Inflation: Foot traffic at dollar stores is growing, study shows

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Xi calls on world powers to help Russia, Ukraine 'resume direct dialogue'
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday that world powers should help Russia and Ukraine re-start direct negotiations during a visit to Beijing branded a "peace mission" by the European leader.Orban said earlier his unannounced trip to Beijing was a "Peace mission 3.0".
Politico
Orbán praises Trump as ‘the man of peace,’ says Biden will likely lose election
“A change would be good for the world,” the Hungarian leader said of the American presidential election.
AFP
Texas hunkers down as Hurricane Beryl approaches
Beryl strengthened to a hurricane before hitting the southern US state of Texas on Monday, where some residents were evacuated over warnings of flooding and power outages."Conditions (are) deteriorating with dangerous storm surge, flash flooding, and strong winds expected," the NHC warned early Monday.
Reuters
Ocado builds on Aeon partnership with plans for third robotic warehouse
British online supermarket and technology group Ocado said on Monday it had boosted its partnership with Japan's Aeon with plans to build a third robotic warehouse. The third customer fulfilment centre (CFC), as Ocado calls them, will be in Kuki-Miyashiro, the Saitama prefecture of Japan, and will go live in 2027. The expansion of the partnership is a boost for Ocado after it said last month that its Canadian supermarket partner Sobeys had paused the opening of a fourth robotic warehouse, prompting a slump in Ocado shares.
Reuters
Grifols family, Brookfield eye $6 billion takeover bid for Grifols, report says
The Grifols family and Canadian fund Brookfield are in talks to launch a takeover bid for Spanish drugmaker Grifols that could be worth around 5.5 billion euros ($5.95 billion), business newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Sunday, citing unnamed people familiar with the plans. According to the report, Grifols' board held an extraordinary meeting over the weekend to study a preliminary offer presented by the founding family, which currently controls about 30% of the company's shares. Neither Grifols nor Brookfield were immediately available for comment on Monday.
AFP
Monsoon storms batter India with floods and lightning strikes
Intense monsoon storms battered India on Monday, flooding parts of the financial capital Mumbai, while lightning in the eastern state of Bihar killed at least 10 people, government officials said.In Bihar, 10 people were killed in separate lightning strikes on Sunday, state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said in a statement, asking people to "stay indoors during bad weather".
CNN
Rural Chinese student sparks awe and suspicion after beating math elites in global contest
A fashion major from a vocational high school in rural China has amazed the nation by outshining elite students in a global math contest – but the teenager’s underdog story has now been mired in allegations that she cheated.
Associated Press
Gaza destruction likely helped push Hamas to soften cease-fire demands, several officials say
Several officials in the Middle East and the U.S. believe the level of devastation in the Gaza Strip caused by a nine-month Israeli offensive likely has helped push Hamas to soften its demands for a cease-fire agreement. Hamas over the weekend appeared to drop its longstanding demand that Israel promise to end the war as part of any cease-fire deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday boasted that military pressure — including Israel’s ongoing two-month offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah — “is what has led Hamas to enter negotiations.”
CNN
What is China’s ‘monster’ coast guard ship and why is the Philippines spooked by it?
China anchored one of its two “monster” coast guard ships inside the Philippines’ EEZ last week in what a Philippine official called an act of “intimidation.”
NBC News
Beryl strengthens to Category 1 hurricane, expected to make landfall in Texas
Beryl strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Sunday night, ahead of its anticipated arrival on the Texas coast, where it could bring a life-threatening storm surge and strong winds, U.S. forecasters said.
AFP
Boeing, DoJ reach deal over MAX crashes case
Boeing said Monday it had reached a deal with the US Department of Justice over two fatal 737 MAX crashes, which court papers show would see the aviation giant plead guilty to fraud.Court papers filed in Texas on Sunday said the company had agreed to plead guilty to "conspiracy to defraud the United States" during the certification of MAX airplanes.
AFP
Will NATO disappoint Ukraine again in Washington?
When NATO leaders welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to their summit in Washington this week, they will reaffirm that Kyiv will one day become a member and vow to keep arming its troops.But in Kyiv there is an acceptance that the Washington summit will not bring the country any closer towards NATO membership.
CNN
Hungary’s Orban holds talks with Xi during surprise Beijing visit, days after meeting Putin
Orban met with Xi in Beijing, days after a controversial visit to Moscow and another to Kyiv that the far-right European leader described as a “peace mission.”
AFP
Biden faces crucial week in fight for his reelection bid
US President Joe Biden faces a critical week Monday that will test his standing at home and abroad, as moves to force him to quit his fight for a second White House term gather pace."This week is going to be absolutely critical," Democratic Senator Chris Murphy told CNN on Sunday.
CNN
Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley and held the East in its hot and humid grip.
Reuters
Chinese scientists identify super moss able to 'survive' in Mars
Scientists have identified a super resilient desert moss species in China's western region of Xinjiang that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars, a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed. When subjected to conditions that simulate the environment on Mars, the moss - Syntrichia Caninervis - was found to be able to withstand extreme dryness, ultra-low temperatures and radiation, the academy said in a research paper published in The Innovation journal last week. The moss could serve as the "basis for the establishment and maintenance of the ecosystem by contributing to oxygen production, carbon sequestration, and soil fertility", the researched said in the study, published on July 1.
CNN
Biden’s fate is on the line in the most critical days of his 50-year political career
The high-stakes week ahead is critical to whether President Joe Biden’s defiance will save his reelection bid or whether Democrats who question his capacity to serve a second term will succeed in pressuring him to step aside.
AFP
Boeing says 'reached agreement' with DoJ over 737 MAX crashes
Boeing on Monday said it had "reached an agreement" with the US Department of Justice over two fatal 737 MAX crashes more than five years ago."We have reached an agreement in principle on terms of a resolution with the Justice Department, subject to the memorialization and approval of specific terms," Boeing told AFP in a statement.
Associated Press
South Korea will withdraw plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors to resolve medical impasse
South Korea said Monday it’ll withdraw its earlier plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors as part of its efforts to resolve the country’s months-long medical impasse. It wasn’t immediately known whether and how many of thousands of the striking doctors would return to work in the wake of the government's announcement. Also, the plan could invite criticism that it hurts the principle of fairness over the government's dealing with other previous labor strikes as well as doctors who already returned to work.
Associated Press
AP PHOTOS: Families of stampede victims in India ponder future without loved ones
The orange rising from flames shone a light on the twilight scene. Savitri Devi, 50, had just been cremated. Devi was among more than 120 people who died in a stampede last week at a religious festival in northern India, as the faithful surged toward the preacher and chaos ensued among the attendees.

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