Hot on the Bloomberg:
– Global Stocks Slide After Trump’s Trade Threat (Bloomberg)
– With Two Tweets, Trump Shatters Historic Calm in Global Markets (Bloomberg)

Brexit Latest:
– Labour MPs Say They Won’t Back a Brexit Deal Without a Second Referendum (The Guardian)

In The Middle-East:
– Fragile Cease-Fire Takes Hold Between Israel and Gaza After Weekend Attacks (The New York Times)

Economic News:
– ‘Tone Deaf’ Fed Chair Jerome Powell Leaves Wall Street Dazed by Changing Views (Bloomberg)

Today in Finance:
– Harvard Piles Into Hedge Funds as New Chief Overhauls Endowment (Bloomberg)
– Foreign-exchange Trading is Finally Turning Digital (The Economist – subscription)
– Who to Sue When a Robot Loses Your Fortune (Bloomberg)
– China to Roll Out 12 New Policies to Open Financial Market (Yicai Global)

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting:
– Buffett Confronts Tech-Driven Change as Investors Question Moves (Bloomberg)

Climate Today:
– One Million Species Face Extinction, U.N. Panel Says. And Humans Will Suffer as a Result (Washington Post)
– New Research Links Human-Caused Climate Change to Drought (The New York Times)

Boeing 737 Max Latest:
– Boeing Didn’t Tell FAA, Airlines That Cockpit Alert Wasn’t Working (Bloomberg)
– ‘Safety was just a given’: Inside Boeing’s Boardroom Amid the 737 Max Crisis (Washington Post)

BREAKING — It’s a Boy! Meghan Markle Gives Birth to Boy, Prince Harry Announces (BBC)

Best of late night.

“For the entire month of May, Applebee’s is serving a margarita for $1, called the ‘dollarita’. After which you’re guaranteed to come down with a case of dollarrhea.”
— Colin Jost, Weekend Update, SNL

“‘The Battle of Winterfell’ episode of Game of Thrones has become the most watched program in HBO’s history, with more than 17 million viewers, all using the same ten HBO passwords.”
— Colin Jost, Weekend Update, SNL

“New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce next week that he will be running for President, but, since it is de Blasio, he won’t be running nights or weekends.”
— Michael Che, Weekend Update, SNL