Commentary:Putin's “simple but ruthless plotting” has made the latest Syria crisis all about Russia, writes columnist Peter Apps. In recent weeks, the Russian military has menaced U.S. and allied vessels from the air, and interfered with the GPS signals that guide U.S. drones. Kremlin officials have openly threatened “shooting down U.S. missiles and perhaps even targeting the aircraft and ships that fired them.”
It is a glorious sunny day in Moscow. Meanwhile, Russian stocks and the rouble are down, new U.S. sanctions are due this afternoon, and Telegram is about to be forced offline.
Wall Street is hoping that first-quarter earnings growth and corporate forecasts are strong enough to bring the FAANG group of stocks back into favor and take the spotlight off worries that caused the recent sell-off in the high-flying group.
WPP, the world’s biggest advertising company, entered uncharted territory without its founder Martin Sorrell whose departure has left it rudderless at a time of swirling industry change.
A $117 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson and a supplier in favor of a man who said his asbestos-related cancer was caused by long-term use of J&J’s Baby Powder could open a new front for thousands of cases claiming the widely-used product caused cancer, legal experts and plaintiffs lawyers said.
The world's largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia now claims it's going to build the world's largest solar power plant. @ReutersTV visited the government lab just outside Riyadh that's leading the kingdoms efforts in these ambitious plans. https://reut.rs/2JQhWJN
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