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| Narendra Modi, North Korea, Vladimir Putin: Your Wednesday Briefing | Narendra Modi, North Korea, Vladimir Putin: Your Wednesday Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • The U.S., Japan and South Korea are still assessing whether North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, as it claimed. | • The U.S., Japan and South Korea are still assessing whether North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, as it claimed. |
| An expert said the trajectory (reaching 1,700 miles high) and flight time (more than 35 minutes) suggested that the missile could reach Alaska. Our analysis notes that President Trump has few options for responding. | |
| President Xi of China and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, meeting in Moscow, suggested a deal that would freeze the North’s nuclear and missile programs and joint U.S.-South Korean military drills. | |
| Mr. Xi went on to Germany for talks and a little panda diplomacy ahead of the G-20 summit meeting beginning Friday in Hamburg. | |
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| • Japan and the European Union appear ready to announce the outlines of a broad trade agreement on Thursday, just before President Trump arrives in Germany for the G-20 meeting. | |
| If the two can eventually reach agreement on the details, the deal could rival NAFTA as the world’s largest free trade zone — and threaten the U.S. with isolation in important industries like automobiles. | |
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| • “We must all get back to work. This is not a soap opera.” | • “We must all get back to work. This is not a soap opera.” |
| That was Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, seeking to quell the national crisis over governance that has emerged from his family’s feud over the musty, modest home above. | That was Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, seeking to quell the national crisis over governance that has emerged from his family’s feud over the musty, modest home above. |
| The prime minister’s brother and sister accuse him of abusing his power to try to preserve the estate of their father — the city-state’s revered founder, Lee Kuan Yew — as a bedrock for a future dynasty, instead of demolishing it as the unsentimental Mr. Lee wished. | The prime minister’s brother and sister accuse him of abusing his power to try to preserve the estate of their father — the city-state’s revered founder, Lee Kuan Yew — as a bedrock for a future dynasty, instead of demolishing it as the unsentimental Mr. Lee wished. |
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| • The Philippine military can continue to legally exert wide powers in its fight against Islamic State militants, including warrantless searches and roadblocks. | • The Philippine military can continue to legally exert wide powers in its fight against Islamic State militants, including warrantless searches and roadblocks. |
| The country’s Supreme Court rejected challenges to President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law across the island of Mindanao, though the battle is focused on just one of its cities, the predominantly Muslim Marawi. Mr. Duterte had threatened to ignore and even arrest the judges if they ruled otherwise. | The country’s Supreme Court rejected challenges to President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law across the island of Mindanao, though the battle is focused on just one of its cities, the predominantly Muslim Marawi. Mr. Duterte had threatened to ignore and even arrest the judges if they ruled otherwise. |
| The military said it had retaken a crucial piece of territory in the city and found the body of a Singaporean fighter, a sign of reinforcements of extremists from around the region. | The military said it had retaken a crucial piece of territory in the city and found the body of a Singaporean fighter, a sign of reinforcements of extremists from around the region. |
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| • India’s premiere, Narendra Modi, has become the country’s first leader to set foot in the Jewish state. “We’ve been waiting for you a long time,” the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said. | |
| While the two look to expand trade and cooperation in areas like agriculture and water management, India is soft-pedaling its support for the Palestinian cause. | |
| Back home, Mr. Modi faces a brewing Himalayan border crisis involving Bhutan that has China warning of possible war. | Back home, Mr. Modi faces a brewing Himalayan border crisis involving Bhutan that has China warning of possible war. |
| • The resistance Uber faces in Europe is exemplified by the cabby war with London’s iconic black taxis, which trace their lineage to 1634. A senior E.U. official advised that Uber be forced to operate under the same tough rules as taxi companies. | • The resistance Uber faces in Europe is exemplified by the cabby war with London’s iconic black taxis, which trace their lineage to 1634. A senior E.U. official advised that Uber be forced to operate under the same tough rules as taxi companies. |
| • A Shanghai court froze $182 million in assets tied to the tech mogul Jia Yueting, after an affiliate of his company LeEco missed loan payments. | • A Shanghai court froze $182 million in assets tied to the tech mogul Jia Yueting, after an affiliate of his company LeEco missed loan payments. |
| • Slowing U.S. auto sales have hit even luxury models from BMW and Mercedes-Benz and are causing makers to cut jobs. | • Slowing U.S. auto sales have hit even luxury models from BMW and Mercedes-Benz and are causing makers to cut jobs. |
| • Qatar, locked in a confrontation with four neighboring countries, said it would sharply increase its production of natural gas. | • Qatar, locked in a confrontation with four neighboring countries, said it would sharply increase its production of natural gas. |
| • India’s new simplified tax system for goods and services has already prompted companies to share the benefits with widespread discounting. | |
| • U.S. markets reopen today. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. markets reopen today. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • A Chinese inventor’s dream of a “straddling bus” that would glide above traffic is effectively dead, with 32 arrests at the dubious investment company that backed it. [The New York Times] | • A Chinese inventor’s dream of a “straddling bus” that would glide above traffic is effectively dead, with 32 arrests at the dubious investment company that backed it. [The New York Times] |
| • The U.N.’s human rights chief met with Chinese officials to discuss the case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, who is on medical parole from prison with late-stage cancer. [Reuters] | • The U.N.’s human rights chief met with Chinese officials to discuss the case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, who is on medical parole from prison with late-stage cancer. [Reuters] |
| • A bipartisan group of U.S. senators spent Independence Day with American soldiers in Afghanistan and urged President Trump to fill vacant embassy and State Department positions there. [The New York Times] | • A bipartisan group of U.S. senators spent Independence Day with American soldiers in Afghanistan and urged President Trump to fill vacant embassy and State Department positions there. [The New York Times] |
| • An exhaustive project has mapped where Aboriginal people were massacred in the colonial conquest of Australia. [ABC] | |
| • Five million motorbikes clog the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam. By 2030, the city wants there to be none. [BBC News] | • Five million motorbikes clog the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam. By 2030, the city wants there to be none. [BBC News] |
| • In a rare victory for gay rights in China, a man won a lawsuit against a mental hospital that had subjected him to so-called conversion therapy. [Associated Press] | • In a rare victory for gay rights in China, a man won a lawsuit against a mental hospital that had subjected him to so-called conversion therapy. [Associated Press] |
| • A Chinese man laments that his striking resemblance to Vladimir Putin has not translated into success with the ladies. [South China Morning Post] | • A Chinese man laments that his striking resemblance to Vladimir Putin has not translated into success with the ladies. [South China Morning Post] |
| Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. | Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. |
| • Here is our complete guide to saving for retirement. | • Here is our complete guide to saving for retirement. |
| • Should you be concerned about chlorine or skin lotions and the like in pools? | • Should you be concerned about chlorine or skin lotions and the like in pools? |
| • Tonight, season chicken thighs with lemon, garlic and fresh herbs. | • Tonight, season chicken thighs with lemon, garlic and fresh herbs. |
| • An extinct, giant llama-like creature, fossils of which were discovered by Charles Darwin in Patagonia, has defied scientists’ efforts to locate it on the tree of life for 180 years. Researchers have finally determined that the Macrauchenia was a distant relative of horses, rhinos and tapirs. | • An extinct, giant llama-like creature, fossils of which were discovered by Charles Darwin in Patagonia, has defied scientists’ efforts to locate it on the tree of life for 180 years. Researchers have finally determined that the Macrauchenia was a distant relative of horses, rhinos and tapirs. |
| • And the story of human origins keeps getting more twists. Based on newly discovered fossil DNA, experts have concluded that a wave of early Homo sapiens — or close relatives — traveled from Africa to Europe and interbred with Neanderthals. | • And the story of human origins keeps getting more twists. Based on newly discovered fossil DNA, experts have concluded that a wave of early Homo sapiens — or close relatives — traveled from Africa to Europe and interbred with Neanderthals. |
| On this day in 1946, a French designer made bathing suit history — and helped popularize a trend of linking beautiful women to the devastating power of nuclear fission. | On this day in 1946, a French designer made bathing suit history — and helped popularize a trend of linking beautiful women to the devastating power of nuclear fission. |
| Louis Réard named his tiny two-piece after Bikini Atoll, the Pacific outpost the U.S. was using to test the atom bomb’s effect on naval vessels. | Louis Réard named his tiny two-piece after Bikini Atoll, the Pacific outpost the U.S. was using to test the atom bomb’s effect on naval vessels. |
| Women’s images had been painted onto World War II aircraft, and the plane that carried the bomb that devastated Hiroshima the prior year was named after the pilot’s mother, Enola Gay. | Women’s images had been painted onto World War II aircraft, and the plane that carried the bomb that devastated Hiroshima the prior year was named after the pilot’s mother, Enola Gay. |
| The atomic tests kept up the tradition. You can listen to Orson Welles announce on his radio show that one bomb would be decorated with the likeness of his wife, the Hollywood star Rita Hayworth. It was stenciled onto the casing with the name of one of her roles, Gilda. | The atomic tests kept up the tradition. You can listen to Orson Welles announce on his radio show that one bomb would be decorated with the likeness of his wife, the Hollywood star Rita Hayworth. It was stenciled onto the casing with the name of one of her roles, Gilda. |
| There are many other examples. A few years later, Las Vegas introduced the “Miss Atomic Bomb” competition, combining two of Nevada’s best-known qualities: its early nuclear tests and pinup girls. | There are many other examples. A few years later, Las Vegas introduced the “Miss Atomic Bomb” competition, combining two of Nevada’s best-known qualities: its early nuclear tests and pinup girls. |
| And U.S. radio carried songs like “Atomic Baby” (1950) and “Radioactive Mama” (1960), whose lyrics suggest that a couple will “reach critical mass tonight.” | And U.S. radio carried songs like “Atomic Baby” (1950) and “Radioactive Mama” (1960), whose lyrics suggest that a couple will “reach critical mass tonight.” |
| Evan Gershkovich contributed reporting. | Evan Gershkovich contributed reporting. |
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