Inquiry rejects US claims that S Africa supplied arms to Russia
Ambassador alleged that weapons were loaded on to Lady R ship docked in Cape Town #press
EU set to block Booking’s €1.63bn purchase of Etraveli
Regulators are concerned deal would consolidate US travel site’s market position and hurt rivals #press
Zelenskyy boasts of new long-range weapon days after strikes inside Russia
Kyiv has steadily been extending its ability to hit targets deep behind enemy lines #press
UK Covid-era economic performance better than previously stated, says ONS
Statistical agency’s revisions put Britain’s post-pandemic recovery in line with G7 peers #press
Andrey Melnichenko: ‘It’s pointless to talk about good and evil’
Russia’s richest man on war crimes, the fallout from sanctions — and how the invasion of Ukraine made him a ‘pariah’ in Dubai #press
Stocks gain ahead of closely watched US jobs report
European shares and Wall Street futures post modest rises as investors await latest reading on health of US labour market #press
US jobs growth forecast to have slowed again in August
Signs of further cooling in economy would add to expectations that Fed will halt interest rate rises #press