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Markets looking for clarity but tuning out Fed message
Markets looking for clarity but tuning out Fed message
Business and Economy
by  AFP

US central bankers have been hammering home a single message: Interest rates will rise until inflation begins to come down. Stocks on Wall Street have risen for four straight weeks, despite a string of officials repeating the message that rates will continue to rise, even though annual inflation slowed in July as oil prices fell.

Rodman planning Russia trip for jailed Griner: report
Rodman planning Russia trip for jailed Griner: report
World
by  AFP

Eccentric former NBA star Dennis Rodman is planning a trip to Russia in an effort to seek the release of imprisoned WNBA player Brittney Griner, NBC News reported on Sunday. "I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl," Rodman told NBC. "I'm trying to go this week."

Five pilgrims killed in landslide at Iraq Muslim shrine
Five pilgrims killed in landslide at Iraq Muslim shrine
World
by  AFP

Rescue workers searched through the rubble of a Shiite Muslim shrine in central Iraq into Sunday night, after a landslide killed at least five people including a child. - 'Mobilise all efforts' - Iraqi President Barham Saleh on Twitter called on the "heroic" rescue workers to "mobilise all efforts to save the trapped people".