North Korea Slams US Plan for ‘AUKUS 2.0’ with South Korea and Japan

Netanyahu Declares Iran's Nuclear Program & Missile Production "Destroyed" - Denies Israel Influenced Trump Summary Netanyahu: Iran can no longer enrich Uranium; missile production destroyed; says Israel acted alone against Pars oil field; claims Trump was not influenced by Israel to go to war. F-35 stealth jet takes on Iranian fire, emergency landing: CNN Trump dials up threat, seeking leverage, denies approving Israeli Pars strikes; however, reports from The Wall Street Journal and Axios say the White House was aware. US sending more troops to region. Energy war hits breaking point:  Qatar's Ras Laffan damaged,...

Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales Most traders may be out on the beach soaking up the mid-summer sun, but the relentless market and geopolitical newsflow continues for another week. Following Friday's payrolls report, which was far more dovish than hawkish at face value, attention this week will be firmly on July US CPI (Wednesday), which could go a long way towards further tipping the balance for September FOMC pricing. Futures pricing fell by around 10 percentage points immediately after the release on Friday, leaving the implied probability at...

In attempts to rectify what are seen as historical wrongs against certain groups of people, western governments have embarked on programs to engage in wrongs against other groups of people. The universal principles of liberalism are supplanted by policies sure to make matters worse.