Chloe Zhao joins fellow Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho on Venice festival jury

Natural disaster H1 insured losses hit 10-year high-Aon

Russian annual inflation at 6.5% as of July 19 -economy ministry

Push to get wary Russians vaccinated leaves some COVID clinics short

Swiss hiker defies Parkinson’s, plans new challenge

Suns’ Chris Paul scoffs at retirement talk, ready to ‘get back to work’

EU rejects UK demand for new post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland

Russia targets 80% COVID herd immunity by November

U.S. SEC chair says agency to restart swaps regulation effort

Central banks will accelerate rise of China’s yuan, global survey shows

‘We lost’: Some U.S. veterans say blood spilled in Afghanistan was wasted

Pharmacist in deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak resentenced to 10-1/2 years in prison

How safe is the U.S. president’s ‘nuclear football’? Pentagon watchdog to find out

France’s Macron targeted in project Pegasus spyware case – Le Monde

Harvey Weinstein extradited to Los Angeles to face second rape trial

Pope’s September trip schedule shows no post-surgery slowdown

Athletes to suffer alongside Tokyoites as Japan heat soars

Mali leader says he was unharmed in ‘isolated action’ knife attack

Australia, under lockdown, sees worrying jump in COVID-19 cases

IMF to keep 2021 global growth forecast at 6%-Georgieva

UK must be nimbler with spending if rates rise, watchdog warns

Global chip shortage will easily drag into 2022 -Stellantis CEO

EU will not renegotiate Brexit’s Northern Ireland deal – Sefcovic

South African firm to help make Pfizer/‌BioNTech COVID vaccine

What, me worry? Fed chief’s emotional tone can drive markets, study suggests

Norway, Lithuania swap J&J, Pfizer vaccines to speed up inoculation

Daimler nominates Olaf Koch, Helene Svahn for supervisory board

Italy investigates Blackstone-owned LIA insurer over tax evasion allegations -sources

J&J forecasts $2.5 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales this year

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Spanish swimmer had to leave breastfeeding son at home

Indonesia to expand coronavirus testing in urban areas before easing curbs

German flood survivors emerged from homes ‘like ghosts’

Baker Hughes shares slip as earnings hit by restructuring charges

SoftBank’s robotics ambitions short circuit as Pepper loses power