Fed rate cut, Kashmir election and Instagram teen accounts

The US Federal Reserve slashes interest rates for the first time in four years, China sanctions nine US defense firms over their military sales to Taiwan, India-administered Kashmir votes in the first local election in a decade, booby-trapped walkie-talkies kill hundreds in Lebanon, Venezuela arrests a fourth American over an alleged plot against Nicolas Maduro, Hillary Clinton suggests jailing Americans who spread Russian propaganda, India fires three officials following protests over the rape and murder of a doctor, an IVF bill is blocked in the US Senate, the EU proposes an outdoor smoking ban, and Instagram implements new restrictions for minors’ accounts.

Sources: verity.news