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| Paradise Papers, Tariq Ramadan, Twitter: Your Wednesday Briefing | Paradise Papers, Tariq Ramadan, Twitter: Your Wednesday Briefing |
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| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • The latest revelations in the Paradise Papers: Queen Elizabeth II, Madonna and Bono are among many high-net-worth individuals whose investments were revealed in the leak. Above, an offshore legal firm’s offices on the Isle of Man. | • The latest revelations in the Paradise Papers: Queen Elizabeth II, Madonna and Bono are among many high-net-worth individuals whose investments were revealed in the leak. Above, an offshore legal firm’s offices on the Isle of Man. |
| If you’re wondering why you should care, consider this: The wealthy can afford to find ways to avoid taxes in ways the rest of us cannot, widening the wealth gap. (Here’s a nifty site exploring global inequality.) | If you’re wondering why you should care, consider this: The wealthy can afford to find ways to avoid taxes in ways the rest of us cannot, widening the wealth gap. (Here’s a nifty site exploring global inequality.) |
| In recent years, billionaires’ fortunes have grown an average of 7 percent to 8 percent a year, while total wealth has grown just 3 percent, an expert on tax havens estimated. | In recent years, billionaires’ fortunes have grown an average of 7 percent to 8 percent a year, while total wealth has grown just 3 percent, an expert on tax havens estimated. |
| Here’s a summary of our reporting so far. | Here’s a summary of our reporting so far. |
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| • The sexual misconduct scandal that has engulfed Britain’s Parliament now encompasses a death: A former minister in the Welsh government, who was dismissed amid such allegations, died in an apparent suicide. He had denied wrongdoing. | • The sexual misconduct scandal that has engulfed Britain’s Parliament now encompasses a death: A former minister in the Welsh government, who was dismissed amid such allegations, died in an apparent suicide. He had denied wrongdoing. |
| Meanwhile, Tariq Ramadan, above, a renowned scholar of Islam, took a leave of absence at Oxford University after two women filed sexual assault complaints in France. And The New Yorker reported that the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein hired undercover agents to scuttle our reporting. | Meanwhile, Tariq Ramadan, above, a renowned scholar of Islam, took a leave of absence at Oxford University after two women filed sexual assault complaints in France. And The New Yorker reported that the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein hired undercover agents to scuttle our reporting. |
| Our gender editor looks at how social media, famous accusers and a generational change have added up to a profound shift in how we talk about sexual harassment. | Our gender editor looks at how social media, famous accusers and a generational change have added up to a profound shift in how we talk about sexual harassment. |
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| • Another red flag about the Texas church gunman who killed 26 people on Sunday: He had once escaped from a psychiatric hospital. | • Another red flag about the Texas church gunman who killed 26 people on Sunday: He had once escaped from a psychiatric hospital. |
| Why does the U.S. have such a high rate of mass shooting? There are a lot of theories, but our Interpreter columnists say the answer is in plain sight: an astronomical number of guns, as seen in the chart above. | Why does the U.S. have such a high rate of mass shooting? There are a lot of theories, but our Interpreter columnists say the answer is in plain sight: an astronomical number of guns, as seen in the chart above. |
| President Trump said that stricter gun laws would not have prevented the shooting and could have driven the death toll into the hundreds. | President Trump said that stricter gun laws would not have prevented the shooting and could have driven the death toll into the hundreds. |
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| • Next year’s soccer World Cup will be the first with an antidiscrimination monitor at every match. Our correspondent spent an evening with one such undercover observer at a testy game in Belgrade, Serbia, to see how the job got done. It required some hard decisions, he found. | • Next year’s soccer World Cup will be the first with an antidiscrimination monitor at every match. Our correspondent spent an evening with one such undercover observer at a testy game in Belgrade, Serbia, to see how the job got done. It required some hard decisions, he found. |
| And we met Bibiana Steinhaus, the first woman to referee a soccer match in a top European league. She said that being defined by her profession and not by her gender remained a work in progress. | And we met Bibiana Steinhaus, the first woman to referee a soccer match in a top European league. She said that being defined by her profession and not by her gender remained a work in progress. |
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| • Twitter said it was doubling its character limit to 280 for almost all users, a major change that it hopes will spur more activity across the social media platform. | • Twitter said it was doubling its character limit to 280 for almost all users, a major change that it hopes will spur more activity across the social media platform. |
| The Twitterati had a field day. “If I wanted to deal with 280 characters, I’d go read Game of Thrones,” was one reaction. | The Twitterati had a field day. “If I wanted to deal with 280 characters, I’d go read Game of Thrones,” was one reaction. |
| • Made in China 2025 is Beijing’s ambitious plan to dominate cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence within a decade. Its tightening grip on the technologies of tomorrow is already changing the rules of global commerce. | • Made in China 2025 is Beijing’s ambitious plan to dominate cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence within a decade. Its tightening grip on the technologies of tomorrow is already changing the rules of global commerce. |
| • Drilling in Iraqi Kurdistan has not produced the large finds energy giants had hoped for, undercutting the region’s bargaining power in its quest for independence. | • Drilling in Iraqi Kurdistan has not produced the large finds energy giants had hoped for, undercutting the region’s bargaining power in its quest for independence. |
| • The self-driving car is edging closer to reality. Waymo, Alphabet’s venture, has started testing a fleet without backup drivers on public roads. | • The self-driving car is edging closer to reality. Waymo, Alphabet’s venture, has started testing a fleet without backup drivers on public roads. |
| • The British satellite broadcaster Sky warned that it may shut down its news channel should regulators consider it an obstacle to the company’s sale to Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. | • The British satellite broadcaster Sky warned that it may shut down its news channel should regulators consider it an obstacle to the company’s sale to Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. |
| • Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • President Trump is headed for Beijing, where President Xi Jinping will push him to recognize China as America’s peer in a new bipolar world. Above, Mr. Trump with South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, on Tuesday. [The New York Times] | |
| • Election Day in the U.S.: In Virginia and New Jersey, voters elected Democrats as governors. New Yorkers re-elected Bill de Blasio as mayor. [The New York Times] | • Election Day in the U.S.: In Virginia and New Jersey, voters elected Democrats as governors. New Yorkers re-elected Bill de Blasio as mayor. [The New York Times] |
| • The Paris climate agreement has the support of Syria, leaving the U.S. as the only country opposed to the global pact. [The New York Times] | • The Paris climate agreement has the support of Syria, leaving the U.S. as the only country opposed to the global pact. [The New York Times] |
| • A look at Saudi Arabia’s corruption crackdown: Graft is so pervasive that any measures short of revolutionary change may appear to be selective prosecution, our correspondents write. [The New York Times] | • A look at Saudi Arabia’s corruption crackdown: Graft is so pervasive that any measures short of revolutionary change may appear to be selective prosecution, our correspondents write. [The New York Times] |
| • In Britain, the government of Prime Minister Theresa May is “moving from one crisis to the next crisis.” Calls are growing for two cabinet ministers to step down over separate Middle East blunders. [The New York Times] | • In Britain, the government of Prime Minister Theresa May is “moving from one crisis to the next crisis.” Calls are growing for two cabinet ministers to step down over separate Middle East blunders. [The New York Times] |
| • Italy is investigating the deaths of 26 young Nigerian women in the Mediterranean Sea. They bring the total number of deaths on the migrant route this year to 2,925. [The New York Times] | |
| • Croatia’s richest man turned himself in to the police in London. He was wanted on charges related to the collapse of Agrokor, the biggest retailer in the Balkans. [Balkan Insight] | • Croatia’s richest man turned himself in to the police in London. He was wanted on charges related to the collapse of Agrokor, the biggest retailer in the Balkans. [Balkan Insight] |
| • Among our most-read articles today is an Op-Ed that looks at how the Russian Revolution, which is being marked with centenary celebrations, almost didn’t happen. [The New York Times] | • Among our most-read articles today is an Op-Ed that looks at how the Russian Revolution, which is being marked with centenary celebrations, almost didn’t happen. [The New York Times] |
| Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. | Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. |
| • Careful cyclists know: Helmets save lives. | • Careful cyclists know: Helmets save lives. |
| • A moment of grace with a parent in decline. | • A moment of grace with a parent in decline. |
| • Recipe of the day: Get dinner on the table in under 30 minutes with sautéed chicken breasts. | • Recipe of the day: Get dinner on the table in under 30 minutes with sautéed chicken breasts. |
| • On Saturday, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will open its doors to the public after 10 years in the making. Explore the museum in our latest 360 video along with Jean Nouvel, the architect. | |
| • “Babylon Berlin,” the new German television thriller, is set during the vibrant democracy that preceded the Nazi years and is poised to be an international hit. | • “Babylon Berlin,” the new German television thriller, is set during the vibrant democracy that preceded the Nazi years and is poised to be an international hit. |
| • Listen to the highest note sung in the 137-year history of the Metropolitan Opera. (It’s an A above high C.) | • Listen to the highest note sung in the 137-year history of the Metropolitan Opera. (It’s an A above high C.) |
| • Medical experimentation on chimpanzees has ended in the U.S., but moving them into retirement has proved difficult. | |
| • Some of the most compelling erotic art is being made by a nearly forgotten generation of female artists now in their 70s, 80s and 90s. The art scene is finally catching up to them. | • Some of the most compelling erotic art is being made by a nearly forgotten generation of female artists now in their 70s, 80s and 90s. The art scene is finally catching up to them. |
| Bram Stoker’s immortality is proving more unpierceable than that of his bloodthirsty creation, Dracula. | Bram Stoker’s immortality is proving more unpierceable than that of his bloodthirsty creation, Dracula. |
| Stoker, who was born in Ireland on this day in 1847, gave everlasting life to Dracula, the Transylvanian vampire, in the 1897 novel of the same name, and then took it away. | Stoker, who was born in Ireland on this day in 1847, gave everlasting life to Dracula, the Transylvanian vampire, in the 1897 novel of the same name, and then took it away. |
| Since then, Stoker’s tale has been reimagined countless times, in books, on television and in films, like “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992). | Since then, Stoker’s tale has been reimagined countless times, in books, on television and in films, like “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992). |
| Now, one of his descendants is hoping to revive previously unpublished parts of the story. | Now, one of his descendants is hoping to revive previously unpublished parts of the story. |
| Stoker took seven years to write the original novel, clawing his way through an overabundance of imagination and research that left much of the material in drafts. | Stoker took seven years to write the original novel, clawing his way through an overabundance of imagination and research that left much of the material in drafts. |
| The novelist’s great grandnephew Dacre Stoker announced he would release a prequel, “Dracul,” in 2018. It draws heavily from Bram Stoker’s original notes and private journal and from family legends. Paramount has already bought the movie rights, so Dracula may be resurrected on the big screen once again. | The novelist’s great grandnephew Dacre Stoker announced he would release a prequel, “Dracul,” in 2018. It draws heavily from Bram Stoker’s original notes and private journal and from family legends. Paramount has already bought the movie rights, so Dracula may be resurrected on the big screen once again. |
| Lori Moore contributed reporting. | Lori Moore contributed reporting. |
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