| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Wednesday, June 29, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Sweden and Finland are on course to join NATO, a former aide says Trump wanted to join the Capitol riot, and the crypto crash threatens North Korea's stolen funds | | | | | Today's biggest stories  A video of President Trump's motorcade leaving the January 6 rally on the Ellipse is displayed as Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies in a public hearing at the Capitol, June 28, 2022 U.S. Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limousine on January 6, 2021, when his security detail declined to take him to the U.S. Capitol where his supporters were rioting, a former aide testified. Here are the key takeaways from the sixth day of the Capitol riot hearings.
Republican candidates who echoed Trump's false claims of a stolen presidency were defeated in high-profile nominating contests in Colorado ahead of November's midterm elections.
Lev Parnas, a onetime associate of Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, will be sentenced today for violating campaign finance laws during the 2018 elections.
Abortions can resume in Texas after a judge blocked officials from enforcing a nearly century-old ban the state's Republican attorney general said was back in effect. Americans are looking to the country's northern and southern neighbors for abortion access in a post-Roe world.
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, in what a judge called a "horrific scheme" that inflicted "incalculable" harm on victims.
Multiplatinum R&B singer R. Kelly will be sentenced today for exploiting his stardom and wealth over decades to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex.
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Global stock markets slipped for the second straight day and bond yields inched lower on growing fears that policymakers bent on dampening inflation will tip their economies into recession.
European Central Bank policymakers are weighing up whether or not they should announce the size and duration of their upcoming bond-buying scheme, designed to curb financing costs for Italy and other debt-laden countries, sources told Reuters. The ECB is set to announce the new tool on July 21, along with its first interest rate hike in more than a decade.
Britain's economy is struggling under the strain of two major risks in the form of double-digit inflation and a possible recession, leaving the Bank of England in a dilemma about how much further it should raise interest rates.
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution, a major supplier to U.S. carmakers including Tesla, is reassessing a $1.3 billion investment plan for an Arizona factory citing "unprecedented" economic conditions.
German authorities have raided Hyundai and Kia over allegations that they put over 210,000 diesel vehicles with suspected illegal defeat devices onto the road, the Frankfurt state prosecutor's office said.
H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, reported a forecast-beating 33% increase in March-May profit as shoppers flocked to its stores in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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