Kenyan protesters promise more rallies - Five stories you need to know | Reuters

1. Kenyan protesters vow to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes a day after police opened fire on crowds trying to storm parliament leaving at least eight people dead and scores wounded.

2. The U.S. and Russian defense chiefs spoke by telephone on Tuesday in rare communication between the two powers and with tensions rising after Moscow blamed Washington for a Ukraine attack on the Russian-annexed Crimea.

3. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks free from a U.S. court after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law in a deal that allowed him to head straight home to Australia.

4. 16 Nobel Prize-winning economists warn that the U.S. and world economy will suffer if Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November.

5. Volkswagen will invest up to $5 billion in U.S. electric-vehicle maker Rivian as part of a new joint venture to share EV architecture and software.

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