News Bulletin

Defense spending goals were a real hot button during this week's NATO Summit. Trump said if allies will work on this the U.S. will stay in NATO after all. Macron and Merkel said they have been working on this and are going to keep working on it. Trump then mentioned doubling defense spending goals, and everyone was like, ‘We would need to have more meetings about that.’


Eritrea and Ethiopia have been fighting over their border for years. A few days ago they resolved this dispute with an agreement to reopen embassies, re-link transport and telecommunications, and generally cooperate more. Ethiopia is a big Western and China ally, and Eritrea is cozy with the U.A.E., so this change could help lots of people be better friends.


Since becoming Nicaragua's president for the second time in 2006, Daniel Ortega has been increasingly authoritarian. Most business people have sort of been letting it go and sticking to an unofficial deal to focus on business. Lately he’s been taking things too far with some unfriendly crackdowns on protestors. Unrest is increasing and the economy is not. Business people are now telling him to hold early elections.