Markets....
Asia.....
Economic data due from Asia today - and we'll hear from the RBA
Japan's Abe does not rule out China-led AIIB membership
Latest US Treasury report: China increase holdings of USTs (hello, capital outflow)
Pressure in the pipeline for higher Japan inflation?
China economy: PMIs down, credit up, IP & retail sales down. Want answers?
US.....
ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Oil gains halved
US stocks up smartly on the first day of the trading week. Records for S&P and Nasdaq
reuters pre-API/EIA survey:
Crude -2.3mb
Gasoline -0.9mb
Distillates -1.3mb
Refinery Runs +0.7%
WTI futs settle +$1.01 @ 48.85/bbl
US Politics......
Gowdy withdraws name from consideration for FBI director http://hill.cm/V0xFL3x
McMaster statement - and he should know , as he says he was in the room.
And that didn't take long - NSA Adviser McMaster debunks Washington Post story that Trump shared classified info with Russians...
Top Dem on Senate Intelligence Committee.
Appears Trump might have burned an ISIS source. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-the-russians-2017-5 … pic.twitter.com/QXe3HUzJ54
Washington Post alleges Trump guilty of loose lips concerning recent meeting with Russians.
Hmmmm...
On Trump sharing classified info to Russian officials. “This is code-word information,” said an official.
“It is all kind of shocking.”
Senators huddle in Capitol to explore bipartisan path on ObamaCare http://hill.cm/kOpoAYG
"We call upon Russia to use its influence with the Assad regime."
scooplet: Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn headed to the Hill Wednesday to talk tax reform with the Tuesday Group, per email just sent to members
Trump tells press he's known Sheikh Muhamed "for a long time."
Pres Trump at West Wing Portico to welcome Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and escort him into Oval Office.
No need for Special Prosecutor. ..
Spicer basically trying to move along from recent Trump statement suggesting tapings..
"Very good" and "moving rapidly" Trump tells press in Oval Office when asked how the FBI director search is going, per @ToluseO.
Those not under consideration for FBI director include Kelly Ayotte, Condi Rice, Merrick Garland.
TILLERSON TOLD RUSSIA TO REIGN IN REGIME IN SYRIA: STATE DEPT: BBG
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS U.S. HAS REASON TO BE SKEPTICAL ON THE 'DE-ESCALATION ZONES' AGREED TO IN ASTANA TALKS
Trump to unveil $1 trillion infrastructure plan in "several weeks" http://hill.cm/eLZIA23
#WannaCry Updates....
The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) said it has received 3,543 calls of inquiries into ransomware through its hotline so far.
Ransomware on radar of South Korea military..
Hmmm , might N.K be behind #WannaCry hack attack ?
If validated, this means the latest iteration of WannaCry would in fact be the first nation state powered ransomware.
Left is #WannaCry sample, right is Symantec.Contopee https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/swift-attackers-malware-linked-more-financial-attacks … - Both share similar code, one function is 100% identical.
Now it would make sense would the attack would keep changing kill switch. This is provocation. #WannaCry #LazarusGroup
RT @ZDNet: Hospitals still struggling in aftermath of WannaCrypt's rampage http://zd.net/2qIr903 @dannyjpalmer
As of mid-day Monday , about $56,000.00 in ransom payments have been made.
Saskatchewan Gov't hit by cyber attacks , which followed a Friday cyber attack at Lakeridge Health in Oshawa.
So far , Israel networks not subject to WannaCry hack - as per the IDF Cyber Security Officer..
White House's Bossert says as of now no US federal systems affected by ransomware. But it reached 150 countries, 350k machines globally.
"Patches are available," Bossert says.
Turn on automated patch support.
3 reported variants are all fixable with patch from Microsoft.
Now it would make sense would the attack would keep changing kill switch. This is provocation. #WannaCry #LazarusGroup
Another diff between the decompiled functions between #WannaCry and Contopee #LazarusGroup - There is no doubt functions are 100% the same.
Left is #WannaCry sample, right is Symantec.Contopee https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/swift-attackers-malware-linked-more-financial-attacks … - Both share similar code, one function is 100% identical.
Similitude between #WannaCry and Contopee from Lazarus Group ! thx @neelmehta - Is DPRK behind #WannaCry ?
UK....
David Davis rejects key EU demands on citizens' rights and the timing of Brexit talks https://bloom.bg/2pCXk1b
Jeremy Corbyn drafts in hard-left Unite chief to help Labour's election campaign http://bit.ly/2r822Uh
Tory support on rise in every part of the country, according to huge poll
http://bit.ly/2r8ZuFq
Jeremy Hunt ‘was warned last year’ of NHS cyber-attack risk http://bit.ly/2pMzT1l
Theresa May vows to serve full five-year term if she wins re-election in June
http://bit.ly/2rj0TXk
Brexit donor launches campaign to oust pro-Remain MPs http://bit.ly/2rdMWsH
"I would write Juncker off – he is deeply hostile": Three ex-Cabinet Secretaries on the challenge facing the next PM http://bit.ly/2qjYcXa
Europe....
VVD party had sought to strike a deal with liberal D66, the Christian Democrats and the Green-Left. Geert Wilders says he's ready to talk.
Greek govt hopes counter-measures, debt relief talks enough to escape multi-bill maelstrom https://shar.es/1FNhXQ #Greece #politics
France's Macron picks PM from the right, blowing apart old boundaries http://reut.rs/2r9JlQn
And that's it. Some thoughts:
1/ Big differences in tone. Macron nervously enthusiastic with big talk of remaking Europe, historical destiny etc.
2/ Merkel, by contrast, more reserved and inscrutable. Harder to read. And more cautious with language. More incrementalist.
3/ Only light moment was question about cheering crowds outside. Macron beamed, Merkel allowed herself a half-ironic smile.
4/ Yet clear common ground emerging: joint investment, defence integration, perhaps some tax harmonisation, no mutualisation for time being.
5/ Also, Merkel's openness to treaty change, which she pointedly stressed they had discussed, potentially a big moment.
7/ Meanwhile Macron hit all the right notes, e.g. France will reform for its own good, not just to placate Germans. He's well-briefed.
8/ In short, there are grounds for cautious optimism about the future of the Franco-German alliance.
#Merkel: Germany is ready for EU Treaty change if we can say why, what for, and how we are going to do it.
Greeks Called Upon to Pay €4.5 Bln in New Austerity Measures http://dlvr.it/P8VYDl #
Germany warns Macron as new French president heads to Berlin to meet Merkel http://dlvr.it/P8VVns
New spate of attacks against migrant workers reported in Aspropyrgos http://www.ekathimerini.com/218433 #Greece
Capital controls – the new QE http://www.ekathimerini.com/218434 #Greece
Capital controls – the new QE http://www.ekathimerini.com/218434 #Greece
Ferries, buses and market sellers to join Wednesday’s general strike http://www.ekathimerini.com/218431 #Greece
Important: Juppé wishes his "friend" @EPhilippe_LH good luck & leaves open possibility of he & allies joining Macron after the June election
Macron has named his Prime Minister..
Syria.....
Jenna's long awaited story - first tweet of four ( at the time of my posting. ) Please check out if Syria is subject matter of interest.
2/ This Idlib story was all filmed with cell phones by my 3 undercover sources. They risked their lives. Pls watch:
3/ Until now, world talks ABOUT Idlib. But my story is FROM Idlib, incl incredible videos from undercover sources showing reality on ground.
4/ If u don't speak Arabic, here some slogans on Idlib walls:
1- Democracy is religion of West
2- Shia enemies of Islam
3- Zawahiri quote
#SYRIA: Opposition not particularly hopeful this round. "It's four days. What do *you* think will happen?' one delegation member asked me
Real bad situation in Raqqa..
Many civilians were Electrocuted and wounded because of the water that drowned many parts of #Raqqa city .
2- channel to the city. This collapse cause to immersion a lot of residential quarters in the west of #Raqqa city
Point 3..
4- the water with a large quantities. Over the time this water has been contaminated and its color has changed,
5- this situation which foreshadowing another risk on the health sector.
Our position on HTS has not changed. Ratney's March statement remains in effect. It wasn't a mistake nor has March statement been corrected.
HTS is a merger and any group that merges into it becomes part of al-Qa'ida's Syrian network. #Syria
The core of HTS is Nusra, a designated terrorist org. This designation applies regardless of what name it uses or what groups merge into it.
Iraq....
Libya....
The Central Bank scolds five "negligent" banks - https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/05/15/the-central-bank-scolds-five-negligent-banks/ …
#Italy presents 4 patrol boats to the coast guard in #Tripoli to strengthen efforts against illegal immigration
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/141946/ …
South Libya needs more help preventing illegal migration insists Serraj in talks with ... - https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/05/15/south-libya-needs-more-help-preventing-illegal-migration-insists-serraj-in-talks-with-italys-interior-minister/ …
UN envoy Kobler from #Tunisia: The time has come to take critical decisions to end the #Libya crisis
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/141936/ …
Marshal Khalifa Haftar meets with #Netherlands Ambassador to #Libya, Eric Strating, at General Command Headquarters
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/141837/ …
Italian Coast Guard says 484 migrants rescued, 7 bodies recovered off the coast of #Libya
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/141849/ …
Officers from #Libya's western region say refuse to work under Khalifa Haftar, demand dismissal of GNA FM Siyala
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/141846/ …
EU's Mogherini supports "greater intervention in the south of #Libya" to control the flow of migrants
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/141867/ …
Fayez Serraj meets w/ #Italy's Interior Minister in #Tripoli, discuss security cooperation & migration. #Libya
http://alwasat.ly/ar/news/libya/141911/ …
CBL Tunis workshop fails to lift market optimism. Kaber insists on political unity as ... - https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/05/15/cbl-tunis-workshop-fails-to-lift-market-optimism-kaber-insists-on-political-unity-as-only-way-out/ …
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