Police use tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration against Kenya's proposed finance bill. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi |
Elections around the world |
- US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump are already drawing distinctions over their economic records. And there are surely fundamental differences between them. These graphics break them down.
- French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in a three-way televised debate ahead of next Sunday's first round of early parliamentary elections.
- Candidates in Friday's Iranian presidential election have vowed to revive the flagging economy, but voters see little prospect of relief from a cost of living squeeze without an end to sanctions and an easing of Iran's international isolation.
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- Britain's pound has bounced ahead of an expected election win for the Labour Party but the currency's future depends on the next government convincing skittish investors that its plans to fix a stagnant economy are credible.
- None of the countries that have yet to join the euro meet all accession criteria and many have even diverged from the long-set rules of euro membership, the European Central Bank said in a report on prospective members.
- German automaker Volkswagen will invest up to $5 billion in US electric-vehicle maker Rivian as part of a new, equally controlled joint venture to share EV architecture and software. For more on the industry, sign up to the Auto File newsletter.
- Congestion at Singapore's container port is at its worst since the COVID pandemic, a sign of how prolonged vessel re-routing to avoid Red Sea attacks has disrupted global ocean shipping - with bottlenecks also appearing in other Asian and European ports.
- Makers of the Chinese liquor baijiu are reformulating the fiery grain liquid to appeal to a wider client base, including cocktail drinkers in New York, Los Angeles and London, as sales at home slow.
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A drone view shows debris accumulating on the Rapidan Dam, southwest of Mankato, Minnesota. REUTERS/Ben Brewer |
Local residents and officials expressed concern for the Rapidan Dam as southern Minnesota battles an onslaught of rain and severe flooding. |
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Emily Eavis, co-organizer of the annual Glastonbury Festival, officially opens the gates at Worthy Farm. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez |
Thousands of people began arriving to Worthy Farm in southwest England as the Glastonbury music festival kicked off, with hundreds of artists including Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Shania Twain set to enthrall fans. |
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