State Department Dissent Formally Lodged

State Department Dissent Formally Lodged

State Department Dissent, Believed Largest Ever, Formally Lodged - WSJ

The State Department on Tuesday received a formal document signed by hundreds of diplomats and officials protesting President Donald Trump’s refugee and immigration order, a day after the White House bluntly said that officials who disagree with Mr. Trump’s policies should quit.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/Ee2UUNfu3DZ

Measures of Inflation Tick Up Around the Globe

Measures of Inflation Tick Up Around the Globe

Measures of Inflation Tick Up Around the Globe - WSJ

After years of fighting against deflation, the U.S., the eurozone and Japan show glimmers of life in consumer prices, evidence that an era of exceptionally low inflation is receding from the global economic landscape.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/M5ijmg1BhYX

An Innovator at the Vatican

An Innovator at the Vatican

An Innovator at the Vatican - WSJ

The Vatican Museums’ new director aims to focus on conservation, restoration and crowd control

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/aSCDwHFTbKp

Iran Stops Issuing Visas to Americans

Iran Stops Issuing Visas to Americans

Iran Halts Visas to Americans as Iraq Keeps Door Open - WSJ

Iran stopped giving visas to Americans in reaction to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning citizens from Iran and six other countries; Iraq’s president chose not to retaliate against U.S.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/HyFA9Am61Gf

U

U.N. Court Orders Release of Turkish Judge Arrested in Crackdown

U.N. Court Orders Release of Turkish Judge Arrested in Crackdown - WSJ

A United Nations court ordered Turkey to release an international war crimes judge arrested in the nation’s post-coup crackdown.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/8KRQ7pW8N9X

Czechs Blame Foreign Power for Email Hack Similar to Attack in U

Czechs Blame Foreign Power for Email Hack Similar to Attack in U.S.

Czechs Blame Foreign Power for Email Hack Similar to Attack in U.S. - WSJ

The Czech foreign ministry said that its email system has been hacked by an external government in an attack similar to last year’s breaching of the Democratic National Committee emails.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/PWyPtHHHVLc

Online Islamists Cast U

Online Islamists Cast U.S. Bans as War on Islam

Online Islamists Cast U.S. Bans as War on Islam - WSJ

Radical Islamists are seeking to harness U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration and refugee bans to their narrative that the U.S. is at war with Islam, underpinning fears among some foreign and U.S. lawmakers and diplomats that the actions could fuel rather than prevent violence.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/PEqj5E56gAE

Eurozone Economy Grows at Faster Pace Than U

Eurozone Economy Grows at Faster Pace Than U.S.

Eurozone Economy Grows at Faster Pace Than U.S. - WSJ

Eurozone economic growth accelerated at the end of 2016 while the jobless rate fell to its lowest level since 2009, putting the currency area on a steadier footing at the start of a year clouded by political uncertainty.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/jadkyrSLn3C

Bank of Japan Airs Concern Over Trump's Protectionist Approach

Bank of Japan Airs Concern Over Trump's Protectionist Approach

Bank of Japan Airs Concern Over Donald Trump’s Protectionist Approach - WSJ

The Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-easy monetary policy Tuesday and held back from raising its inflation forecast, underlining its nervousness about the uncertain path of U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/JpAqjzuXjJi

Brazilian Gang Enlists FARC Rebels for Drug Trade

Brazilian Gang Enlists FARC Rebels for Drug Trade

Brazilian Gang Enlists FARC Rebels for Drug Trade - WSJ

Brazil’s largest criminal organization is recruiting among Colombia’s once-powerful rebel group for heavy-weapons and other expertise to help expand its hold over Latin America’s drug trade, investigators and officials say.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/6egcuzovQwn

For China, a Rethink on Donald Trump

For China, a Rethink on Donald Trump

For China, a Rethink on Donald Trump - WSJ

Chinese policy makers respect—even admire—a tough negotiator. That’s how they first thought about the challenge of Donald Trump. By now, it must be dawning on them how badly they may have misread him.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/WHzfvzox7YF

Brazil's Supreme Court Authorizes Odebrecht Plea Deal

Brazil's Supreme Court Authorizes Odebrecht Plea Deal

Brazil’s Supreme Court Authorizes Odebrecht Plea Deal - WSJ

Brazil’s Supreme Court president on Monday accepted a plea deal made by current and former employees of construction company Odebrecht, which people close to the negotiations say includes testimony implicating allies of President Michel Temer in wrongdoing related to the Operation Car Wash anticorruption probe.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/foMvcLWRnEo

Iran Missile Launch Detected, a Possible Violation of U

Iran Missile Launch Detected, a Possible Violation of U.N. Resolution

Iran Missile Launch Detected, a Possible Violation of U.N. Resolution - WSJ

Iran staged a missile test launch, U.S. officials said Monday, posing a possible violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and an early test to the Trump administration’s campaign pledge to confront Tehran.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/6YhuKSiSTPj

Yemen's Houthi Rebels Launch Rare Suicide Attack on Saudi Frigate

Yemen's Houthi Rebels Launch Rare Suicide Attack on Saudi Frigate

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Launch Rare Suicide Attack on Saudi Frigate - WSJ

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a rare suicide attack on a Saudi frigate in the Red Sea, killing two crew members and leaving three others wounded, according to the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting to defeat them.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/eNHasUFVLyH

Head of Group Linked to 2008 Mumbai Attack Arrested in Pakistan

Head of Group Linked to 2008 Mumbai Attack Arrested in Pakistan

Head of Group Linked to 2008 Mumbai Attack Arrested in Pakistan - WSJ

Hafiz Saeed, the leader of a Pakistani Islamist group accused of being behind a 2008 attack in Mumbai, was put under house arrest Monday.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/WtcVYgG1pPi

African Union Admits Morocco to Bloc

African Union Admits Morocco to Bloc

African Union Admits Morocco to Bloc - WSJ

The African Union admitted Morocco as its 55th member, a decision that adds a powerful economy and a Western ally to the continental bloc and could stir one of the world’s frozen conflicts.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/FhVvmsgLdX3

U

U.K.'s Theresa May Says State Visit Invitation for Trump Still Stands

U.K.’s Theresa May Says Invitation to Trump Still Stands - WSJ

Prime Minister Theresa May, whose office heralded a meeting last week with President Donald Trump as a diplomatic success, is facing pressure at home over her efforts to strengthen ties with the new U.S. administration.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/99ZFGkYVLq3

State Department Draft Cable Protests Trump Immigration Ban

State Department Draft Cable Protests Trump Immigration Ban

State Department Draft Cable Protests Trump Immigration Ban - WSJ

More than 100 State Department officials have signed a draft formal protest of President Donald Trump’s immigration and refugee order that calls his policy counterproductive to U.S. antiterrorism efforts and potentially harmful to U.S. interests, department officials said.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/e7b1BW8e7uB

U

U.S. to Deploy Tanks to the Baltic

U.S. to Deploy Tanks to the Baltics - WSJ

Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are to receive the M1A2 Abrams tanks in a signal aimed at reassuring America’s European allies that Washington remains committed to their defense from Russian aggression.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/Hhww1sq2kmy

Canada Police Hold 2, Seek Motive in Mosque Shooting

Canada Police Hold 2, Seek Motive in Mosque Shooting

Canada Police Hold Suspect, Seek Motive in Terror Attack at Mosque - WSJ

Canadian police said they were trying to determine the motive in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque that killed six people and was declared a terror attack, with one suspect in custody.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/BKAmNMKwf1y

U

U.S. Travel Restrictions Put Saudi Arabia in a Bind

U.S. Travel Restrictions Put Saudi Arabia in a Bind - WSJ

Saudi Arabia’s desire to cultivate a good relationship with the Trump administration is exposing the kingdom to criticism that it is unwilling to stand up for its Muslim allies, particularly those caught in an executive order that restricts entry to the U.S. for seven predominantly Muslim countries.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/K2S8bnMPLQw

Trump Immigration Order Shakes Africa

Trump Immigration Order Shakes Africa

Trump Immigration Order Shakes Africa - WSJ

The fate of refugees awaiting resettlement in the U.S. and the future of American efforts with African forces to fight Islamist militant groups become uncertain.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/SvFHRhfsCde

With Pen Plan, China Etches Nationalist Economic Policy

With Pen Plan, China Etches Nationalist Economic Policy

With Pen Plan, China Etches Nationalist Economic Policy - WSJ

China achieves ability to mass produce ballpoint-pen nibs, allowing it to start mass manufacturing whole pens without any imports—a point of pride.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/GzeMuDFprEP

Brazil's Eike Batista Arrested in Rio

Brazil's Eike Batista Arrested in Rio

Brazil Businessman Eike Batista Arrested in Rio After Return From New York - WSJ

Brazilian businessman Eike Batista turned himself in to police Monday in Rio de Janeiro, four days after an arrest warrant was issued for the former billionaire.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/itgLR3tWr7z

Latin American Governments Cool on Fuel Subsidies

Latin American Governments Cool on Fuel Subsidies

Latin American Governments Cool on Fuel Subsidies - WSJ

The fuel subsidies Latin American governments have used for decades to spread the bounty of natural resources are fading as the region’s largest economies shift toward market-driven policies, deepening public ire in difficult economic times.

from
https://plus.google.com/116388703487319408329/posts/5gQ27PfdGe4