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Russia's Far East suffers flooding in Khanun's wake, over 2,500 people evacuated (www.reuters.com)

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Russian rouble sinks, Kremlin blames loose monetary policy (www.reuters.com)

The rouble has lost around a quarter of its value against the dollar since Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, as Western sanctions shrink Russia’s balance of trade and military spending soars....

British water companies face $1 billion lawsuits over pollution - law firm (www.reuters.com)

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Ukraine to start talks with US on security guarantees, senior official says (www.reuters.com)

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Pope urges Russian 'brothers' to restore Black Sea grain deal (www.reuters.com)

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Mexican peso hits 7-1/2 year high vs dollar, further gains eyed (www.reuters.com)

MEXICO CITY, July 28 (Reuters) - Mexico’s peso on Friday hit its highest level against the dollar since early December 2015, as the greenback lost steam after a slowdown in U.S. inflation bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to end its interest rate hikes....

Ukraine faces the deadly threat of land mines as Russians retreat (www.reuters.com)

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Zelenskiy sacks Ukraine's ambassador to UK after criticism (www.reuters.com)

NATO to replace AWACS surveillance jets with modified Boeing 737 (www.reuters.com)

Israel revises Hamas attack death toll to 'around 1,200' (www.reuters.com)

UK's interior minister accuses police of pro-Palestinian bias over marches (www.reuters.com)

New Delhi plans to make rain to tackle 'hazardous' smog (www.reuters.com)

Russia's dwindling 'Mountain Jews' in spotlight after Dagestan airport riot (www.reuters.com)

Drone blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, Israel points to Houthi (www.reuters.com)

Governments, firms should spend more on AI safety, top researchers say (www.reuters.com)

“Companies will complain that it’s too hard to satisfy regulations - that ‘regulation stifles innovation’ - that’s ridiculous,” said British computer scientist Stuart Russell....

Iraq orders pursuit of perpetrators of attacks on military bases (www.reuters.com)

Biden considering $100 bln funding request that includes Israel, Ukraine aid -sources (www.reuters.com)

Bodies of residents and militants lie in the grounds of ravaged Israeli kibbutz (www.reuters.com)

Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas militants lay in the grounds of the Kfar Aza kibbutz among burned out houses, strewn furniture and torched cars, as Israeli soldiers went from house to house to take away the dead.

Himalayan lake flooding in India kills 18, nearly 100 missing (www.reuters.com)

Iran, US on verge of prisoner swap under Qatar-mediated deal (www.reuters.com)

When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will see as many as five detained U.S. dual nationals leave Iran and a similar number of Iranian prisoners held in the U.S. fly home, according to eight Iranian and other sources...

Russia may annex Georgian breakaway regions -Medvedev (www.reuters.com)

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China's sliding yuan could be next 'black swan event' for markets, hedge fund EDL says (www.reuters.com)

EDL Capital, which manages about $1 billion, said factors weighing on the yuan include geopolitical tensions driving Western countries to re-home supply chains that will starve China of foreign investment. China’s labour market has also grown less competitive versus other Asian countries such as Vietnam and India, while a...