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United Kingdom growth to slow due to Brexit, says European Commission
Its latest forecast says the United Kingdom economy will grow by just 1.5% this year and by 1.2% in 2018, compared to 2% last year. Despite robust GDP growth figures in 2016 (3.2%), the Commission will not revise upwards its growth forecast for for Spain today.
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North Korea Calls New Missile Launch a Success; UN Meeting Set
Together with the use of a solid-fueled missile, North Korea will now be able to significantly expand the number of possible launch sites in the country while simultaneously reducing the footprint of its launch site and time taken to launch, thus making them much more survivable by making it more hard for adversaries to track.
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$670M settlement reached in DuPont PFOA lawsuit
The lawsuits settled Monday were mostly based in Ohio Federal Court and filed by residents who say C-8 has made them sick or caused the deaths of family members. The company had reached an earlier settlement in the case in 2004 and agreed to pay more than $350 million to filter water treatment systems in that region and conduct health studies on people affected by the pollution, including longterm biomonitoring of their health.
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Trudeau, Trump Kick Off Meeting With Women In The Workplace Panel
EST. But there they were, the feminist leader and the, uh, less-than-feminist one, introducing the Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders. The trade imbalances with Canada are "much less severe" than with Mexico and the USA will be looking at "tweaking" rules on trade with Canada when it renegotiates the accord, he said.
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Hamburg Airport Halts Flights, Evacuates in Bad Air Scare
A total of 14 flights were cancelled and several planes were diverted. Subsequent reports suggest pepper spray cartridges were found in the check-in area, with gas having flowed out of them. Flights were halted, and by 12.30 p.m. all the airport terminals had been evacuated. German emergency workers temporarily evacuated Hamburg airport Sunday and treated dozens of people after an irritant gas was released in a terminal.
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Greece should quit euro zone, get debt relief, German party leader says
According to the IMF general plan for Greece (as for August 2015), the IMF declined to join the European Central Bank and the European Union to fund the country's the third instalment. Both parties said they are 'close to common ground'. That, in turn, would enable Greece to meet a major debt repayment of 7.2 billion euros that is due this summer.