The 10 most important things in the world right now
Hello! Here's what you need to know on Monday.1. President Vladimir Putin said 755 US diplomats must leave Russia in retaliation over sanctions. Last Thursday, the US Senate approved a bill to toughen...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.1. Donald Trump's new White House communications director lasted just 10 days. Anthony Scaramucci, aka "The Mooch," has been ousted, reportedly at the...
View Article'You know what you did': Scaramucci was tricked into an epic email exchange...
Freshly departed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci replied to emails from a British prankster pretending to be fired chief of staff Reince Priebus warning that he “knew what he...
View ArticleThe simple reason artificial sweeteners can make you fat
If you think using an artificial sweetener helps keep your weight down, think again.Artificial sweeteners combined with a low-carbohydrate diet may increase overall food consumed, according to a study...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Wednesday.1. The Donald Trump administration is sending mixed signals on US sanctions against Russia. A US diplomat said the president "grudgingly accepted" new...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.1. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says new US sanctions are "a declaration of a full-fledged economic war on Russia." His Facebook post said "the...
View ArticleIndia's economy just hit the wall after the introduction of a new tax on...
Operating conditions across India's services sector deteriorated sharply last month following the July 1 implementation of the nation's first tax on goods and services.The Nikkei-IHS Markit India...
View ArticleCitibank says earnings growth will be the most important part of today's US...
US non-farm payrolls, arguably the most important economic report around the world each and every month, will be released on Friday.However, rather than the level of payrolls growth or movement in the...
View ArticleA dad claimed a world record for views on Twitch after his 22-month-old...
A UK man now holds the Guinness World Record for being the most frightened person, and he didn’t even ask for it.Tom Wheldon, who goes by the name of “Jurassic Junkie” when he’s playing online, was...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.1. FBI special counsel Robert Mueller looks like he's setting up for a "large-scale series of prosecutions." Mueller impaneled a grand jury in recent weeks...
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Hello! Here’s what you need to know on Monday.1. Older people who voted for Brexit have "comprehensively shafted the young," according to UK Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable. 64% of over-65s...
View ArticleThe risk of a short-squeeze in the dollar is rising
Currency traders continue to abandon the US dollar, turning net short for the first time in over a year last week.According to ANZ, citing the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report released by the...
View ArticleThis chart helps explain why financial markets are so quiet, and why they...
Financial markets are eerily quiet in mid-2017.Stocks continue to grind ever-higher, seemingly hitting record-highs each and every day, while currencies, after a flurry of activity earlier in the year,...
View ArticleChina's dominance in the global commodity markets, in one chart
If you needed any further evidence of how important China is when it comes to the outlook for global commodity prices, this chart surely seals the deal:From Morgan Stanley, it shows China’s share of...
View ArticleChinese trade data misses and export and import growth slows
Chinese trade data produced a rare miss in July with annual growth in exports and imports both undershooting expectations.According to China’s General Administration of Customs, exports grew by 7.2%...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.1. China says it will pay the biggest price for new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, but will always enforce the resolutions. The UN Security...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Wednesday.1. US President Donald Trump issued an intense warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying it "best not make any more threats to the United States" or it...
View ArticleMazda made a game-changing fuel efficiency breakthrough other carmakers have...
As soon as 2019, Mazda will have a petrol-driven car in production that is cheaper to run than a Tesla Model S.The Japanese carmaker has announced it is ready to reveal a combustion engine using...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.1. North Korea has warned a missile strike on Guam will be "ready by mid-August." The Hermit Kingdom plans to fire four missiles over Japan into waters...
View ArticleThe world is facing an inequality crisis and there is no clear solution
Economic inequality is rising throughout the world, especially in the US, UK and New Zealand.There is also massive inequality in developing countries. As their economy grows, wealth is not growing...
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