Ukrainian forces have used US-supplied cluster bombs against civilians in Donbass Ukrainian artillery and rocket attacks on the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Tuesday claimed the lives of three civilians and injured 11 more, among them a child, the acting head of the Russian region, Denis Pushilin, said.

This year’s production is expected to be higher than earlier estimates, market researcher IKAR has said Russian farmers are projected to reap up to 137 million tons of grain, including 88 million tons of wheat this year, according to the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR).

Italy has unexpectedly approved a 40% levy on lenders’ “excess” profits this year The Italian government’s announcement of a one-off windfall tax on bank profits saw the country’s financial stocks tumble on Tuesday, wiping out some €10 billion ($11 billion) from their combined market value.