| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XVII - Issue #246 | Mar. 09, 2018 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Global Financial Markets Reckoning
Ever since it bottomed out at the end of March 2009, the overall market capitalization has been reaching out to its March 31, 2000, peak. How will markets react when the debt-stressed consumers decide to bank their gains from the tax cut, instead of spending the money? ... Read more
A Fractured World: Nationalist Insurgency & Trade Wars
Is the global liberal order in danger? After decades when the world has been dominated by the United States as their influence remained unrivaled in so many segments (economy, U.S. Dollar, trade and defense) over the rest of the globe, are there strategic alliances or emerging global trends that could potentially shake the world order as we know it? ... Read more
A Glance At World's Insightful News
In Focus: ECB, EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, USA - OPEC & non-OPEC
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Chinese telecoms group reveals it spends $300m a year on academic partnerships
By Yuan Yang in Hong Kong
Financial Times, Mar. 24, 2019
The evacuation of the ship, the Viking Sky, began around 2 p.m. local time and stretched through the darkness into the early morning. At 4 a.m. local time, only 280 of the 1,373 people on board had been removed, according to officials with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Southern Norway, which was conducting the operation.
By Mihir Zaveri and Sandra E. Garcia
The New York Times, Mar. 24, 2019
The delivery of the special counsel’s report to the Justice Department will transform the political landscape and shape the remainder of Mr. Trump’s presidency.
By Peter Baker
The New York Times, Mar. 23, 2019
Mr. Macron’s opponents pounced, calling the move a dangerous incursion of the military into domestic law enforcement.
By Aurelien Breeden
The New York Times, Mar. 23, 2019
One of the mysteries of Brexit — one that will be studied by political scientists for generations — is how, for much of the country, a gradualist goal of achieving a less-restrictive relationship with Europe was replaced by an extreme and risky one: walking away with no deal at all.
By Ellen Barry
The New York Times, Mar. 24, 2019
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Ankara’s role under pressure as political tension rises after refugee crisis
By Tobias Buck in Berlin
Financial Times, Mar. 24, 2019
Ministers consider interim leader to unblock the Brexit process
By Henry Mance in London
Financial Times, Mar. 23, 2019
The assaults on the villages of Ogossagou and Welingara took place as a United Nations Security Council mission visited Mali to try to find solutions to violence that killed hundreds of civilians last year and is spreading across West Africa’s Sahel region.
By REUTERS
The New York Times, Mar. 24, 2019
Italy became the first of the Group of 7 nations that once dominated the global economy to take part in China’s “One Belt One Road” project, which makes enormous infrastructure investments to move Chinese goods and resources throughout Asia, Africa and Europe.
By Jason Horowitz
The New York Times, Mar. 23, 2019
The return of the generals to Israeli politics is viewed as an emergency call-up by those hoping to rout right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Isabel Kershner
The New York Times, Mar. 23, 2019
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Beijing is refusing to concede on Washington’s demands that it ease curbs on tech companies
By James Politi in Washington and Tom Mitchell in Beijing
Financial Times, Mar. 24, 2019
Mostly leftwing demonstrators defy government crackdown amid clouds of tear gas
By Victor Mallet in Paris
Financial Times, Mar. 23, 2019
Mr. Temer’s arrest did not come as a surprise. The 78-year-old politician, who for decades wielded enormous influence in Brazil’s notoriously transactional political system, has long been dogged by accusations of corruption.
But it was the second jailing of a former Brazilian president in as many years.
By Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado
The New York Times, Mar. 23, 2019
For nearly five years since a military coup, Thailand has been ruled by a junta that has suppressed dissent, targeted political parties and, now, orchestrated an election that will give voters only partial franchise.
That hasn’t stopped around 80 parties from running.
By Hannah Beech
The New York Times, Mar. 24, 2019
At least 97 people have died in the accident, which turned a festive Kurdish New Year celebration this week into a scene of horror.
By Alissa J. Rubin
The New York Times, Mar. 23, 2019
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