Michelle Obama embraces her husband former President Barack Obama on stage before his speech. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer |
- Barack and Michelle Obama urged Americans to back Kamala Harris in her 11th-hour presidential bid against Donald Trump. Christopher Walljasper is at the DNC all week for the daily Reuters World News podcast — listen to today's episode for more on how the Obamas called for unity and stole the show in Chicago.
- Now, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president. He will take the stage after former President Bill Clinton, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- Trump's golf club in Jupiter, Florida, reflects the new geography of his family business. Long based in New York, the Trump Organization has gravitated recently to Florida's southeast coast, where its golf and resort properties now pay the bills.
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- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he will "share perspectives" on the peaceful resolution of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia during his visit to Kyiv this week, more than a month after he travelled to Moscow.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov inspected Chechen troops and volunteers readying to fight Ukraine, in what was Putin's first trip in 13 years to the North Caucasus republic. Separately, we look at how the Kursk incursion boosted Ukrainian morale after a grim year.
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- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed the Middle East with a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas still elusive. Overnight, the Israeli military said that it bombed Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
- Divers resumed a search for survivors after British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's yacht sank off the coast of Sicily after being caught in an intense storm two days ago, though hopes dwindled of finding the six missing people alive.
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- Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on their parents' pensions, a plight that has created a new working class of "rotten-tail kids".
- Walmart, the biggest shareholder of Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, has sold its entire stake, according to a person familiar with the matter, exiting an eight-year investment to focus on its own operations in China.
- A rapid depreciation of Myanmar's currency is pushing up the prices of essentials, including food and medicine, crippling ordinary households in the Southeast Asian country wrecked by civil war and a crumbling economy.
- India's antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney media assets harms competition due to their power over cricket broadcast rights, four sources told Reuters.
- A federal judge in Texas barred a US Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers' rivals or launch competing businesses.
- Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares will visit Detroit this week, where he will seek to develop a strategy to fix the European automaker's struggling North American operations and reassure employees and investors, a person familiar with the plans said. For more on the industry, sign up to the Auto File newsletter.
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Zeynep prepares to receive a preventive medical check-up. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado |
Veterinarians moved a four-year-old male African lion called Zeynep, whose mother was a circus lioness, from the Lampa Zoo in Santiago to the Parque Safari venue in Rancagua, Chile, as part of an effort to preserve the species. |
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People walk on the 'Swiftie Steps' in London. REUTERS/Toby Melville |
Taylor Swift ended the European leg of her Eras tour with a surprise-packed show at Wembley Stadium. She was joined by guest Florence Welch for her first live performance of "Florida!!!" and also debuted "So Long, London", a ballad that fans widely believe is about the end of her relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn. |
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