This article is from the source 'nytimes' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/briefing/malcolm-turnbull-trade-war-amazon-tribe.html
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Malcolm Turnbull, Trade War, Amazon Tribe: Your Friday Briefing | Malcolm Turnbull, Trade War, Amazon Tribe: Your Friday Briefing |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) | (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) |
| Good morning. A showdown in Canberra, profits and protections in China and images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon. Here’s what you need to know: | Good morning. A showdown in Canberra, profits and protections in China and images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon. Here’s what you need to know: |
| • Canberra’s revolving door. | • Canberra’s revolving door. |
| Three rivals are expected to challenge Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a party ballot today: his return foe Peter Dutton; the treasurer, Scott Morrison; and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. | Three rivals are expected to challenge Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a party ballot today: his return foe Peter Dutton; the treasurer, Scott Morrison; and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. |
| “The public hate what is going on,” Mr. Turnbull said of the focus on party strife rather than governance. No Australian prime minister has completed a full term in more than a decade. He said he would resign from Parliament if deposed. | “The public hate what is going on,” Mr. Turnbull said of the focus on party strife rather than governance. No Australian prime minister has completed a full term in more than a decade. He said he would resign from Parliament if deposed. |
| Crikey asked political insiders which of the challengers the opposition Labor Party would prefer to see victorious. (The article is paywall-free for Times readers.) | Crikey asked political insiders which of the challengers the opposition Labor Party would prefer to see victorious. (The article is paywall-free for Times readers.) |
| And Australia banned two Chinese companies, Huawei and ZTE, from helping supply the country’s new 5G telecommunications networks. Two Australian ministers, including Mr. Morrison, made clear their concern over security risks from foreign companies. | And Australia banned two Chinese companies, Huawei and ZTE, from helping supply the country’s new 5G telecommunications networks. Two Australian ministers, including Mr. Morrison, made clear their concern over security risks from foreign companies. |
| _____ | _____ |
| • China’s difficult game. | • China’s difficult game. |
| Trade talks in Washington were not expected to yield much. American tariffs on another $16 billion worth of Chinese imports have gone into effect, and President Trump is helping shape a new law that will beef up blocks to foreign investment. | Trade talks in Washington were not expected to yield much. American tariffs on another $16 billion worth of Chinese imports have gone into effect, and President Trump is helping shape a new law that will beef up blocks to foreign investment. |
| As the trade war intensifies, China’s economy is slowing. So Beijing is pushing banks to lend more, allowing indebted local governments to spend money on big projects again, and shoring up the value of the country’s currency. | As the trade war intensifies, China’s economy is slowing. So Beijing is pushing banks to lend more, allowing indebted local governments to spend money on big projects again, and shoring up the value of the country’s currency. |
| But Alibaba hasn’t missed a beat: China’s e-commerce leviathan reported a rise in sales of more than 60 percent in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier — even as many Chinese consumers are cutting back. | But Alibaba hasn’t missed a beat: China’s e-commerce leviathan reported a rise in sales of more than 60 percent in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier — even as many Chinese consumers are cutting back. |
| And trade wars aside, there’s a futuristic tilt to a chunk of the Chinese economy that redefines the role of the human. An art critic and The Times’s former Shanghai bureau chief discuss exactly that as they share thoughts on “Asia One,” a video installation by the Guangzhou-born artist Cao Fei, on view in New York. | |
| _____ | _____ |
| • Washington turmoil. | • Washington turmoil. |
| Senior Republican leaders, fearing more scandals, started urging their most imperiled incumbents to speak out about the wrongdoing surrounding President Trump — even as Mr. Trump seemed to be digging in. | Senior Republican leaders, fearing more scandals, started urging their most imperiled incumbents to speak out about the wrongdoing surrounding President Trump — even as Mr. Trump seemed to be digging in. |
| Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back against Mr. Trump’s recent attack on him over the Russia investigation. “While I am attorney general,” Mr. Sessions said in a rare public statement, “the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” | Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back against Mr. Trump’s recent attack on him over the Russia investigation. “While I am attorney general,” Mr. Sessions said in a rare public statement, “the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” |
| Mr. Trump waded into new territory. He said on Twitter that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to study “the large scale killing of farmers” in South Africa, which is disputed by official figures and one farmers’ group. Here is an explanation of the issues. | Mr. Trump waded into new territory. He said on Twitter that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to study “the large scale killing of farmers” in South Africa, which is disputed by official figures and one farmers’ group. Here is an explanation of the issues. |
| And the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in the killing of an Iowa college student, Mollie Tibbetts, has inflamed the country’s immigration debate. | And the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in the killing of an Iowa college student, Mollie Tibbetts, has inflamed the country’s immigration debate. |
| _____ | _____ |
| • At least 581 years. | • At least 581 years. |
| That’s how long it would take for the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims to all make the pilgrimage to Mecca, a once-in-a-lifetime obligation. | That’s how long it would take for the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims to all make the pilgrimage to Mecca, a once-in-a-lifetime obligation. |
| We analyzed the available data. At least a quarter of pilgrims every year come from Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government sets quotas for other countries based on their Muslim populations. | We analyzed the available data. At least a quarter of pilgrims every year come from Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government sets quotas for other countries based on their Muslim populations. |
| But even majority-Muslim countries can send only a fraction of their citizens. In Indonesia — with the world’s largest Muslim population, more than 200 million — the wait time can range from seven to 37 years. | But even majority-Muslim countries can send only a fraction of their citizens. In Indonesia — with the world’s largest Muslim population, more than 200 million — the wait time can range from seven to 37 years. |
| _____ | _____ |
| • A glimpse of a world apart. | • A glimpse of a world apart. |
| Drone video footage has revealed the first images of an isolated Amazon tribe that had no known contact with the outside world. | Drone video footage has revealed the first images of an isolated Amazon tribe that had no known contact with the outside world. |
| The National Indian Foundation, a Brazilian government agency commonly known as Funai, captured the images, including of tools and the thatched hut above. | The National Indian Foundation, a Brazilian government agency commonly known as Funai, captured the images, including of tools and the thatched hut above. |
| Funai said its team had traveled more than 110 miles in “boats, trucks, motorcycles” and about 75 miles “on foot through dense forest” to reach the location. | Funai said its team had traveled more than 110 miles in “boats, trucks, motorcycles” and about 75 miles “on foot through dense forest” to reach the location. |
| • Detect and delete: Facebook and other tech companies, for all of their wealth and security teams, often rely on outside firms and researchers. Here’s how FireEye, a cybersecurity firm, helped Facebook remove more than 650 fake accounts and pages intended to influence global politics. | • Detect and delete: Facebook and other tech companies, for all of their wealth and security teams, often rely on outside firms and researchers. Here’s how FireEye, a cybersecurity firm, helped Facebook remove more than 650 fake accounts and pages intended to influence global politics. |
| • “Small Fry”: Lisa Brennan-Jobs has written a memoir about her famous father, Steve Jobs. The details are damning, but she doesn’t want them to be. | • “Small Fry”: Lisa Brennan-Jobs has written a memoir about her famous father, Steve Jobs. The details are damning, but she doesn’t want them to be. |
| • What’s behind the record U.S. bull market? Here are three stealth drivers: a tame Wall Street, the Fed and lack of competition. | • What’s behind the record U.S. bull market? Here are three stealth drivers: a tame Wall Street, the Fed and lack of competition. |
| • Qantas posted a 15 percent jump in annual net profit to $719 million, despite soaring fuel prices, citing strong demand for domestic travel. | • Qantas posted a 15 percent jump in annual net profit to $719 million, despite soaring fuel prices, citing strong demand for domestic travel. |
| • U.S. stocks were down. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks were down. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Hurricane Lane: The rare Category 4 storm lashed Hawaii’s Big Island on Thursday morning. Check our live briefing. [The New York Times] | |
| • The U.S. secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced that he would travel to North Korea next week and take with him Stephen Biegun, a Ford Motor executive and former White House aide, to help lead the negotiations. [The New York Times] | • The U.S. secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced that he would travel to North Korea next week and take with him Stephen Biegun, a Ford Motor executive and former White House aide, to help lead the negotiations. [The New York Times] |
| • China forced an American reporter for Buzzfeed to leave the country. Megha Rajagopalan has written extensively about the surveillance and mass incarceration of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. [The New York Times] | • China forced an American reporter for Buzzfeed to leave the country. Megha Rajagopalan has written extensively about the surveillance and mass incarceration of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. [The New York Times] |
| • New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, has overcrowded prisons and courts, with backlogs and sentencing delays that can drift to more than a year for nonviolent crimes. [The New York Times] | • New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, has overcrowded prisons and courts, with backlogs and sentencing delays that can drift to more than a year for nonviolent crimes. [The New York Times] |
| • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, resurfaced in the first audio recording of him to be released in nearly a year. He called on followers to attack Westerners with knives, guns, cars and bombs. [The New York Times] | • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, resurfaced in the first audio recording of him to be released in nearly a year. He called on followers to attack Westerners with knives, guns, cars and bombs. [The New York Times] |
| • Hong Kong’s murder trial: An Indonesian maid revealed details in court about the complicated life of a Malaysian doctor accused of killing his wife and daughter using a gas-filled yoga ball. [South China Morning Post] | • Hong Kong’s murder trial: An Indonesian maid revealed details in court about the complicated life of a Malaysian doctor accused of killing his wife and daughter using a gas-filled yoga ball. [South China Morning Post] |
| • Breakthrough game: As the U.S. Open begins this week, Naomi Osaka, 20, is poised to burst into the top tier of women’s tennis. Can she also burst Japan’s expectations of what it means to be Japanese? [The New York Times] | • Breakthrough game: As the U.S. Open begins this week, Naomi Osaka, 20, is poised to burst into the top tier of women’s tennis. Can she also burst Japan’s expectations of what it means to be Japanese? [The New York Times] |
| Tips for a more fulfilling life. | Tips for a more fulfilling life. |
| • Recipe of the day: The best (and easiest) vanilla ice cream. | • Recipe of the day: The best (and easiest) vanilla ice cream. |
| • In skin care products: What is an essence? | • In skin care products: What is an essence? |
| • We’ve got answers to your questions about running. | • We’ve got answers to your questions about running. |
| • “Calm down, it says; come closer.” Holland Cotter, the co-chief art critic of The Times, shows us why this statue of the Buddha, probably cast in northern India in the early seventh century, has captured his heart. | • “Calm down, it says; come closer.” Holland Cotter, the co-chief art critic of The Times, shows us why this statue of the Buddha, probably cast in northern India in the early seventh century, has captured his heart. |
| • Australia Diary: What a member of the Sydney Story Factory learned from creative writing students. “So much about the world, things I probably should know but really don’t.” | • Australia Diary: What a member of the Sydney Story Factory learned from creative writing students. “So much about the world, things I probably should know but really don’t.” |
| • And a “blended family”: Her mother was Neanderthal, her father something else entirely. Genetic analysis of bones discovered in a Siberian cave hint that the prehistoric world may have been filled with “hybrid” humans. | • And a “blended family”: Her mother was Neanderthal, her father something else entirely. Genetic analysis of bones discovered in a Siberian cave hint that the prehistoric world may have been filled with “hybrid” humans. |
| Get out the cast iron skillets, your best-looking livestock and indulge in fried Snickers. | Get out the cast iron skillets, your best-looking livestock and indulge in fried Snickers. |
| It’s the height of state fair season across the U.S., when competitors young and old vie for blue ribbons and a ride on the midway. | It’s the height of state fair season across the U.S., when competitors young and old vie for blue ribbons and a ride on the midway. |
| The oldest continuously run agricultural fair in North America is the Hants County Exhibition in Nova Scotia, dating to 1765. But America’s state fair tradition dates to 1807, when Elkanah Watson, a businessman in Pittsfield, Mass., showcased his merino sheep under an elm tree on the public square. | The oldest continuously run agricultural fair in North America is the Hants County Exhibition in Nova Scotia, dating to 1765. But America’s state fair tradition dates to 1807, when Elkanah Watson, a businessman in Pittsfield, Mass., showcased his merino sheep under an elm tree on the public square. |
| The sheep drew such a crowd that Mr. Watson formed the Berkshire Agricultural Society. The society’s first livestock competition in 1811 had 383 sheep, seven bulls, 109 oxen, nine cows, three heifers, two calves and one boar. | The sheep drew such a crowd that Mr. Watson formed the Berkshire Agricultural Society. The society’s first livestock competition in 1811 had 383 sheep, seven bulls, 109 oxen, nine cows, three heifers, two calves and one boar. |
| Today, there are about 2,000 fairs across the country. (Your Back Story writer recently competed in her own local fair last week.) | Today, there are about 2,000 fairs across the country. (Your Back Story writer recently competed in her own local fair last week.) |
| In recent years, state fairs have become a test ground for presidential ambitions, most notably the Iowa State Fair. | In recent years, state fairs have become a test ground for presidential ambitions, most notably the Iowa State Fair. |
| “Be one of the crowd,” one fairgoer suggested for budding presidential candidates. “Be one of the people that can actually relate.” | “Be one of the crowd,” one fairgoer suggested for budding presidential candidates. “Be one of the people that can actually relate.” |
| See you at the fair! | See you at the fair! |
| Remy Tumin wrote today’s Back Story. | Remy Tumin wrote today’s Back Story. |
| _____ | _____ |
| Featured Crikey articles, usually behind a paywall, are free each day for New York Times readers. | |
| Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. Sign up here to get it by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning. You can also receive an Evening Briefing on U.S. weeknights. | Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. Sign up here to get it by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning. You can also receive an Evening Briefing on U.S. weeknights. |
| And our Australia bureau chief offers a weekly letter adding analysis and conversations with readers. | And our Australia bureau chief offers a weekly letter adding analysis and conversations with readers. |
| Browse our full range of Times newsletters here. | Browse our full range of Times newsletters here. |
| What would you like to see here? Contact us at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. | What would you like to see here? Contact us at asiabriefing@nytimes.com. |