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CNN: All 12 Boys, Coach Freed in Thai Cave Rescue

Euan McKirdy, Kocha Olarn and Steve George July 10, 2018
Divers escorted the last members of the Wild Boars soccer team from a cave today – in a complex three-day mission that required racing the clock against rains flooding the cave and oxygen depletion. Each phase of the mission took at least nine hours from divers’ entry to exit. The 12 boys and their young coach had been underground for more than two weeks, trapped by floodwaters. An international...

Washington Post: India Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on US

Annie Gowen July 10, 2018
India has joined the global trade war alongside the European Union, China and other US trading partners in response to the Trump administration’s recent tariff hikes on steel and aluminum by increasing import duties on goods such as almonds, apples and select metal products. India notified the World Trade Organization of this decision on June 14. Annie Gowen reports for the Washington Post: “it...

Reuters: British Foreign Secretary Quits Over Brexit Plan

Elizabeth Piper, William James and Andrew MacAskill July 9, 2018
European nations share many trade, travel and security benefits from membership in the European Union. In 2016 with a close vote, British voters supported leaving the union after assurances that exit would be easy. As details on Brexit costs emerged, Prime Minister Theresa May favored retaining close ties with the EU – with a free trade area on goods but restrictions on immigrants. Two cabinet...

New York Times: US Opposition to Breastfeeding at World Forum

Andrew Jacobs July 8, 2018
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization recommend breastfeeding for the first six months of life “to achieve optimal growth, development, and health.” US delegates defied longstanding research on infant nutrition at the UN-affiliated World Health Assembly in an attempt to weaken a breastfeeding resolution. “American officials sought to water down the resolution by...

Wall Street Journal: US Dollar and Global Market Malaise

James Mackintosh July 6, 2018
Uncertainty is disrupting global markets and increasing volatility, and investors are becoming more cautious about riskier investments including emerging markets, bonds and investments associated with countries running high levels of debt, with Chinese stocks down 20 percent, and unconventional investments like bitcoin. In turn, some bank stocks and commodities are under pressure. The many trends...

The Interpreter: International Rescue and the Thai Cave Response

Daniel Flitton July 5, 2018
Disasters bring the international community together. Rescue, medical and engineering specialists gather at the scene to offer expert opinions and plan search-and-rescue operations as viewers watch, wait and send donations: the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, 2010 Chilean mine, the 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 to name just a few. The rescue of a group of boys and their soccer coach from a...

BBC: US-China Trade War Could Hurt All

Karishma Vaswani July 5, 2018
The United States launched tariffs on a range of products, and China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico quickly retaliated. The US targeted products associated with the Made in China 2025 initiative, and in turn China targeted US agriculture, the car sector, medical products and coal. “A list of Chinese products will be hit with a 25% tariff from Friday – effectively making them 25% more...