A leader of the Eastern European neo-Nazi group Maniac Murder Cult, Michail Chkhikvishvili, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for soliciting hate crimes and planning mass casualty attack in New York City. Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national also known as "Commander Butcher," was sentenced by...
May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.