- The White House is expected to announce $50 million in new punitive tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as today, Beijing is promising swift retaliation as the US/China trade war escalates.
- The Pentagon is warning of "swift and appropriate measures" in Syria as Russian-backed Assad regime forces in southwest Syria are increasing military action against rebel forces.
- Emirati-led Arab Coalition forces in Yemen are advancing on Sanaa's airport as the UN fears disruption of aid could turn an already worsening humanitarian crisis into a deadly famine.
- Donald Trump's next controversial pardon could be 1980's "Junk Bond King" Michael Milken, convicted of securities fraud, his pardon is backed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
- A new joint study from UC Berkeley and Boise State University finds that in order to avoid humans, mammals in urban areas increase their nocturnal activity by 68%.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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