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U.S. envoy Steve Wittkov and Jerry Kushner have arrived in Kiev for talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
“Wittkov and Kushner spent more than three hours speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin”
in Moscow on Saturday.
The Kremlin called those discussions highly useful, but there was no sign of a breakthrough.
NPR's Charles Mayn's reports." From the NPR, Kremlin, U.S. should cove told reporters Wittkov and Kushner, that outlined a number of ideas regarding possible avenues for a settlement to the war, without categorizing the proposals or the Russian reaction. U.S. should cove said President Vladimir Putin told the White House on voice of real progress
in the Russian military campaign, and, again, assured Moscow would achieve its objectives. Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky both ordered a three-day pause in attacks on each other's capitals to allow the American safe travel, yet fighting continued elsewhere, with Russia attacking other regions across Ukraine, and Kiev targeting oil facilities with drones in the southern Russian city of Rostov and Don.
Trollsmanes and PR News. Moscow.
“Republicans are gathering in Dallas this week for a midterm convention, headline by President”
Trump.
James Hartley from Member Station, KERA reports as the first midterm convention held by
a major political party in more than 40 years. In the Texas race for Senate, Democrat James Talerego holds a slim lead over Republican Kin Paxton, according to the latest polls. Southern Methodist University Political Science Professor Cal Jilsen says leaders on the right seem concerned.
He's not sure Republicans can suede voters' concerns over the cost of living. If they're sitting around the kitchen table, worrying about the electric bill, gas prices, those kinds of things, those are gut level issues, and if they can't pay those bills, there's nothing you can tell them about how good the broader economy is. In the end, Jilsen says the impact of the convention on the outcome of the midterms could
be negligible.
For NPR News, I'm James Hartley and Dallas.
“The Labor Department is set to issue a pivotal report on inflation this week, and PR”
Scott Horsley reports financial markets, and the Federal Reserve will be watching closely. The annual inflation rate jumped to 4.2% back in May, as the U.S. War with Iran sent energy prices soaring. By July, inflation had cooled somewhat, but prices are still climbing faster than the Federal Reserve would like.
That puts the spotlight on the August report, which comes out Friday, if inflation continues to cool, Fed policy makers may feel content to leave interest rates where they are. But any acceleration price hikes could prompt the Fed to raise rates. Investors think a September rate hike is more likely than not, especially after a better than expected jobs report on Friday.
Diesel prices have also climbed to a record hike, which has the potential to raise the cost of transporting a wider ray of goods. Scott Horsley, in Pair News, Washington. This is NPR News in Washington. Police in England are still searching for 70,000 pites of Guinness that were stolen last week
while being delivered to local pubs. Two drivers are accused of taking off with trailers loaded with the beer from an industrial park. The Guinness is worth more than $150,000. Mounting gorillas in Rwanda are in endangered species.
When there are new gorillas born in the country, it calls for a celebration. Joseph King from the Gulf States newsroom reports from the East African country. Rwanda hosted his 21st April, Quattazina, the day is dedicated to giving names to newborn ground gorillas every year, a group of philanthropists, community servants and celebrities are given the honor of choosing those names.
Former French soccer star, Mamadoo Saku, named one of the 22 gorillas in Wadane, was translates to United in pursuit of a common goal. The name is inspired by the collective effort to conserve the gorillas. Saku says it's an honor. There are fewer than 1200 mountain gorillas in the wild, but Wanda takes pride in his
conservation efforts in acknowledging that people behind them. For MPR News, I'm Joseph King and Kinighi, Rwanda. Labor Day weekend travelers are paying the highest gas prices ever for this time of year. Labor Day says the national averages $4.14 per gallon, while diesel has climbed to a record 589.
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