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World Daily News – In Brief – Friday 24/06/2022

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. REUTERS (UK)

Pressure mounts on UK PM Johnson after crushing election defeats

Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats on Friday, a crushing blow to the governing party that prompted the resignation of its chairman and intensified doubts about the future of Britain’s prime minister.

. NIKKEI ASIA (JAPAN)

Japan pushes companies to allow workers to take side jobs

The Japanese government will ask companies that prohibit their employees from taking a second job to explain their reasons, starting in July, Nikkei has learned, in a move aimed at encouraging more large companies to allow their employees to hold such jobs.

. THE RIO TIMES (BRAZIL)

Peru: More than 50% of households in 18 regions suffer food insecurity

In 18 of the 25 regions of Peru, more than half of the households are in a situation of food insecurity, a scenario aggravated by the rise in international prices

. AL JAZEERA (QATAR)

Ukraine forces to retreat from battleground city, says governor

Serhiy Haidai says Ukraine’s forces will leave the embattled city of Severodonetsk, as Kyiv prepares to lose Luhansk.

. BBC (UK)

US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades

The US Senate has passed a gun control bill – the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years.