Heavy rainfall left at least 22 people dead and 14 missing in South Korea as of 6 p.m. Seoul time, with thousands being evacuated, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the nation’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government is in talks about abolishing the UK’s inheritance tax ahead of the next general election, the Times reported, without saying how it got the information.
Turkey’s Parliament will let its foreign affairs committee carry out work during the summer recess that started Saturday, allowing the country to speed up its ratification process of Sweden’s membership in NATO.
Ng Kok Song, the former chief investment officer of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte, is considering standing in the city-state’s upcoming presidential election.
The US inflation rate slipped to a more than two-year low, spelling relief for American consumers and moving the Federal Reserve a step closer toward ending an historic cycle of interest-rate hikes.
As heat waves bake parts of Southern Europe, riders are contending with temperatures above 100F. That makes cooling vests a necessity.
European consumers may soon have to pay more for sweet treats as summer heatwaves push up the price of sugar.
Something for the weekend.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is struggling to persuade Germans he can handle the litany of troubles looming over the country he has led since 2021.
After watching British prices surge faster than expected for four straight months, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s team isn’t getting its hopes up about a change in fortunes next week.
