Tweets Of The Day

• Ukraine says Russia has taken control of Ukraine's second biggest power plant
• Firefighters partially contain fires in California, avert expansion toward Yosemite National Park
• Kim Jong Un threatens to use nuclear weapons against the US in case of conflict

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— DW News (@dwnews) July 28, 2022

The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter, with consumer spending growing at its slowest pace in two years and business spending declining, which could fan financial market fears that the economy was already in recession https://t.co/EwExd006SB

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 28, 2022

#UPDATE The US Federal Reserve again raised the benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point in its ongoing battle to tamp down raging price pressures that are squeezing American families https://t.co/qPMjwkutOR

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 27, 2022

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, unleashing fiery rhetoric against rivals he says are pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. https://t.co/3MzdxcbdSS

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 28, 2022

Dutch farmers have set alight the A50 motorway in protest against the government's ill-advised green policies. Take a look:pic.twitter.com/ag9bYQ3qF3

— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) July 28, 2022

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to host Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris on Thursday, defying criticism that the invitation is deeply inappropriate barely four years after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi https://t.co/cd3QDaIJJl

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 28, 2022

A record 290 days and still no government in Iraq

Supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed Iraq's parliament building in protest of a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister on Wednesday evening, deepening a power vacuum and complicating the formation of a new government. pic.twitter.com/Mcz7HheTAp

— DW News (@dwnews) July 28, 2022

The Canadian government made clear on Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation is still very much a work in progress. https://t.co/pvnFz8eo1l pic.twitter.com/KWZvoCu6bQ

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 28, 2022