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India rejects Canada's suspicions on its role in a Sikh leader's murder, and the Biden administration is pressing ahead with a concerted effort to strike a "grand bargain" in the Middle East.

Plus, our special report on the graft controversies plaguing Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's aides.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

The killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada deals a fresh blow to diplomatic ties that have been fraying for years. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said authorities were "actively pursuing credible allegations" linking New Delhi's agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver, a concern India dismissed as "absurd". Hear what editor YP Rajesh has to say about India's response to Canada's killer accusation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing in October for talks with China's Xi Jinping, the Kremlin's chief's first known trip abroad since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him.
Officials in eastern Libya ordered journalists out of Derna, the morning after demonstrators staged a rally and torched the home of the ousted mayor in fury over the authorities' failure to protect the city from floods.
Four years since bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33, the country is once again on high alert, bracing for what weather experts say will be the hottest, driest period since the so-called Black Summer.
A plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran landed in the US, a day after they were swapped for the release of five Iranians held in the US and the unfreezing of $6 billion in Iranian funds, in a deal between the arch enemies.

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Joe Biden will use his speech to the U.N. General Assembly to make a full-throated appeal for world leaders to stand with Ukraine against Russian invaders - and he hopes Republicans in Congress will take notice too.
The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters, after a U.N. investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid meant to avert famine.
Media and advertising reporter Sheila Dang is in New York, she speaks to Reuters World News about Elon Musk's busy UNGA agenda.

Business & Markets

Miners in Russian-controlled Ukraine. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

At least $14.3 million worth of coal produced in areas of Ukraine annexed by Russia has been exported to NATO member Turkey this year, according to Russian customs data reviewed by Reuters.
Chinese developers Sunac and Country Garden brought some relief to the crisis-hit property sector by forging debt deals with creditors, but the outlook remained clouded by uncertainty about a recovery in home sales. Meanwhile, geopolitics and a slowing economy are fueling pessimism among US businesses operating in China a survey said.
Morale within Amazon's once-storied hardware division has suffered according to some workers, this comes amid staff cutbacks and a pipeline of devices in development that they fear are unlikely to prove hits.
Uruguay state-run energy firm Ancap is set to agree to final terms for a record number of seven offshore exploration licenses next month, a senior executive told Reuters, as the frontier market lures bets from global players like Shell.
The United Auto Workers union said it would announce more US plants to strike if no serious progress was made in talks with the Detroit Three automakers, as a Canadian union held off on an immediate walkout at Ford's operations there. Here's what you need to know about the UAW strikes.
Maplebear Inc, the parent of grocery delivery app Instacart, disclosed it fetched a $9.9 billion fully diluted valuation after pricing its IPO at the top of its indicated range.

Graft accusations dog top Zelenskiy aides

Zelenskiy has said corruption has no place in his administration. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been lauded as a wartime leader since Russia began its full-scale invasion in February last year. Still, some have questioned his commitment to making good on his pledge to fight graft.

Ukraine consistently ranks in the bottom half of Transparency International's annual global Corruption Perceptions Index and, in the latest survey, for 2022, only Russia was rated more corrupt in Europe.

Special Report: Zelenskiy's inner circle is not immune from corruption accusations plaguing Ukraine

And Finally...

People are no longer willing to spend on weddings. REUTERS/Aly Song

COVID wasn't kind to wedding planners in China, where marriages are traditionally elaborate, expensive affairs, but the industry estimated at almost $500 billion is now facing a bigger threat: a plunge in the number of couples willing to tie the knot.

The trend, which has become more obvious as the economy weakens and consumer confidence wanes, is also worrying officials trying to revive marriage, and birth, rates which dropped to record lows last year, leading to the first decline in population numbers in 60 years.

Fewer 'I dos' ruin the party for China's $500 bln wedding industry

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