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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech, as he visits the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, Amur region on April 12, 2022. (Photo by Yevgeny BIYATOV / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by YEVGENY BIYATOV/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Vladimir Putin will be in Iran today on only his second trip out of Russia since his invasion of Ukraine began.  Chinese authorities say they are starting a ‘clean up’ of the internet. A heat wave continues to break records in the U.K. – and melt critical infrastructure.

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  • The pandemic exacerbated food insecurity, and inflation makes it harder for food banks to provide for families' needs.
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    Mounting costs of food have exacerbated food insecurity, according to food banks that have seen double the number of visitors in some cases. Michael Hewson helps us interpret today’s market activity. The BBC reports on the landscape of tech employment within the United Kingdom.

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  • US President Joe Biden (C-L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.
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    There’s some official buzz that oil production from the Middle East could be on the rise after President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday. The BBC reports on the heat wave in Europe, which has ignited wildfires that have caused evacuations in Spain, France and Portugal. Thanks to inflation, the real value of the federal minimum wage is the lowest it’s been in more than 60 years.

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  • Firefighters operate at the site of a wildfire in Pumarejo de Tera near Zamora, northern Spain, on June 18, 2022. - Firefighters continued to fight against multiple fires in Spain, one of which ravaged nearly 20,000 hectares of land, on the last day of an extreme heat wave which crushed the country, with peaks at 43 degrees. The largest of these forest fires was still out of control this afternoon in the Sierra de la Culebra, a mountain range in the region of Castile and Leon (northwest), near the border with Portugal. (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP) (Photo by CESAR MANSO/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Amidst the second heatwave in a month, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated in Spain, France and Portugal. The U.K. is set to become home to the world’s largest automated drone superhighway. Protesters have been on the streets of Budapest for nearly a week demonstrating against proposed changes to Hungary’s tax system.

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  • COVID-19 restrictions in China make it hard to attract new overseas investment and foreign talent, a member of the European Union chamber of commerce in China says.
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    China’s strict COVID lockdowns have kept cases largely under control there. But at what cost? Today we got a snapshot from second-quarter GDP growth numbers. Plus, we break down the latest retail sales numbers with FHN Financial’s Christopher Low. Also, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia appears to have spoiled the next part of the Biden administration’s economic agenda. And, a look back at how the housing shortage in the U.S. has gotten so dire.

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  • Oh, great. Another work happy hour.
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    Social events in the workplace can be great if you’re new or need a chance to network. And don’t get me wrong — you don’t want a completely bleak work environment with no play. But the “forced fun” can get old real quick. As part of our Econ Extra Credit project, this month we’re watching the Apple TV+ show “Severance,” which satirizes all that office merriment. Also on the show today: a progress report for U.S. oil producers who are trying to pump more crude to help bring fuel and energy prices down.

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  • Italy’s government close to collapse as PM resigns
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    From the BBC World Service: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tendered his resignation after the populist member of his coalition government, 5-Star Movement, withdrew its support for a confidence vote. Also, China’s latest growth figures are a far cry from the country’s own target. And we look at how Lebanon’s reliance on remittances — money sent by citizens working abroad — is being hit by the global economic crisis.

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  • The concept of equality of opportunity for men and women. A miniature man and woman sitting on a mini seesaw.
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    Diane Swonk of Grant Thornton joins us on a day where stocks have opened lower and the producer price index is up. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is entertaining the idea of a price cap on Russian oil. The World Economic Forum once calculated that it would take a century to reach gender parity around the globe. Now … it says it’ll take even longer.

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  • Prices for gas and diesel fuel, over $5 a gallon, are displayed at a gas station in Monterey Park, California.
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    A big part of Wednesday’s hot inflation reading was the cost of gas, where retail price lags behind the wholesale price. That normally would lead to a boost in the use of mass transit, but that’s not the case. The BBC reports on how Ukraine, Russia, the U.N. and Turkey appear closer to a deal on resuming exports of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea. We discuss how the waves of flight disruptions and cancellations during the pandemic have taken a toll on flight attendants.

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  • A Saudia airline Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for Singapore and carrying Sri Lanka's fleeing president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards prepares to take off at the Velana International airport in Male on July 14, 2022. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who still has not officially resigned, fled to the Maldives yesterday. Now he’s going to Singapore – we look at the reasons why. There’s been some progress in talks between Ukraine and Russia about getting Ukrainian grain out of the country and to hungry people around the world. A major new study suggests that people in the Arab world are losing faith in democracy’s ability to deliver economic stability.

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