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EU ministers convene in Ukraine to show support, a church roof collapses during a mass in a northern Mexican city killing at least nine people, and how China-West tensions will shape global markets.

Plus, Taylor Swift's NFL era.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

EU foreign ministers held their first ever meeting outside the bloc in Ukraine, a show of support for the country after a pro-Russian candidate won an election in Slovakia and the US Congress omitted funding for Kyiv from a spending bill.
US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy is staring down a threat to his leadership, which could plunge the Republican Party back into a crisis, days after dodging a federal government shutdown. This is how Matt Gaetz and hardline Republicans could oust McCarthy.
Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the award-giving body said.
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, whose fraud trial starts this week? Luc Cohen tells today's episode of Reuters World News daily podcast how the former crypto billionaire plans to mount his defense.
A church roof collapsed during Sunday mass in a northern Mexican city killing at least nine people and injuring 40, authorities said, as rescuers worked into the night, desperately looking for another 30 people believed to be trapped under the rubble.
France started vaccinating ducks against bird flu to try and stem the virus that killed millions of birds around the world, a move that prompted the US to impose trade restrictions on French poultry imports.
Donald Trump said he will appear in a New York court at the beginning of a civil fraud trial in which the former president will face what he said was a "sham" accusation that he fraudulently inflated the value of properties and other assets. Here's what's at stake in the civil fraud case against Trump.

Business & Markets

Tensions between the West and China are rising, from tit-for-tat trade tariffs to tech rivalry and spying allegations. The ramifications for global markets are significant.
Japan's move to bar most used-car sales to Russia slammed the brakes on a trade nearing $2 billion annually that had boomed in the shadow of sanctions over Ukraine elsewhere, according to trade data and market participants.
About 4,000 workers represented by the United Auto Workers reached an agreement with Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks the union and the company said.
Drugmaker Viatris said it had reached agreements to divest some of its businesses for a total of up to $3.6 billion.
Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million.
OPEC is optimistic on demand and sees under-investment as a risk to energy security, Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said at an energy industry event in Abu Dhabi.
Production of cocoa, the chocolate-making ingredient, is expanding outside of the main growing area in West Africa as farmers in places such Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia see potential profit in the crop.

Flexible hours, sick pay and meals: British workers get a better deal

Jen Eaton, Regional Operations Manager for Loungers bar and restaurant chain. REUTERS/Toby Melville

For Josh Hughes-Davies, the best thing about his job in a bar in the coastal city of Brighton is the free meal with every shift.

For his manager, Barrie Chapman, the overtime he now gets is a huge boost once unheard of in the hospitality sector. Their regional manager Jen Eaton looks back in horror at the 14-hour shifts she once worked in casinos in heels with no break.

Like thousands of others in lower-paid sectors of the British economy, all three have benefited from a gradual improvement in employment terms since the global pandemic and Brexit.

Read how companies are working harder to find staff in a tight labor market

And Finally...

Taylor Swift at MetLife Stadium. Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

Pop megastar Taylor Swift was just a spectator on Sunday at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, where she performed three sold-out concerts in May for more than 217,000 fans, but she was still the star of the show as she watched her rumored beau, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, face the New York Jets.

Taylor Swift's NFL era: Pop star again watches Chiefs, Kelce amid romance rumors

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