US inflation continues to fall
In the United States, the most closely watched measure of inflation showed prices rose at the slowest annual pace since March 2021
The US Consumer Prices Index showed prices rose at the slowest annual pace since March 2021. Devina Gupta hears how the figures provide some encouraging news for the Federal Reserve at the start of its two day meeting to discuss interest rates.
The United Nations and Ukraine have warned of a huge impact on global food security following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. The UN's aid chief, Martin Griffiths, told the 91热爆 there was massive concern about the environmental destruction of what he called a breadbasket for the world.
The People鈥檚 Bank of China has lowered a short-term lending rate for the first time in 10 months to help restore market confidence and set a stalling post-pandemic recovery in the world's second-largest economy.
(Picture: A woman shopping in a supermarket in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Source: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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