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China's June consumer inflation misses expectations amid weak demand

Beijing has sought to revive consumption after a stuttering post-Covid recovery, but concerns are lingering over more fundamental issues including a protracted housing downturn

Incorrectly assumed that Prez Biden was being treated for Parkinson's: WH

The president has had a fulsome comprehensive physical, we have shown the results of those physicals this past three years

Carla Bruni charged with witness tampering in husband's campaign case

Bruni-Sarkozy was placed under judicial supervision on Tuesday, which included a ban on contact with all those involved in the proceedings

Samsung workers to strike 'indefinitely' posing risk to global tech

The union's call for a general strike sharply escalates a dispute with South Korea's biggest company

Unsure of Trump's actions if re-elected in US elections: Zelenskiy

Zelenskiy, speaking in Washington as world leaders gather for this week's Nato summit, said he hoped Trump would not quit the 75-year-old Nato alliance

US will continue to view India as its strategic partner: Pentagon

rom a US perspective, India is a strategic partner with whom we continue to engage in with full and frank dialogue to include their relationship with Russia

Make no mistake, Russia is failing in this war, says Prez Joe Biden

Biden said the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Italy will provide Ukraine with the equipment for five additional strategic air-defence systems

Trump wants to turn US democracy into dictatorship: VP Kamala Harris

Harris alleged that Trump's advisers have created a 900-page blueprint that they are calling "Project 2025", detailing everything else they plan to do in a second term

How TikTok, Instagram influencers are helping aging Nato connect with Gen Z

Nato invited 16 content creators from countries including the UK, Germany and France with followings on TikTok, Instagram and other social-media platforms to attend summit in Washington

Houston struggles with Hurricane Beryl's chaotic aftermath, blackouts

Beryl, now downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone after striking Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, brought heavy rain Tuesday to Missouri, Illinois and Indiana

Russia chairs UN meet condemning its strike on Ukraine children's hospital

Russia denies responsibility for the strike at the hospital, where at least two staffers were killed

Zelenskyy adept at pushing for Ukraine aid, Nato membership still elusive

Zelenskyy again made an urgent appeal for additional air defences shortly after arriving in Washington on Tuesday

UNHCR chief meets Pakistan PM on Afghan refugee situation after clampdown

That crackdown on undocumented Afghans in Pakistan was apparently recently put on hold, without authorities offering any explanation for this

US-built pier to be put back in Gaza to move aid, then permanently removed

It would deal the final blow to a project long plagued by bad weather, security uncertainties and difficulties getting food

Nikki Haley releases her delegates to support Trump at RNC next week

Haley on Tuesday opted to release her 97 delegates won across a dozen primaries and caucuses earlier this year

Nato signs $700 mn Stinger missile contract to boost arms production

The Stinger is a portable surface-to-air defense system that can be carried and fired by troops or mounted to a vehicle and used as short-range defense against aircraft

Embattled Biden welcomes heads of Nato member states in Washington

"We are fighting for additional security guarantees for Ukraine - and these are weapons and finances, political support," he said in a video on the Telegram messaging app

Russian court orders arrest of oppn leader Navalny's widow who lives abroad

Moscow's Basmanny District Court ruled to arrest Yulia Navalnaya, who lives abroad, on charges of alleged involvement in an extremist group

French elections: Left bloc wants to rule but centrists demand a role

The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) won the most seats in the National Assembly but fell short of an absolute majority by about 100 seats

Le Pen faces investigation for 2022 French election campaign funding

The Paris prosecutor opened the case after it was alerted by the country's campaign-funding watchdog in 2023, an official said in an email