Indians understand the uncertainties of 1945-47, the three years preceding the chaotic crescendo of the August 1947 British Partition of the Indian Subcontinent. Brexit is history repeating itself, but with irony. The three years since June 2016 — when 51.9 percent of voting Britishers said “Leave” the European Union — have shown how Oxbridge graduates governing the United Kingdom, imprisoned in their indecisiveness voiced over with toff accents, undermine the rule of law, mislead their Queen, and disregard the global economic implications of their puerile politics.

The City of Lawrence has moved an excessive-force case involving its police department to federal court and requested that the case go to trial.

Last month, a motorist who was shot by police after a traffic stop turned violent filed a lawsuit in Douglas County District Court claiming that police used excessive force against him and that the city failed to properly train its officers. On Wednesday, attorneys representing the city moved the case to the United States District Court of Kansas City, Kan., and requested a trial by jury.

Korea and Japan, which had been at odds over Tokyo's export controls, will face off again at the WTO. South Korea has accused Japan of violating trade rules based on GATT and TFA with its export curbs. Japan meanwhile, has agreed to hold a bilateral consultation with South Korea on the dispute settlement. Consultation is the first step of the WTO dispute settlement.

India belongs to the caste of the world’s foremost emerging economies, the BRICS. But, because of its allergy to join any free trade agreement that is ambitious, India is an outcast among the BRICS. This allergy prevents India from achieving what both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump could rightly call “the deal of the century” – an Indo-American FTA.