Shinzo Abe has extended the current session of parliament to allow debate to continue, even as the bills face stiffer and stiffer opposition from the Japanese public.

With Greek banks capitalized at 66 percent, money stampeding out of the country, and the chances of a deal being reached tonight declared nearly impossible… markets have rallied.

With every passing day, we see more signaling coming out of the Middle East of some kind of rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Greek banks are seeing money flow out of them at a steady clip, with questions being raised as to whether they will be able to open on Monday. Alexis Tsipras is in Russia, talking to Vladimir Putin about it.

Attempting to force the freelance model into the old employment template is bad for everyone. We should be thinking hard about how to help the country transition into the future rather than trying to turn back the clock.

Many Americans developed a view in the first decade of this century that Europe was no longer a priority for our diplomacy. We were very wrong.

Yes, some Russian companies may be skirting some sectoral sanctions while the EU looks the other way. But financial sanctions are biting, and with low energy prices looking to stay in place in the near-to-medium term, Moscow can’t be too pleased with the latest turn of events.

Brigitte Berger, 1928 – 2015

Private investors don’t seem to be too concerned yet. But that doesn’t mean a Grexit is unlikely, either.

More reports emerge of Kurds ethnically cleansing Arabs as they retake the strategically significant city of Tel Abyad from ISIS.