• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-e85d2709f3f6be7eff1b8d278e4d2be9?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Russian forces</a> attacked the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks on Thursday with six missiles, hitting a military unit in the village of Liutizh on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital. Kyiv regional Gov. Oleksiy Kuleba said it was Russia’s revenge for Ukraine's popular resistance. Russia also targeted the Chernihiv region, as the Ukrainian army kept up a counterattack in the Kherson region, knocking a key bridge over the Dnieper River on Wednesday.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In other news: Moscow warned Washington that <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/brittney-griner-sports-united-states-moscow-antony-blinken-c987c7516723cce522693834cef00a26?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">negotiations considering a prisoner swap between the countries</a> should be kept quiet. The US is interested in American basketball player Brittney Griner’s and corporate security executive Paul Whelan’s release and proposes to exchange them with Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2012.</li></ul>

Good morning. It is Friday, July 29th.Is the US economy in a recession or not? While government and Fed officials snubbed the idea so far, GDP data contracted for the second quarter in a row, fitting the technical definition of a recession. Over this side of the pond, German inflation accelerated in July after slowing down in June in response to government relief measures.&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Both Western and Russian leaders are visiting African countries to win support for their position on the war in Ukraine as the ongoing food crisis causes surging prices and hunger. For more on that, head down below to our picks for you. But before moving on, lend an ear to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX4UtSsGT1Sbe" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">this playlist of 80s hits</a>.</li></ul>– Can, with Özlem and Atilla

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