Jul 20, 2017
A sharp fall in sterling just before surprisingly weak June inflation data was released has reignited concern that confidential official information is being leaked to market traders. The controversy comes just weeks after strict new rules on access to Office for...
Jul 20, 2017
Minneapolis city officials released transcripts Wednesday of two 911 calls made by 40-year-old yoga instructor Justine Damond to report what she suspected to be a rape happening near her house shortly before she was killed by police officers outside her home. “I can...
Jul 20, 2017
Should capitalism be put in a museum? If you think that’s a good idea, you should visit the Museum of Capitalism (MOC) in Oakland, California. Some might object that this is an outlandish idea, that capitalism is hardly material for a museum in the way communism or...
Jul 20, 2017
Austria has warned it will send soldiers to close the border with Italy in 24 hours if Rome decides to take the “nuclear option” and grant visas to almost 100,000 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean country. Desperate Italian officials have said they are...
Jul 20, 2017
The covert CIA program training and arming Syrian rebels to fight the government of Bashar al-Assad has been ended by President Trump, U.S. officials tell the Washington Post. The decision to phase out the Obama-era program was reportedly made by Trump during a White...