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| Roy Moore, New York City, Jerusalem: Your Wednesday Briefing | Roy Moore, New York City, Jerusalem: 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 outcome of a contentious election underway in the American South will determine who will take up a vacant U.S. Senate seat — and also forecast Republicans’ chances of holding on to their narrow Senate majority in next year’s votes. | |
| President Trump, who is strongly backing the Republican Roy Moore (above, on horseback after voting) despite accusations that Mr. Moore accosted teenage girls, shot back at his own accusers as fabricators and insulted a prominent female senator as someone who “would do anything” for campaign contributions. | |
| And sexual harassment allegations emerged against three television football analysts and a high-powered New York restaurateur. | And sexual harassment allegations emerged against three television football analysts and a high-powered New York restaurateur. |
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| • New Yorkers mostly kept their fears at bay and the subway turnstiles spinning a day after a botched attack in an underground passageway. | • New Yorkers mostly kept their fears at bay and the subway turnstiles spinning a day after a botched attack in an underground passageway. |
| The U.S. government filed terrorism charges against the suspect, Akayed Ullah, 27. Investigators said the Bangladeshi immigrant told them he had been radicalized online and had made a number of trips overseas in the past five years, visiting Bangladesh in recent months. | The U.S. government filed terrorism charges against the suspect, Akayed Ullah, 27. Investigators said the Bangladeshi immigrant told them he had been radicalized online and had made a number of trips overseas in the past five years, visiting Bangladesh in recent months. |
| “He was a good guy,” said a cabdriver who prayed with Mr. Ullah at a Brooklyn mosque. “I can’t believe he would do anything like this.” | “He was a good guy,” said a cabdriver who prayed with Mr. Ullah at a Brooklyn mosque. “I can’t believe he would do anything like this.” |
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| • “I will spare the party any further distraction.” | • “I will spare the party any further distraction.” |
| With those words, the Australian opposition lawmaker Sam Dastyari agreed to resign after fending off accusations for months that he pushed China’s foreign policy interests after taking money from Chinese-born political donors. | With those words, the Australian opposition lawmaker Sam Dastyari agreed to resign after fending off accusations for months that he pushed China’s foreign policy interests after taking money from Chinese-born political donors. |
| More than 60 asylum seekers in Australia’s offshore detention program on Manus Island have been called in by American officials to discuss potential resettlement in the U.S. | More than 60 asylum seekers in Australia’s offshore detention program on Manus Island have been called in by American officials to discuss potential resettlement in the U.S. |
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| • Sri Lanka’s recent agreement to hand over its strategic port of Hambantota to China has raised fears for its sovereignty — and concerns that the huge foreign infrastructure investments China is making for its “One Belt, One Road” initiative could end up in international land grabs. | • Sri Lanka’s recent agreement to hand over its strategic port of Hambantota to China has raised fears for its sovereignty — and concerns that the huge foreign infrastructure investments China is making for its “One Belt, One Road” initiative could end up in international land grabs. |
| Beneficiaries can find themselves owing China more than they can pay. Sri Lanka owes $8 billion for projects that have sometimes turned out to be white elephants (like the world’s emptiest airport examined in the Times Magazine in September.) | Beneficiaries can find themselves owing China more than they can pay. Sri Lanka owes $8 billion for projects that have sometimes turned out to be white elephants (like the world’s emptiest airport examined in the Times Magazine in September.) |
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| • One-third of all the food grown on Earth — about 1.3 billion tons each year — is thrown out. | |
| This is terrible news for the climate and certainly hurts efforts to meet the food needs of the global population in coming years. | |
| It’s also a glaring sign of inequality: In wealthy countries, especially in the U.S. and Canada, around 40 percent of wasted food is thrown out by consumers. Very little food in poor countries is thrown out. It’s too precious. | |
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| • Reviews of “The Last Jedi” are finally out. | • Reviews of “The Last Jedi” are finally out. |
| Here’s a bit from ours: “Lo, it is a satisfying, at times transporting entertainment. Remarkably, it has visual wit and a human touch, no small achievement for a seemingly indestructible machine that revved up 40 years ago and shows no signs of sputtering out (ever).” | |
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| • Westfield, the Australian firm that operates dozens of malls in the U.S. (including at One World Trade Center in New York, above) is being bought for $15.7 billion by Unibail-Rodamco, a Paris-based property investment firm. The combined company would hold property worth $72 billion. | • Westfield, the Australian firm that operates dozens of malls in the U.S. (including at One World Trade Center in New York, above) is being bought for $15.7 billion by Unibail-Rodamco, a Paris-based property investment firm. The combined company would hold property worth $72 billion. |
| • China shut down big chemical factories in its west for as long as four months to free up natural gas to heat homes, schools and hospitals — another example of how painful and expensive it will be to wean the country off coal. | • China shut down big chemical factories in its west for as long as four months to free up natural gas to heat homes, schools and hospitals — another example of how painful and expensive it will be to wean the country off coal. |
| • U.S. stocks were mixed. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks were mixed. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, said it would “dedicate all its time to resistance” on behalf of Palestinians. The remarks came at a large protest in Beirut against President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. [The New York Times] | • Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, said it would “dedicate all its time to resistance” on behalf of Palestinians. The remarks came at a large protest in Beirut against President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. [The New York Times] |
| • India declared condom commercials “indecent” television viewing for children and restricted them to 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. [The New York Times] | • India declared condom commercials “indecent” television viewing for children and restricted them to 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. [The New York Times] |
| • In Afghanistan, critics of President Ashraf Ghani are losing patience over delayed elections. [The New York Times] | • In Afghanistan, critics of President Ashraf Ghani are losing patience over delayed elections. [The New York Times] |
| • Robert Mugabe, 93, left Zimbabwe for medical tests in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office last month. [Reuters] | • Robert Mugabe, 93, left Zimbabwe for medical tests in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office last month. [Reuters] |
| • Raelene Castle is the new chief executive of Rugby Australia. The New Zealander is the first woman to hold such a post in world rugby. [The Daily Telegraph] | • Raelene Castle is the new chief executive of Rugby Australia. The New Zealander is the first woman to hold such a post in world rugby. [The Daily Telegraph] |
| • A human foot washed ashore in western Canada, the 13th such case since 2007. So far, none have been traced to foul play. [The New York Times] | • A human foot washed ashore in western Canada, the 13th such case since 2007. So far, none have been traced to foul play. [The New York Times] |
| Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. | Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. |
| • There’s a new comeback for the gateway drug theory. | • There’s a new comeback for the gateway drug theory. |
| • Follow these steps to get the most out of Twitter. | • Follow these steps to get the most out of Twitter. |
| • Recipe of the day: What could make a dark chocolate Bundt cake better? Whiskey. | • Recipe of the day: What could make a dark chocolate Bundt cake better? Whiskey. |
| • The photographer who captured a now-viral photo of a starving polar bear in the Arctic recalled the experience: “As soon as he did a slow stand on his feet, everybody on the team just started crying.” | • The photographer who captured a now-viral photo of a starving polar bear in the Arctic recalled the experience: “As soon as he did a slow stand on his feet, everybody on the team just started crying.” |
| • In memoriam: Charles Robert Jenkins, 77, an Army sergeant who became a Cold War enigma after he defected to North Korea in 1965; Ed Lee, 65, the son of Chinese immigrants who in 2011 became San Francisco’s first Asian-American mayor. | • In memoriam: Charles Robert Jenkins, 77, an Army sergeant who became a Cold War enigma after he defected to North Korea in 1965; Ed Lee, 65, the son of Chinese immigrants who in 2011 became San Francisco’s first Asian-American mayor. |
| • Finally, gemstones can mean status, romance and exoticism, but their real value is what they reveal about the dynamo that forged them: Planet Earth. | • Finally, gemstones can mean status, romance and exoticism, but their real value is what they reveal about the dynamo that forged them: Planet Earth. |
| The holiday season involves many traditions. For Britons and millions of others around the world, one of them is Queen Elizabeth II’s annual Christmas Day message. | The holiday season involves many traditions. For Britons and millions of others around the world, one of them is Queen Elizabeth II’s annual Christmas Day message. |
| The speech was first given 85 years ago by King George V, her grandfather. “Distant lands thrill to his ‘God bless you,’ ” The Times reported in 1932. | The speech was first given 85 years ago by King George V, her grandfather. “Distant lands thrill to his ‘God bless you,’ ” The Times reported in 1932. |
| “Farmers in Brisbane, Australia, listened to it in a Summer heat of 95 degrees in the shade,” a correspondent wrote from London, in apparent awe of the radio technology. “Passengers on Atlantic liners heard it as their ship plowed through Winter storms.” | “Farmers in Brisbane, Australia, listened to it in a Summer heat of 95 degrees in the shade,” a correspondent wrote from London, in apparent awe of the radio technology. “Passengers on Atlantic liners heard it as their ship plowed through Winter storms.” |
| In 1952, the queen gave her first Christmas message, sitting in the chair used by her father and grandfather, The Times reported. According to the BBC, 100 million people heard the speech. | In 1952, the queen gave her first Christmas message, sitting in the chair used by her father and grandfather, The Times reported. According to the BBC, 100 million people heard the speech. |
| Five years later, the speech was televised for the first time. (Watch it here.) The change occurred, The Times noted, after the queen was criticized for being too remote and surrounded by “tweedy” courtiers. | Five years later, the speech was televised for the first time. (Watch it here.) The change occurred, The Times noted, after the queen was criticized for being too remote and surrounded by “tweedy” courtiers. |
| “That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us,” she said before her speech in 1957. | “That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us,” she said before her speech in 1957. |
| Further adapting to changing times, the royal family launched a YouTube channel 10 years ago. | Further adapting to changing times, the royal family launched a YouTube channel 10 years ago. |
| Patrick Boehler contributed reporting. | Patrick Boehler contributed reporting. |
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