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| Xi Jinping, ‘Brexit,’ Samsung Galaxy: Your Thursday Briefing | Xi Jinping, ‘Brexit,’ Samsung Galaxy: Your Thursday Briefing |
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| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • North Carolina reaches deal on bathroom law. | • North Carolina reaches deal on bathroom law. |
| The state’s legislature will consider a measure today that would repeal the controversial law curbing legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. | The state’s legislature will consider a measure today that would repeal the controversial law curbing legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. |
| The law requires transgender people in public buildings to use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate. It prompted boycotts by sports leagues, businesses and others, harming the state’s economy. | The law requires transgender people in public buildings to use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate. It prompted boycotts by sports leagues, businesses and others, harming the state’s economy. |
| • America’s growing war footprint. | • America’s growing war footprint. |
| Indications are mounting that the U.S. military is deepening its involvement in a string of conflicts in the Middle East that lack clear endgames. | Indications are mounting that the U.S. military is deepening its involvement in a string of conflicts in the Middle East that lack clear endgames. |
| Rather than representing a new doctrine under President Trump, officials say it is a shift in decision making that began under former President Barack Obama. | Rather than representing a new doctrine under President Trump, officials say it is a shift in decision making that began under former President Barack Obama. |
| Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has decided to lift all human rights conditions on a sale of F-16 fighter jets and other arms to Bahrain in an effort to end a rift with a critical Middle East ally, officials say. | Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has decided to lift all human rights conditions on a sale of F-16 fighter jets and other arms to Bahrain in an effort to end a rift with a critical Middle East ally, officials say. |
| • Chinese leader to visit Mar-a-Lago. | • Chinese leader to visit Mar-a-Lago. |
| President Xi Jinping will meet with Mr. Trump at the Florida estate next week, the Foreign Ministry said today, confirming the leaders’ first summit meeting. | President Xi Jinping will meet with Mr. Trump at the Florida estate next week, the Foreign Ministry said today, confirming the leaders’ first summit meeting. |
| It comes as the world’s two largest emitters of greenhouse gases are poised to switch roles in the global effort to slow the effects of climate change. China seems set to push the U.S. to meet its commitments, even if Mr. Trump has signaled he has no intention of doing so. | It comes as the world’s two largest emitters of greenhouse gases are poised to switch roles in the global effort to slow the effects of climate change. China seems set to push the U.S. to meet its commitments, even if Mr. Trump has signaled he has no intention of doing so. |
| • A tale of two Russia inquiries. | • A tale of two Russia inquiries. |
| Senators pledged on Wednesday to conduct an aggressive investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, seeking to distance themselves from a similar but flagging effort in the House. | Senators pledged on Wednesday to conduct an aggressive investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, seeking to distance themselves from a similar but flagging effort in the House. |
| • Ivanka Trump’s new role. | • Ivanka Trump’s new role. |
| Mr. Trump’s daughter is becoming an unpaid adviser to her father, “subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees,” she said. | Mr. Trump’s daughter is becoming an unpaid adviser to her father, “subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees,” she said. |
| The move comes after ethics experts criticized the fact that she had an office in the White House and was in the process of receiving a security clearance despite not working for the government. | The move comes after ethics experts criticized the fact that she had an office in the White House and was in the process of receiving a security clearance despite not working for the government. |
| • Bracing for the impact of “Brexit.” | • Bracing for the impact of “Brexit.” |
| As Prime Minister Theresa May officially initiated Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union on Wednesday, the lack of economic disaster thus far was touted by those steering the departure as a sign of little trouble ahead. | As Prime Minister Theresa May officially initiated Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union on Wednesday, the lack of economic disaster thus far was touted by those steering the departure as a sign of little trouble ahead. |
| But the reassuring talk did not reckon with one significant detail: Nothing has actually happened yet. | But the reassuring talk did not reckon with one significant detail: Nothing has actually happened yet. |
| • The Daily, your audio news report. | • The Daily, your audio news report. |
| In today’s show, we look at the battle over climate change through the eyes of a coal miner. | In today’s show, we look at the battle over climate change through the eyes of a coal miner. |
| Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device. | Listen on a computer, an iOS device or an Android device. |
| • A $4 billion deal for a Chinese company to invest in a Manhattan office tower owned by the family of Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, fell apart. | • A $4 billion deal for a Chinese company to invest in a Manhattan office tower owned by the family of Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, fell apart. |
| • Samsung introduced the Galaxy S8 on Wednesday, its first major smartphone release since the scandal over the Galaxy Note 7, which was known to spontaneously catch fire. | • Samsung introduced the Galaxy S8 on Wednesday, its first major smartphone release since the scandal over the Galaxy Note 7, which was known to spontaneously catch fire. |
| • JPMorgan Chase reduced the number of websites on which its ads appeared to 5,000 a month, from 400,000. The bank found the decision, intended to avoid proximity to fake news or offensive videos, did not hurt its visibility. | • JPMorgan Chase reduced the number of websites on which its ads appeared to 5,000 a month, from 400,000. The bank found the decision, intended to avoid proximity to fake news or offensive videos, did not hurt its visibility. |
| • Consumers and stocks may be feeling a postelection boom, but the economic data doesn’t tell the same story. | • Consumers and stocks may be feeling a postelection boom, but the economic data doesn’t tell the same story. |
| U.S. stocks were mixed on Wednesday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | U.S. stocks were mixed on Wednesday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Is yoga a part of your morning routine? Here are some moves to make you strong. | • Is yoga a part of your morning routine? Here are some moves to make you strong. |
| • For a half-century, she has led the blind with chutzpah (and often, no cane). | • For a half-century, she has led the blind with chutzpah (and often, no cane). |
| • A chile-flecked, honey-imbued marinade spiked with fresh citrus juice gives this sweet and spicy roast chicken its fiery character. | • A chile-flecked, honey-imbued marinade spiked with fresh citrus juice gives this sweet and spicy roast chicken its fiery character. |
| • The road to nowhere. | • The road to nowhere. |
| More than 130,000 people have amassed along a desert highway in Niger, chased from their villages by Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group. Times journalists spent weeks documenting some of their stories. | More than 130,000 people have amassed along a desert highway in Niger, chased from their villages by Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group. Times journalists spent weeks documenting some of their stories. |
| • Those indecipherable medical bills. | • Those indecipherable medical bills. |
| Many factors have contributed to the high cost of health care in the U.S. But as hospitals have learned to manipulate a complex system of medical codes, the result is often mind-boggling. | Many factors have contributed to the high cost of health care in the U.S. But as hospitals have learned to manipulate a complex system of medical codes, the result is often mind-boggling. |
| • Some good news for elephants. | • Some good news for elephants. |
| Ivory’s boom may be over. Its price has sunk, reflecting less demand and better advocacy. | Ivory’s boom may be over. Its price has sunk, reflecting less demand and better advocacy. |
| • In memoriam. | • In memoriam. |
| William Powell was angry at the war in Vietnam when he wrote “The Anarchist Cookbook,” a guide to causing mayhem that was published in 1971. He later rejected the manifesto, and his death in July has only now become more widely known. He was 66. | William Powell was angry at the war in Vietnam when he wrote “The Anarchist Cookbook,” a guide to causing mayhem that was published in 1971. He later rejected the manifesto, and his death in July has only now become more widely known. He was 66. |
| Ahmed Kathrada spent 26 years in prison, many of them alongside his close friend Nelson Mandela, for resisting the apartheid system of white minority rule in South Africa. He was 87. | Ahmed Kathrada spent 26 years in prison, many of them alongside his close friend Nelson Mandela, for resisting the apartheid system of white minority rule in South Africa. He was 87. |
| • Best of late-night TV. | • Best of late-night TV. |
| On “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert took issue with a congressional vote to make the sale of consumers’ online information easier: “Taking the side of a cable company? The only thing less popular would be if they passed a bill allowing traffic jams to call you during dinner, to give you gonorrhea.” | On “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert took issue with a congressional vote to make the sale of consumers’ online information easier: “Taking the side of a cable company? The only thing less popular would be if they passed a bill allowing traffic jams to call you during dinner, to give you gonorrhea.” |
| When Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago today, there was consternation on both sides of the Pacific. | When Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago today, there was consternation on both sides of the Pacific. |
| American critics railed at the principal negotiator, Secretary of State William Seward, calling the deal “Seward’s Folly” and “Seward’s Icebox.” Russian newspapers are still denouncing it. | American critics railed at the principal negotiator, Secretary of State William Seward, calling the deal “Seward’s Folly” and “Seward’s Icebox.” Russian newspapers are still denouncing it. |
| The Russians sold because they judged the territory a lost cause. After the Crimean War with Britain during the mid-1850s, Moscow determined that Britain would take Alaska in any future conflict. | The Russians sold because they judged the territory a lost cause. After the Crimean War with Britain during the mid-1850s, Moscow determined that Britain would take Alaska in any future conflict. |
| The transaction cost the U.S. only $7.2 million — approximately $125 million today — to the delight of at least one American paper. | The transaction cost the U.S. only $7.2 million — approximately $125 million today — to the delight of at least one American paper. |
| “We have made a fair trade,” argued The Charleston Daily News. | “We have made a fair trade,” argued The Charleston Daily News. |
| The editors continued, waxing both righteous and pugnacious, that while Europe quarreled over “Eastern questions and German questions, Brother Jonathan” — a national personification and predecessor of Uncle Sam — “can sit with sublime indifference on the top of the Alleghenies and spit his tobacco into either the Atlantic or Pacific, whittling huge California timber with a clasp knife made of iron out of his mountains, and mix his cobbler with lemons grown in his own tropics, and cooled with ice brought from his own Arctic circle.” | The editors continued, waxing both righteous and pugnacious, that while Europe quarreled over “Eastern questions and German questions, Brother Jonathan” — a national personification and predecessor of Uncle Sam — “can sit with sublime indifference on the top of the Alleghenies and spit his tobacco into either the Atlantic or Pacific, whittling huge California timber with a clasp knife made of iron out of his mountains, and mix his cobbler with lemons grown in his own tropics, and cooled with ice brought from his own Arctic circle.” |
| Evan Gershkovich contributed reporting. | Evan Gershkovich contributed reporting. |
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