The World this Week

POLITICS

Colombians are to vote on the peace deal in a referendum on October 2nd.

UNRELENTING – Russian and Syrian air strikes continued on Aleppo, where rebel forces occupied the eastern part of the city.

A Thai government committee ordered Yingluck Shinawarta, a farmer prime minister ousted in a military coup, to pay a fine of $1 billion for negligence related to a subsidy scheme for rice farmers.

THE EVIDENCE MOUNTS – A Dutch-led criminal investigation found that a Malaysian Airlines flight, MH17, was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 by a BUK anti-aircraft missile that had been brought in from Russia, and fired from territory held by Russian-backed separatist rebels.

BUSINESS

Deutsche Bank denied reports that it had discussed a rescue package with the German government following a request from American regulators that it pay $14 billion to settle claims related to mortgage-backed securities.

...Wells Fargo … John Stumpf...

Google’s autonomous-car technology …

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