[Reuters] European stocks gain on EU election relief and auto shares surge
[Reuters] Gold edges up to 1-week high as U.S.-China trade worries persist
[Reuters] Oil rises to $69 as Mideast tension and supply cuts offset trade concerns
[CNBC] China is indicating it’ll never give in to US demands to change its state-run economy
[Reuters] Pro-Europe vote fragments but limits nationalist gains in EU election
[UK Guardian] Salvini’s far-right party tops Italy’s EU election polls
[CNBC] US takes aim at Chinese surveillance as the trade war becomes a tech war
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s First Bank Seizure Since 1998 Shows Hidden Loan Risk
[Reuters] China’s industrial profits shrink in April, add to pressure on economy
[Reuters] After EU election disaster, Britain’s main parties gird for no-deal Brexit battle
[Reuters] BOJ’s Kuroda says G20 to discuss global economic imbalances
[Reuters] Taiwan and U.S. security officials hold rare meeting amid China tension
[Bloomberg] U.S. ‘Not Ready’ to Make a Trade Deal With China, Trump Says
[Bloomberg] China Warns Traders of ‘Huge Loss’ If They Short the Yuan
[Bloomberg] China Projects Confidence in Weaker Economy as Trade War Worsens
[Bloomberg] Billionaire Huawei Founder Defiant in Face of Existential Threat
[Bloomberg] Why Stock Market May Be Wrong to Rely on Trump and Powell Puts
[Bloomberg] Turkey Central Bank Raises Foreign-Currency Reserve Requirements
[WSJ] European Elections Deepen Divisions in National Capitals
[WSJ] Risky Municipal Bonds Are on a Hot Streak
[FT] Investors fret over high valuations of private companies
