Trump is assisted by Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Trump rally shooting
Donald Trump is in Milwaukee to make final preparations for the Republican presidential nomination later this week after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt that prompted him and President Joe Biden to call for national unity and calm.
In a country already on edge, the shooting has raised fears of further political violence. Correspondent James Oliphant joins today’s Reuters World News podcast to weigh in on how the attack will impact the presidential race.
In other news
Ukraine’s mobilization campaign is picking up despite faltering enthusiasm. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy lowered the draft age to 25 from 27 in April and signed off on an overhaul of the mobilization process that came into force in May.
Pakistan plans to ban former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, the information minister said. Jailed since August, Khan and his third wife were acquitted on Saturday on charges that they married unlawfully, but he will not be freed.
More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe hindered the supply of life-saving shots mostly in strife-torn regions, the U.N. said.
China’s economy grew much slower than expected in the second quarter, as a protracted property downturn and job insecurity knocked the wind out a fragile recovery, keeping alive expectations Beijing will need to unleash even more stimulus.
Meanwhile, China’s new home prices in June fell at the fastest clip in nine years. New home prices slid 4.5% from a year earlier, deeper than a 3.9% slide in May.
Back-to-school spending this year is expected to be flat or lower in the United States, as shoppers dial down on expensive electronics such as laptops and personal computers, Deloitte said.
How much Nvidia is too much in a stock portfolio? Outsized positions in the artificial intelligence darling have boosted portfolio managers’ returns this year but the bets stand to magnify risk if the chipmaker’s red-hot shares see a reversal of fortune.
Goldman Sachs aims to raise $2 billion in its first Asia Pacific-focused private equity fund, two people with knowledge of the bank’s fundraising plan said, as it looks to deepen exposure to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas on the red carpet at the lavish Ambani wedding. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
This weekend, celebrities arrived on the red carpet as Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Asia’s richest person Mukesh Ambani, married his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant.
Sublime Spain struck late to win record fourth Euro crown. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth
Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time as they capped a dominant Euro 2024 campaign with a 2-1 win over England for a record fourth title and condemned their opponents to a second straight final defeat.
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