Facebook has put a hold on its digital currency plans, until it gets the approval of US regulators. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday that he would delay the launch of Libra until lawmakers and regulators were convinced that it did not pose a security threat. Lawmakers are worried the cryptocurrency would enable money laundering and terrorism financing and would disrupt the global financial system. For more, we spoke to Jeffery Tucker in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He's the editorial director of the American Institute for Economic Research.

#Facebook #Libra #USregulators

The Trump administration is lifting US sanctions on Turkey. They were imposed at the beginning of Ankara's Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria. US President Donald Trump's announcement comes after Turkey agreed to suspend its anti-terror operation in the region. Washington's sanctions announced earlier this month had targeted Turkey's defence and energy ministries. The US also froze the assets of the Turkish ministers of defence, energy and interior, and banned them from transactions that involve the US financial system. For more on this we’re joined by Jeffrey Tucker in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He is the editorial director of the American Institute for Economic Research.

#OperationPeace #USsactions #Turkey

The stigma of mental health issues is beginning to lift. People around the world are opening up about conditions like stress, depression, anxiety and burnout. One result has been that more people are seeking treatment.

In the UK, Public Health England reports 17% of the adult population is taking antidepressants. Official data shows prescriptions for antidepressants have nearly doubled in 10 years to reach 71 million in 2018. But as Alanna Petroff reports, some doctors are finding that natural treatments can prove to be powerful medicine as well.

#Depression #Antidepressants #PlantTherapy

The war against climate change is being waged on many fronts. One company in the Netherlands has found a colourful and uniquely Dutch way of cutting its carbon footprint. Paolo Montecillo has the story.

#Carbonfootprint #Paint #Windmills

Malaysia's prime minister Mahathir Mohammad says his country may be targeted by US sanctions. Washington accuses Kuala Lumpur of manipulating the value of its currency, the Ringgit, and warns it could face punitive measures. Trt World's Senior Business Producer Mobin Nasir met with Malaysia's former trade and industry minister Rafidah Aziz, on the sidelines of the TRT World Forum in Istanbul. He began by asking her if Malaysia, is a currency manipulator.

#Ringgit #CurrenyManipulation #USsanctions

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has scraped through to win another term in office after a tight general election. His Liberal Party will now head a minority government after losing its majority in parliament and the popular vote. Monday's election was widely seen as a referendum on Trudeau himself, and the result shows it's been a rebuke of his scandal-plagued first term. Sibel Karkus has more. We spoke to former assistant to the Deputy Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chris Alexander from Ajax in Canada.

#Canada #JustinTrudeau #LiberalParty

WeWork's finally found a way out of its financial troubles. The office-sharing company's been burning through its cash reserves and was expected to run out of money this month. But now its directors have struck a deal with the Japanese conglomerate, Softbank, which is WeWork's biggest backer. It will fill the firm's depleting coffers, but show's WeWork's co-founder Adam Neumann the door. The deal values WeWork at nearly eight billion dollars. For more on this, Santosh Rao joined us from New York. He's the head of research for Manhattan Venture Partners.

#WeWork #Nuemann #Softbank

Australia's flag carrier Qantas completed the world's longest non-stop flight on Sunday. With demand for air travel growing, the airline wants to make these flights a regular thing.

#Qantas #Australia #NonStopFlight

Cities across Chile are under a state of emergency, after deadly protests against a metro ticket price hike. For many Chileans the protests are about more than fare hikes. Sibel Karkus explains what's behind the violent protests in one of the richest countries in Latin America.

#Chile #AntiGovernmentProtests #

Mithat Rende is a former chairman of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development which aims to boost international trade and investments. Our senior business producer Mobin Nasir caught up with him on the sidelines of the TRT World Forum, and began by asking him if the era of globalisation, is over?

#Unilateralism #MithatRende #OECD