Resolution...

A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly.

Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother’s milk is healthiest for children and countries should strive to limit the inaccurate or misleading marketing of breast milk substitutes.

Then the United States delegation, embracing the interests of infant formula manufacturers, upended the deliberations.

 The Americans were blunt: If Ecuador refused to drop the resolution, Washington would unleash punishing trade measures and withdraw crucial military aid. The Ecuadorean government quickly acquiesced. [NY Times]

Returned...

 

Syria's government offensive to retake the province of Daraa from insurgents, which began on June 19, has displaced some 330,000 people, many of them heading to the border with Jordan that refused to allow refugees to cross. The fighting in the border area stopped on Friday under a Russian-mediated surrender deal.

The return to areas now controlled by the government came  after Syrian troops regained control of the Naseeb border crossing with Jordan. Most Syrians displaced by recent fighting stranded at the border with Jordan in the country's south have returned to their homes, a U.N. official.

Once the flow of money ended, peace is coming back, unless it is refueled again.

EU...

Please note that the Great powers of the world started, and allowed the start of trouble in Syria, Libya and continued in Iraq. The Migrant in Europe are coming from all other parts of the world but always labeled as Syria.

E-You...

A surging dollar and a capital flight from emerging markets may lead to another “major” financial crisis, investor George Soros, warning the European Union that it’s facing an imminent existential threat.

The “termination” of the nuclear deal with Iran and the “destruction” of the transatlantic alliance between the EU and the U.S. are “bound to have a negative effect on the European economy and cause other dislocations,” including a devaluing of emerging-market currencies, Soros said. “We may be heading for another major financial crisis.”

George Soros

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

The stark warning from the billionaire money manager comes as Italian bond yields have jumped to multi-year highs and major emerging economies including Turkey and Argentina are struggling to contain the fallout from runaway inflation. Soros saved his gloomiest outlook for the EU.

Hanger...

Since each Supreme Court justice needs 51 votes to be confirmed, Democrats would only need one Republican to side against the nominee, assuming no Democrats break rank. 

It was reassuring to many pro-choicer when Susan Collins insisted, in an interview, that she “would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade.”

 In an attempt to remind Collins of how high the stakes are, women have started sending wire coat hangers to her office to serve as a visceral reminder of what happens when abortion becomes illegal.

Chaos...

The U.S. government ordered non-emergency government personnel to leave Nicaragua and advised travelers to reconsider going to the country. A State Department travel advisory that was updated Friday said U.S. government personnel in the country must stay in their homes and "avoid unnecessary travel between sundown and sunrise."

Rallies and demonstrations are widespread and occur daily with little notice.  

The advisory also warned that road blocks may limit food and fuel availability and that hospitals busy treating victims of violence can't respond to other emergencies.

Looting, vandalism, and acts of arson often occur during unrest, including in tourist areas.

Coach...

What a one day difference.

Generics...

Amazon has quietly launched an exclusive line of over-the-counter health products in a possible challenge to pharmacy retail chains that could spark a price war and put pressure on store-brand profit margins.

Technically, the company doesn't own these products, which are produced by private-label manufacturer Perrigo, but it does put Amazon in a position to squeeze other retailers. The e-commerce giant launched the Basic Care line in August, including 60 products ranging from ibuprofen to hair regrowth treatment.

Pharmacies make money when people walk in looking to grab medicine and end up buying cosmetics and other goods. They're already losing traffic as people shop for those products online, including on Amazon. Giving them another possible reason to skip the store could hurt even more.

Fuzzy...

The U.S. imposed tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, and now the cheese industry is caught in the crossfire. 

China is Expected to implement new retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. cheese industry and other sectors. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. threaten about a billion dollars of Wisconsin's exports, which include cheese.

Overproduction has already created a glut of milk on the market, driving down dairy prices and threatening some of the 130 family farms on which Sartori relies. 

The math is fuzzy, but if the Chinese didn't buy the cheese, US customers will. 
The prices have been doubling recently. 

Barrett..

Judge Amy Coney Barrett

Barrett, 46, is one of six judges Trump has already interviewed to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the bench. She is a federal appeals court judge who was appointed by Trump in 2017. Her Senate confirmation was anything but easy as she was grilled by Democrats about her religious background.

She once told a 2006 Notre Dame Law School graduating class that their “legal career is but a means to an end, and … that end is building the kingdom of God. … If you can keep in mind that your fundamental purpose in life is not to be a lawyer, but to know, love and serve God, you truly will be a different kind of lawyer.”