more than a decade during the past year, a survey of employers showed, adding to signs of a lasting increase in ill health since the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The US FDA is cracking down on lax testing practices by dozens of makers of healthcare products following hundreds of deaths overseas from contaminated cough syrups, a Reuters review of regulatory alerts found.
- China Evergrande shares slid for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, dropping as much as 8% after a unit of the embattled property developer missed an onshore bond repayment.
- Italy is under growing market scrutiny as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni prepares a difficult 2024 budget, with investors dismayed by government moves affecting sectors from banks to airlines.
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The Massive Scale of China's Property Sector |
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China's real estate sector, once a booming industry and a key driver of the country's economic growth, has been in a state of crisis since a government-led campaign to trim debt and curb speculative investment. The sector's cash crunch was once again under the spotlight when leading developer Country Garden sought to delay bond payments in early August. It has 108.7 billion yuan of debt due in the next 12 months. |
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Yumeka Sakurai pulls during a driving and tour guide training lesson. REUTERS/Issei Kato |
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Rickshaw puller Yuka Akimoto breathlessly dashes down the streets of Tokyo under a scorching summer sun, two French tourists enjoying the sights from the back of her black, two-wheeled cart. When the 45-minute tour comes to an end, the 21-year-old bows deeply to her clients and offers a blistered palm - covered with a clean cloth - to help the couple alight. Sweat pours down her flushed face. Akimoto is one of a handful of women who have chosen to pull rickshaws in Tokyo, attracted to the male-dominated profession through social media, which in turn has given some of these female pullers a strong local and international following. |
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