Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Inflation data, midterm elections loom for struggling U.S. stock rally

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Watchers Put ‘Finger in the Air’ and See Rate Peak Above 5%

[AP] Power blackouts across Ukraine amid Russian shelling

[Reuters] Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson

[Reuters] China vows to continue with 'dynamic-clearing' COVID strategy 

[Reuters] China's central bank deputy under probe for suspected violations, anticorruption body says

[Reuters] Rescue efforts in full swing as Australia's inland towns brace for flood peaks

[AP] N. Korea fires more missiles as US flies bombers over South

[Reuters] North Korea fires four ballistic missiles as U.S., Seoul end drills

[Reuters] Iran acknowledges drone shipments to Russia before Ukraine war

[Bloomberg] Iran’s Rial Slumps to Record Low Amid Protests, Nuclear Talks