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| France, North Korea, Afghanistan: Your Morning Briefing | France, North Korea, Afghanistan: Your Morning Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • Voting in the first round of France’s cliffhanger presidential election appears to put two of the 11 candidates in a runoff next month: Marine Le Pen, 48, the leader of the far-right National Front, and Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old independent who calls himself “neither right nor left.” | • Voting in the first round of France’s cliffhanger presidential election appears to put two of the 11 candidates in a runoff next month: Marine Le Pen, 48, the leader of the far-right National Front, and Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old independent who calls himself “neither right nor left.” |
| Here is our live analysis of the results, and here is our guide to how the contest works and what is at stake. | Here is our live analysis of the results, and here is our guide to how the contest works and what is at stake. |
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| • Tensions over North Korea threatened to rise yet higher. The North said it was ready to sink an American aircraft carrier and, according to officials, has detained a U.S. citizen. | • Tensions over North Korea threatened to rise yet higher. The North said it was ready to sink an American aircraft carrier and, according to officials, has detained a U.S. citizen. |
| Satellite images of a North Korean nuclear site suggest that workers have stopped playing volleyball, possibly to resume preparations for a test. A national anniversary on Tuesday could furnish the occasion. | Satellite images of a North Korean nuclear site suggest that workers have stopped playing volleyball, possibly to resume preparations for a test. A national anniversary on Tuesday could furnish the occasion. |
| Our review of Chinese news media shows a subdued tone that suggests efforts to calm North Korea and the U.S. — and ward off public panic. Above, a recent celebration in Pyongyang. | Our review of Chinese news media shows a subdued tone that suggests efforts to calm North Korea and the U.S. — and ward off public panic. Above, a recent celebration in Pyongyang. |
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| • Vice President Mike Pence heads to Hawaii en route to Washington after an Asia-Pacific tour intended to bolster security and discuss trade arrangements. | • Vice President Mike Pence heads to Hawaii en route to Washington after an Asia-Pacific tour intended to bolster security and discuss trade arrangements. |
| At his last stop, in Sydney, Australia, Mr. Pence praised a “strong and historic alliance” and pledged to honor a refugee deal that President Trump had thrown into question. | At his last stop, in Sydney, Australia, Mr. Pence praised a “strong and historic alliance” and pledged to honor a refugee deal that President Trump had thrown into question. |
| Mr. Trump, who is aiming to show a list of accomplishments by Saturday, his 100th day in office, hosts 14 U.N. Security Council diplomats for lunch today. | Mr. Trump, who is aiming to show a list of accomplishments by Saturday, his 100th day in office, hosts 14 U.N. Security Council diplomats for lunch today. |
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| • An old paper trail offers new evidence of Turkish complicity in the Armenian genocide, widely acknowledged as the first of the 20th century. | • An old paper trail offers new evidence of Turkish complicity in the Armenian genocide, widely acknowledged as the first of the 20th century. |
| A Turkish historian based in the U.S. has unearthed what he calls “the smoking gun”: an original telegram from post-World War I trials that convicted the planners, held in a mysteriously inaccessible archive by the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. | A Turkish historian based in the U.S. has unearthed what he calls “the smoking gun”: an original telegram from post-World War I trials that convicted the planners, held in a mysteriously inaccessible archive by the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. |
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| • As private space travel nears human reach, the U.S. sets a record today. | • As private space travel nears human reach, the U.S. sets a record today. |
| Peggy Whitson, the first woman to command the International Space Station, counts her 535th cumulative day in space — with months still to go. That’s the most for an American astronaut. (Several Russians have surpassed 800 cumulative days.) | Peggy Whitson, the first woman to command the International Space Station, counts her 535th cumulative day in space — with months still to go. That’s the most for an American astronaut. (Several Russians have surpassed 800 cumulative days.) |
| President Trump celebrates with a live-streamed video call on NASA TV. | President Trump celebrates with a live-streamed video call on NASA TV. |
| • Fox News’s decision to cut ties with its biggest star, Bill O’Reilly, reflects the rising influence of a new generation at 21st Century Fox: Rupert Murdoch’s sons, James and Lachlan. | • Fox News’s decision to cut ties with its biggest star, Bill O’Reilly, reflects the rising influence of a new generation at 21st Century Fox: Rupert Murdoch’s sons, James and Lachlan. |
| • In his quest to build his company into the world’s dominant ride-hailing entity, the hard-driving C.E.O. Travis Kalanick has at times brought Uber, and himself, to the precipice. | • In his quest to build his company into the world’s dominant ride-hailing entity, the hard-driving C.E.O. Travis Kalanick has at times brought Uber, and himself, to the precipice. |
| • Facebook restored the account of Guo Wengui, a Chinese-born billionaire who lives in America and has raised accusations of corruption against family members of Chinese Communist Party officials, calling his brief suspension an accident. | • Facebook restored the account of Guo Wengui, a Chinese-born billionaire who lives in America and has raised accusations of corruption against family members of Chinese Communist Party officials, calling his brief suspension an accident. |
| • The American airline industry suffered another public-relations disaster after a video showed a flight attendant in an altercation over a stroller with a woman traveling with two children. Such episodes undercut the rigorous conflict de-escalation courses that flight attendants receive. | • The American airline industry suffered another public-relations disaster after a video showed a flight attendant in an altercation over a stroller with a woman traveling with two children. Such episodes undercut the rigorous conflict de-escalation courses that flight attendants receive. |
| • Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning after the Taliban killed scores of soldiers and officers in the single deadliest attack on an Afghan military base in the country’s 16-year war. [The New York Times] | |
| • The attack, which targeted teenage recruits, has sown fear and anger, and threatens enlistment in the Afghan army. [The New York Times] | |
| • A 73-year-old woman who is one of Kenya’s most renowned conservationists was airlifted for surgery after being shot by raiders in an area where armed pastoralists are terrorizing farmers. [The New York Times] | • A 73-year-old woman who is one of Kenya’s most renowned conservationists was airlifted for surgery after being shot by raiders in an area where armed pastoralists are terrorizing farmers. [The New York Times] |
| • Gas prices in North Korea have suddenly spiked, creating long lines in the capital, Pyongyang, where car use has risen in recent years. [The Associated Press] | • Gas prices in North Korea have suddenly spiked, creating long lines in the capital, Pyongyang, where car use has risen in recent years. [The Associated Press] |
| • A $200,000 beach hut is among the lavish assets that Australian prosecutors have moved to confiscate from the suspected drug kingpin Rocco Arico. [The Age] | • A $200,000 beach hut is among the lavish assets that Australian prosecutors have moved to confiscate from the suspected drug kingpin Rocco Arico. [The Age] |
| • A liberal blogger in the Maldives who had complained to the police about death threats over his satires of the government and radical Islam died after being stabbed. [The New York Times] | • A liberal blogger in the Maldives who had complained to the police about death threats over his satires of the government and radical Islam died after being stabbed. [The New York Times] |
| • China announces the results of a geographic census meant in part “to standardize names in ethnic languages.” India, for one, sees it as a move to expand China’s sovereignty claims. [SundayGuardianLive] | • China announces the results of a geographic census meant in part “to standardize names in ethnic languages.” India, for one, sees it as a move to expand China’s sovereignty claims. [SundayGuardianLive] |
| • After some rest and relaxation in French Polynesia aboard David Geffen’s yacht, Barack Obama returns to Chicago today for his first public event as a former president. [The New York Times] | • After some rest and relaxation in French Polynesia aboard David Geffen’s yacht, Barack Obama returns to Chicago today for his first public event as a former president. [The New York Times] |
| • There’s no one rule for staying married, but being able to embrace change sure helps. | • There’s no one rule for staying married, but being able to embrace change sure helps. |
| • Impactful activities may be just that: running and jumping can improve bone health. But brisk walks and other light, whole-body vibration exercises help, too. | • Impactful activities may be just that: running and jumping can improve bone health. But brisk walks and other light, whole-body vibration exercises help, too. |
| • Recipe of the day: Make a better chicken salad. No, wait: Make the best. | • Recipe of the day: Make a better chicken salad. No, wait: Make the best. |
| • Our Tokyo bureau chief traveled to Naraha, a hamlet in Fukushima where schoolchildren have returned six years after the nuclear disaster. They bring hope, but caution remains high. | • Our Tokyo bureau chief traveled to Naraha, a hamlet in Fukushima where schoolchildren have returned six years after the nuclear disaster. They bring hope, but caution remains high. |
| “Cafeteria workers measure the radiation in fresh ingredients used in lunches,” she writes. | “Cafeteria workers measure the radiation in fresh ingredients used in lunches,” she writes. |
| • The world’s oldest person, Emma Morano, died this month at 117, and our photographer cataloged the objects she left behind. | • The world’s oldest person, Emma Morano, died this month at 117, and our photographer cataloged the objects she left behind. |
| • Not so Dickensian anymore: For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Britain went a day without burning coal for power, a milestone that heartened climate activists. | • Not so Dickensian anymore: For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Britain went a day without burning coal for power, a milestone that heartened climate activists. |
| Take a moment to appreciate the Hubble Space Telescope, which launched aboard the shuttle Discovery on this day in 1990. For 27 years, it has sent us images of far-distant celestial wonders, captured in stunning detail. | Take a moment to appreciate the Hubble Space Telescope, which launched aboard the shuttle Discovery on this day in 1990. For 27 years, it has sent us images of far-distant celestial wonders, captured in stunning detail. |
| The $1.5 billion telescope is the length of a school bus, and orbits the Earth at about 17,000 miles per hour. It’s expected to keep working until at least 2020. | The $1.5 billion telescope is the length of a school bus, and orbits the Earth at about 17,000 miles per hour. It’s expected to keep working until at least 2020. |
| The Hubble’s first pictures lacked clarity because of major flaws with the telescope’s mirror, necessitating a repair trip. All in all, the telescope has required five major repairs, replacements or upgrades, the last of which was in 2009. | The Hubble’s first pictures lacked clarity because of major flaws with the telescope’s mirror, necessitating a repair trip. All in all, the telescope has required five major repairs, replacements or upgrades, the last of which was in 2009. |
| The reward? Gorgeous photographs, like the one above of the so-called “Pillars of Creation,” part of the Eagle Nebula nearly 7,000 light years from Earth. And this recent close-up of Jupiter, 415 million miles away. | The reward? Gorgeous photographs, like the one above of the so-called “Pillars of Creation,” part of the Eagle Nebula nearly 7,000 light years from Earth. And this recent close-up of Jupiter, 415 million miles away. |
| Its successor, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, is scheduled to launch in 2018. This telescope, equipped with a much bigger mirror, is designed to see deeper into space than the Hubble, and may solve mysteries about how the first stars and galaxies were created. | Its successor, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, is scheduled to launch in 2018. This telescope, equipped with a much bigger mirror, is designed to see deeper into space than the Hubble, and may solve mysteries about how the first stars and galaxies were created. |
| Interested in more from the Hubble? You can follow its adventures on Twitter. | Interested in more from the Hubble? You can follow its adventures on Twitter. |
| Des Shoe contributed reporting. | Des Shoe contributed reporting. |
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