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| Iran, N.B.A. Draft, ‘Toy Story’: Your Friday Briefing | |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| We’re covering the tensions with Iran, a $282 million fine for Walmart, and the N.B.A. draft. | We’re covering the tensions with Iran, a $282 million fine for Walmart, and the N.B.A. draft. |
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| Several international airlines are diverting planes from flying over the Strait of Hormuz and parts of Iran today, a day after the Iranian military shot down a U.S. drone. | |
| A military operation to retaliate for the downing of an American surveillance drone by Iran was called off in its early stages on Thursday. | A military operation to retaliate for the downing of an American surveillance drone by Iran was called off in its early stages on Thursday. |
| It was unclear what prompted the president’s reversal or whether the attacks might still go forward. The decision to pull back comes after a week of increasing tensions, with officials in both countries trading accusations about where the drone was when it was destroyed on Thursday by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. | It was unclear what prompted the president’s reversal or whether the attacks might still go forward. The decision to pull back comes after a week of increasing tensions, with officials in both countries trading accusations about where the drone was when it was destroyed on Thursday by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. |
| Closer look: Mr. Trump said the aircraft had been over international waters, while Iran said it had strayed into its airspace. Here’s a map of the disputed locations. | Closer look: Mr. Trump said the aircraft had been over international waters, while Iran said it had strayed into its airspace. Here’s a map of the disputed locations. |
| News analysis: Mr. Trump has alternated between threatening America’s enemies and promising to get the U.S. out of foreign conflicts. He may now have to choose, our chief White House correspondent writes. | News analysis: Mr. Trump has alternated between threatening America’s enemies and promising to get the U.S. out of foreign conflicts. He may now have to choose, our chief White House correspondent writes. |
| The Daily: Today’s episode discusses how the U.S. and Iran got to this point. | The Daily: Today’s episode discusses how the U.S. and Iran got to this point. |
| Related: The Senate voted to block a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The vote came after the Trump administration tried to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency over Iran. | Related: The Senate voted to block a multibillion-dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The vote came after the Trump administration tried to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency over Iran. |
| The retail giant has agreed to pay $282 million in fines as part of a settlement announced on Thursday. U.S. officials had accused Walmart of using middlemen to make questionable payments around the globe in order to open new stores. | The retail giant has agreed to pay $282 million in fines as part of a settlement announced on Thursday. U.S. officials had accused Walmart of using middlemen to make questionable payments around the globe in order to open new stores. |
| The investigation was one of the biggest under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal for American corporations to bribe overseas officials. | The investigation was one of the biggest under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal for American corporations to bribe overseas officials. |
| Background: The investigation came after The Times revealed in 2012 that Walmart had made suspicious payments to officials in Mexico and tried to conceal them from company executives. | Background: The investigation came after The Times revealed in 2012 that Walmart had made suspicious payments to officials in Mexico and tried to conceal them from company executives. |
| Before protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong over a contentious extradition bill, business titans who have prospered in the global financial center received a warning from Beijing: Keep your concerns to yourself. But the public defiance that forced the government to suspend the bill indefinitely also gave business leaders cover to speak out. | Before protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong over a contentious extradition bill, business titans who have prospered in the global financial center received a warning from Beijing: Keep your concerns to yourself. But the public defiance that forced the government to suspend the bill indefinitely also gave business leaders cover to speak out. |
| In interviews with The Times, more than a dozen business and political leaders described how the city’s commerce and finance titans wrestled with when and how to act. | In interviews with The Times, more than a dozen business and political leaders described how the city’s commerce and finance titans wrestled with when and how to act. |
| Related: Protesters returned to the streets today in an effort to pressure Hong Kong’s leader to withdraw the extradition bill entirely. | Related: Protesters returned to the streets today in an effort to pressure Hong Kong’s leader to withdraw the extradition bill entirely. |
| See for yourself: Recent demonstrations involved hundreds of thousands of people. The Times pieced together images that help show the enormous scale of the protest. | See for yourself: Recent demonstrations involved hundreds of thousands of people. The Times pieced together images that help show the enormous scale of the protest. |
| For decades, most buyers of single-family homes were people who wanted to live in them. That changed after the Great Recession, as investors moved in. In the hottest real estate markets, they bought as much as a quarter of all single-family homes last year. | For decades, most buyers of single-family homes were people who wanted to live in them. That changed after the Great Recession, as investors moved in. In the hottest real estate markets, they bought as much as a quarter of all single-family homes last year. |
| We visited a neighborhood in southwestern Atlanta, where gentrification is being spurred by an industry that promotes investment in a dwindling supply of affordable housing. It’s a story playing out around the country. | We visited a neighborhood in southwestern Atlanta, where gentrification is being spurred by an industry that promotes investment in a dwindling supply of affordable housing. It’s a story playing out around the country. |
| Quotable: Fatou Ceesay has been trying to buy a home in the area for two years, with a budget of $350,000. “Every once in a while I do just give up and say this is not going to happen, I’m not going to find a place,” she said. “But I’m still looking.” | Quotable: Fatou Ceesay has been trying to buy a home in the area for two years, with a budget of $350,000. “Every once in a while I do just give up and say this is not going to happen, I’m not going to find a place,” she said. “But I’m still looking.” |
| At least five days a week for the past 23 years, Judith Sheindlin has appeared on TV, where nearly 10 million Americans watch her each day. | At least five days a week for the past 23 years, Judith Sheindlin has appeared on TV, where nearly 10 million Americans watch her each day. |
| She spoke to the Times Magazine about how she makes dispensing justice in a complicated world look easy. “My gift, if you can call it a gift, is that I understand what motivates people,” she said. | She spoke to the Times Magazine about how she makes dispensing justice in a complicated world look easy. “My gift, if you can call it a gift, is that I understand what motivates people,” she said. |
| Marijuana in New York: State lawmakers have agreed to further decriminalize possession of the drug and automatically expunge many low-level convictions. | Marijuana in New York: State lawmakers have agreed to further decriminalize possession of the drug and automatically expunge many low-level convictions. |
| U.K. leadership fight narrows: Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, finished second in a vote among Conservative lawmakers, keeping him in the race against Boris Johnson to become Britain’s next prime minister. | U.K. leadership fight narrows: Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, finished second in a vote among Conservative lawmakers, keeping him in the race against Boris Johnson to become Britain’s next prime minister. |
| Roy Moore tries again: Mr. Moore, the Alabama Republican who lost a special election for the U.S. Senate in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct, said that he would run next year. Many Republicans, including President Trump, oppose his plans. | Roy Moore tries again: Mr. Moore, the Alabama Republican who lost a special election for the U.S. Senate in 2017 after being accused of sexual misconduct, said that he would run next year. Many Republicans, including President Trump, oppose his plans. |
| Snapshot: Above, Julia Hawkins, 103, who ran the 50- and 100-meter dash races in the National Senior Games in Albuquerque this week. Her life advice? Look for “magic moments” — like sunsets, sunrises, rainbows, beautiful birds, music and people’s “lovely comments.” | Snapshot: Above, Julia Hawkins, 103, who ran the 50- and 100-meter dash races in the National Senior Games in Albuquerque this week. Her life advice? Look for “magic moments” — like sunsets, sunrises, rainbows, beautiful birds, music and people’s “lovely comments.” |
| Women’s World Cup: The U.S. beat Sweden, 2-0, and will face Spain on Monday in the knockout round. | Women’s World Cup: The U.S. beat Sweden, 2-0, and will face Spain on Monday in the knockout round. |
| N.B.A. draft: As expected, Duke’s Zion Williamson was selected first by the New Orleans Pelicans. Here’s a look at every first-round pick. | N.B.A. draft: As expected, Duke’s Zion Williamson was selected first by the New Orleans Pelicans. Here’s a look at every first-round pick. |
| News quiz: Did you follow the headlines this week? Test yourself. | News quiz: Did you follow the headlines this week? Test yourself. |
| Modern Love: In this week’s column, a woman whose heart was broken turns to a tarot card reader. | Modern Love: In this week’s column, a woman whose heart was broken turns to a tarot card reader. |
| Late-night comedy: The hosts noted the differing accounts of a downed U.S. drone: “Who are you going to believe, Iran or the U.S. government … is a question that used to be really easy to answer,” Stephen Colbert said. | Late-night comedy: The hosts noted the differing accounts of a downed U.S. drone: “Who are you going to believe, Iran or the U.S. government … is a question that used to be really easy to answer,” Stephen Colbert said. |
| What we’re reading: This article in National Geographic. Lynda Richardson, a Travel editor, calls it “a haunting and timely piece, on the heels of the House hearing on reparations, about the discovery in Alabama of the last known American slave ship.” The accompanying video has rare footage of some of the enslaved it carried, who lived into the 20th century. | What we’re reading: This article in National Geographic. Lynda Richardson, a Travel editor, calls it “a haunting and timely piece, on the heels of the House hearing on reparations, about the discovery in Alabama of the last known American slave ship.” The accompanying video has rare footage of some of the enslaved it carried, who lived into the 20th century. |
| Cook: Slather sweet potatoes with tahini butter mixed with soy sauce. | Cook: Slather sweet potatoes with tahini butter mixed with soy sauce. |
| Go: The memoir “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” by The Times Opinion columnist Charles Blow, has been adapted into a bold and affecting opera. It’s playing at the Opera Theater of St. Louis. | Go: The memoir “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” by The Times Opinion columnist Charles Blow, has been adapted into a bold and affecting opera. It’s playing at the Opera Theater of St. Louis. |
| Watch: “Toy Story 4” is exactly what you’d expect from an estimably well-oiled machine like Pixar, our critic writes. | Watch: “Toy Story 4” is exactly what you’d expect from an estimably well-oiled machine like Pixar, our critic writes. |
| Read: Five novels from Europe are among the nine new books we recommend this week. | Read: Five novels from Europe are among the nine new books we recommend this week. |
| Smarter Living: The chance of encountering bedbugs in any given hotel room is “pretty darn unlikely,” according to one expert, but we have tips on how to check and what to do if you find the bloodsuckers. Pull back the sheets and look closely, particularly near the headboard. The bugs are flat, slightly teardrop-shaped and visible to the naked eye, so you can rest easy if you don’t find any after a cursory inspection. | Smarter Living: The chance of encountering bedbugs in any given hotel room is “pretty darn unlikely,” according to one expert, but we have tips on how to check and what to do if you find the bloodsuckers. Pull back the sheets and look closely, particularly near the headboard. The bugs are flat, slightly teardrop-shaped and visible to the naked eye, so you can rest easy if you don’t find any after a cursory inspection. |
| And a growing amount of research reveals how unfavorable workplaces can be for women. We have tips on how to fight bias. | And a growing amount of research reveals how unfavorable workplaces can be for women. We have tips on how to fight bias. |
| Grab your crystals, everyone: The solstice is here. | Grab your crystals, everyone: The solstice is here. |
| It’s the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the period when the region is most tilted toward the sun. The opposite is happening in the Southern Hemisphere. | It’s the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the period when the region is most tilted toward the sun. The opposite is happening in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| Jenna Wortham, the host of The Times’s “Still Processing” podcast, says the solstice “is an invitation to lean into the light and awaken the awareness that lives inside of us all.” How? | Jenna Wortham, the host of The Times’s “Still Processing” podcast, says the solstice “is an invitation to lean into the light and awaken the awareness that lives inside of us all.” How? |
| Your Back Story writer today is a communications director at The Times, and also a yoga instructor. So, of course, I recommend a few postures. | Your Back Story writer today is a communications director at The Times, and also a yoga instructor. So, of course, I recommend a few postures. |
| As it happens, the United Nations has declared today the International Day of Yoga, so I invite you to look up at the sky and consider our connection to the universe. The word yoga, after all, means “union” in Sanskrit. | As it happens, the United Nations has declared today the International Day of Yoga, so I invite you to look up at the sky and consider our connection to the universe. The word yoga, after all, means “union” in Sanskrit. |
| You can do an abbreviated sun salutation by inhaling and reaching both arms straight up to the sky, then exhaling, bending at the waist and bowing forward. Or try the full version. | You can do an abbreviated sun salutation by inhaling and reaching both arms straight up to the sky, then exhaling, bending at the waist and bowing forward. Or try the full version. |
| Whichever you choose, namaste — meaning the teacher in me salutes the teacher in you. | Whichever you choose, namaste — meaning the teacher in me salutes the teacher in you. |
| That’s it for this briefing. See you next time. | That’s it for this briefing. See you next time. |
| — Chris | — Chris |
| Thank youInyoung Kang, a regular contributor to the Morning Briefing team in London for the past few months, is returning to New York, and we’re going to miss her. Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford provided the break from the news. Ari Isaacman Bevacqua wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach us at briefing@nytimes.com. | Thank youInyoung Kang, a regular contributor to the Morning Briefing team in London for the past few months, is returning to New York, and we’re going to miss her. Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford provided the break from the news. Ari Isaacman Bevacqua wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach us at briefing@nytimes.com. |
| P.S.• We’re listening to “The Daily.” Today’s episode is about the U.S. standoff with Iran.• Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: He popularized the idea of the unconscious mind (5 letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • In honor of Pride month, The Times conducted a walking tour of 11 important locations in New York City’s L.G.B.T. history. | P.S.• We’re listening to “The Daily.” Today’s episode is about the U.S. standoff with Iran.• Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: He popularized the idea of the unconscious mind (5 letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • In honor of Pride month, The Times conducted a walking tour of 11 important locations in New York City’s L.G.B.T. history. |