Show Notes
• With the Islamic State suffering serious defeats, its enemies Hezbollah and Iran are gearing up to turn their attention against Israel.
• Tensions between the U.S. and China are increasing, as the Trump administration cozies up to India, sells arms to Taiwan, and considering sanctions on China itself.
• The Italian government is bailing out two struggling banks, and breaking new European Union regulations to do it.
• The European Commission slapped search engine giant Google with the largest fine in EU history—the latest in a series of punishments against American tech companies.
• We’ll also talk about the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover—the 50th anniversary of Israel’s Six Day War—one of Pope Francis’s top advisors facing sexual assault charges—and how Seattle's 15-dollar minimum wage is hurting the workers it is meant to help.