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Global Pulse: A new govt will take time, but the Italian election signals major consequences for Europe

Perhaps the only silver lining to this election was how badly the Italian strongman and corrupt politician Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia performed.

Global Pulse: Italy has voted, and exit polls indicate that there is no clear majority

According to exit polls, Italy might have the 31 year old Luigi Di Maio as PM, but the country would have to wait to find out what kind of govt it will get.

Global Pulse: Chinese investment in Pakistan might depend on the country’s security issues

Pakistan is clamping down on domestic terrorism, with civilian deaths from extremist attacks dropping from over 3,000 in 2013 to 540 last year.

Global Pulse: Australia hopes its new deputy prime minister can stabilise its weak coalition

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, can breathe a sigh of relief now that his coalition has a new deputy prime minister.

Global Pulse: Xi Jinping is now allowed to be in power forever

The Chinese Communist Party has removed a limit on the number of presidential terms, essentially making Xi Jinping president for life.

Global Pulse: The Venezuelan exodus is now Latin America’s worst refugee crisis

The human outflow from Venezuela is now more than 1.1 million people — which makes it the largest displacement of people in Latin America.

Global Pulse: The investigations on Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu are heating up

Last week, the Israeli police recommended that Netanyahu be indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in two corruption investigations.

Global Pulse: The UN has called for an end to “hell on Earth” in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, called Ghouta a “hell on Earth.”

Global Pulse: Germany’s hate speech law isn’t fixing the problem of online hate

In other news, China’s latest family-planning policies are a major violation of women’s rights.

Global Pulse: Italy is witnessing the resurrection of Silvio Berlusconi in its search for stability

In the run up to the upcoming Italian elections, Silvio Berlusconi has somehow become a reliable "candidate of calm."

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.