Commentary:The Trump administration is trying to contain the furor over Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen and the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi by limiting some elements of U.S. military assistance to Riyadh, writes New York University journalism professor Mohamad Bazzi. But the decision to stop refueling Saudi warplanes is not enough to end the conflict. "If Trump continues to avoid tough actions against the [Saudi] crown prince, Congress will have to take the lead instead."
U.N.-backed court rules Khmer Rouge leaders committed genocide, almost four decades after the ultra-Maoist regime which oversaw the 'Killing Fields' was overthrown https://reut.rs/2DEHj12 via @prakchanthul
European stocks recovered but sterling and the euro remained fragile, after some of the most dramatic 24 hours yet in the Brexit process and another turbulent week for world markets.
The sugar rush that Trump's tax cuts and fiscal stimulus injected into the U.S. economy poses a quandary for the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, in their campaign to raise interest rates: where and when to stop?
The stock market bull has been running more or less since early-2009, with nearly 200 percent in gains on world stocks at the start of 2018. As the year progressed, that run has been undermined by a cocktail of rising interest rates, trade tensions, and currency crises in emerging markets.
