Top Headlines 1st August 2022

Karthik says enjoying finisher's role after India win v Windies. Asia's factories continued to report weakening activity in July amid lingering supply chain complications and a slowing global economy. Euro-area output could decrease by around 0.8% in the medium term due to oil price increases, the ECB says. Some good news for the world as the first official grain shipment leaves Ukraine. UK's De La Rue terminates supply agreement with Portals Paper. Crypto assets need new rights in law, UK legal body says. UK newspapers call for an "honorary damehood" for coach Sarina Wiegmann after England defeated Germany in the Euros final at Wembley Stadium. A Hong Kong panel of health advisers said children as young as six months old should be offered Covid-19 vaccines from BioNTech and Sinovac Biotech. Baghdad braces for a mass demonstration. Ukrainian forces are scaling up attacks to reclaim territory in the Russian-occupied south, AP reports. More than 60% of UK assets will be in female hands by 2025. That's going to change financial planning. Barclays profit dented after $2 billion cost of blunder. German and English fans react as England wins the Women's European Championship. India's monsoon rains forecast to be average in August, September. Dollar sinks to 6-week low to yen on bets for less aggressive Fed. Grain ship leaves port of Odesa, says Ukrainian minister. Wall Street set to open lower ahead of July factory activity data. Would you try insect eggs and frog legs? This Prehispanic food fair celebrates Mexico's ancestral cuisine includes dishes such as aquatic bed bug's eggs and multiple-shaped corn dough . Thailand's central bank raises the benchmark policy rate for the first time in more than three years. The US Treasury is expected to make its fourth straight reduction in a quarterly sale of longer-term debt this month, with most dealers predicting extra cutbacks for the 20-year bond. No evidence of looming Chinese military action against Taiwan, U.S. official says. London Tube staff plan strike next month, says union. Business conditions among Turkish manufacturers deteriorate the most since May 2020 after output and new orders suffered their worst performance since the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Shell, Total continue buyback bonanza after record profits. Saudi Aramco agrees to buy Valvoline's petroleum unit for $2.65 billion to expand its refining and petrochemicals operations. An associate of the far-right Three Percenters militia could be sentenced to more than a decade in prison today for joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while armed and threatening to harm his own children if they ratted him out to the FBI. 

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