(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the Conservative leadership election in Britain, President Trump’s meeting with Pakistan’s prime minister and the protests in Puerto Rico. ImageBoris Johnson, a hard-line Brexiteer, is expected to win the Conservative leadership contest today.CreditKirsty O’Connor/Press Association, via Associated Press New British prime […]
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said its air force jets fired warning shots on Tuesday to ward off a Russian military plane that intruded upon its territorial airspace, the first such encounter between the countries in decades. Three Russian military planes, as well as two Chinese warplanes, entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone […]
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Apple is reportedly in “advanced talks” to buy Intel’s smartphone modem business. The deal is pegged to be around $1 billion and would include Intel’s expansive patent portfolio along with the entire modem team. Intel and Apple have been in discussions about the modem business acquisition since 2018 itself. The Apple-Intel discussions began last summer, […]
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SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, has inspected a newly built submarine, the state news media reported on Tuesday, a provocative move as the United States struggles to resume dialogue on ending the country’s nuclear and missile threats. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the country planned to deploy the […]
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Alongside iOS 12.4, Apple also released the watchOS 5.3 update for all compatible Apple Watch. The update fixes the eavesdropping bug with the Walkie-Talkie app and re-enables it once again. Apple had disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch last week after it discovered a major eavesdropping bug. The company had mentioned in its […]
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Multiple airstrikes hit a busy market in a rebel-controlled town in northwestern Syria on Monday, killing at least 27 people and turning several buildings into piles of rubble, according to opposition activists and a war monitor. Shortly after the strikes, state media said rebels shelled a government-held village, killing seven. The high […]
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Much of Venezuela, including the capital, Caracas, was without electricity Monday evening, as the country suffered its fourth major blackout in less than five months. The country’s communications minister, Jorge Rodríguez, blamed “an electromagnetic attack” on Venezuela’s hydroelectric system for the power failure. He provided no details about who might have been […]
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(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering escalating tensions in Hong Kong, mass protests in Puerto Rico and the scientific flaws in the ‘Lion King.’ ImageCreditPhoto by Tyrone Siu/Reuters The gap between the rich and poor is at its widest in nearly half a century, and nearly one […]
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(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. ImageCreditErika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times 1. Protesting Puerto Ricans paralyzed San Juan. Filling miles of a major highway, tens of thousands of people demanded that Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló resign. Organizers hoped the island-wide strikes and rallies […]
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