“Most mornings I learn more from New Items than I do from all of the traditional papers I read combined.” — Michael Blair, Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School and former presiding partner, Debevoise & Plimpton.
1. Lady Gaga in Rio:
(Saturday night, Lady Gaga performed for 2.1 million people in Rio De Janeiro.)
2. India and Pakistan are the closest they’ve been to military conflict in years following last month’s devastating attack on Indian tourists in Kashmir. The turmoil couldn’t come at a worse time for the economies of the two nuclear-armed nations. For India, the crisis has struck in the middle of intense negotiations over a trade deal with the US that New Delhi hopes will spare it from President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been counting on the pact to bolster India’s pitch to global investors that it is a haven from Trump’s trade war. Pakistan, for its part, is pulling itself out of an economic crisis that brought it close to bankruptcy — helped by a $7 billion International Monetary Fund loan program. The government is pushing ahead with its most serious economic reforms in decades to secure more relief. The attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, which Modi’s government has labeled an act of terrorism, is now forcing both countries to shift their attention away from these economic priorities and back to their decades-long rivalry over the disputed Himalayan region. (Source: bloomberg.com)
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