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    Finance: Geopolitical risk is creeping back into the markets
    Jul07

    Finance: Geopolitical risk is creeping back into the markets

    Geopolitical risk indices are at elevated levels relative to the last 100 years, driven by geopolitical threats and terrorist risk. Geopolitical risk has been creeping back into the markets. Most recently, we’ve seen a flurry of headlines about the situations in North Korea and Qatar, and there are unknowns about the state of US-Russia...

    Politics: That time Putin brought his dog to a meeting to scare Angela Merkel
    Jul07

    Politics: That time Putin brought his dog to a meeting to scare Angela Merkel

    "He's afraid of his own weakness." Throughout their relationship as world leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have shared an understanding. After all, Putin served as a KGB officer in Germany from 1985 to 1990. “When Putin and Merkel meet, they sometimes speak in German (he’s...

    Tech: Hackers breached at least a dozen US nuclear power sites — and officials are zeroing in on a familiar player
    Jul07

    Tech: Hackers breached at least a dozen US nuclear power sites — and officials are zeroing in on a familiar player

    It looks like a pattern may be emerging. US officials have concluded that hackers working on behalf of a foreign power recently breached at least a dozen US nuclear power sites, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Bloomberg cited multiple US sources who said they had zeroed in on Russia as the primary suspect behind the most recent attacks, including...

    Politics: ‘Putin will eat President Trump’s lunch’: Experts weigh in on how Trump should approach Putin
    Jul07

    Politics: ‘Putin will eat President Trump’s lunch’: Experts weigh in on how Trump should approach Putin

    Trump has to emphasize that Russia's election meddling was an act of war and be careful not to concede anything to Putin. President Donald Trump has his first high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. The meeting comes amid crumbling relations between the two countries. Experts stressed Trump must bring up...

    Politics: ‘Putin will eat President Trump’s lunch’: How experts say Trump should approach his high-stakes meeting with Putin
    Jul07

    Politics: ‘Putin will eat President Trump’s lunch’: How experts say Trump should approach his high-stakes meeting with Putin

    Trump has to emphasize that Russia's election meddling was an act of war and be careful not to concede anything to Putin. President Donald Trump has his first high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. The meeting comes amid crumbling relations between the two countries. Experts stressed Trump must bring up...

    Politics: Former US ambassador to Russia lays out what Trump needs to discuss with Putin in their blockbuster meeting
    Jul05

    Politics: Former US ambassador to Russia lays out what Trump needs to discuss with Putin in their blockbuster meeting

    A former US ambassador to Russia laid out what Trump needs to discuss with Putin when the two meet later this week on the sidelines of the G-20 summit. A former US ambassador to Russia laid out what President Donald Trump needs to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two meet later this week on the sidelines of the G-20 summit...

    G20 summit: Trump, world leaders to meet under North Korea shadow
    Jul05

    G20 summit: Trump, world leaders to meet under North Korea shadow

    The rising global threat posed by Pyongyang is likely to see conflicts over climate and trade take a back seat. US President Donald Trump meets other world leaders at Germany’s G20 summit from Friday, with North Korea’s first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile casting a long shadow over the gathering at the...

    Malaysia Airlines: Trial of any MH17 suspects to be held in Dutch court
    Jul05

    Malaysia Airlines: Trial of any MH17 suspects to be held in Dutch court

    All 298 people on board were killed when the plane was downed on July 17, 2014 on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The trials of any suspects arrested in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine will be held in the Netherlands, Dutch officials announced Wednesday.All 298 people on board were killed...

    Federer, Djokovic: Players get free passes at injury-hit Wimbledon
    Jul05

    Federer, Djokovic: Players get free passes at injury-hit Wimbledon

    Federer is chasing a record eighth Wimbledon title and he was already well on top at the start of his 19th All England Club campaign. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic barely had to break sweat to make winning starts at Wimbledon as their injury-hit opponents retired hurt amid a plague of withdrawals that blighted the first round on...

    G20 Summit: Kremlin says Putin, Trump to meet Friday in Hamburg
    Jul04

    G20 Summit: Kremlin says Putin, Trump to meet Friday in Hamburg

    The much-hyped maiden encounter between the two leaders comes as Trump's camp is under intense scrutiny. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold a first meeting with US leader Donald Trump on Friday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, the Kremlin said Tuesday.”It has been agreed for July 7,” top Kremlin aide...