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| G7, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson: Your Monday Evening Briefing | G7, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson: Your Monday Evening Briefing |
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| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. The Group of 7 meeting ended with a spate of developments on trade, Iran and the Amazon. Above, President Trump and France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, after their final news conference. | |
| President Trump shifted tone on his trade war with China once more, saying that Chinese officials had reached out by phone and that negotiators would restart trade talks. “This is the first time I’ve seen them where they really want to make a deal,” he said. | President Trump shifted tone on his trade war with China once more, saying that Chinese officials had reached out by phone and that negotiators would restart trade talks. “This is the first time I’ve seen them where they really want to make a deal,” he said. |
| The change seemed timed to reassure markets rattled by the escalation of tariffs on Friday. But it was not clear how concrete an opening China had made. | The change seemed timed to reassure markets rattled by the escalation of tariffs on Friday. But it was not clear how concrete an opening China had made. |
| Beijing didn’t confirm any calls, and the editor of a newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party wrote on Twitter that there had been no significant contacts in recent days. | Beijing didn’t confirm any calls, and the editor of a newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party wrote on Twitter that there had been no significant contacts in recent days. |
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| 2. A possible U.S.-Iran summit meeting. | 2. A possible U.S.-Iran summit meeting. |
| In another surprise, President Trump said that he was open to meeting with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran within weeks, and that he would go along with “a short-term line of credit or loan” to help Iran’s foundering economy. Above, Mr. Rouhani in Tehran today. | |
| The prospects for such a meeting were unclear. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said repeatedly there can be no negotiations with the Trump administration, and American and Iranian leaders have not met since the Tehran hostage crisis of 1979-81. | The prospects for such a meeting were unclear. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said repeatedly there can be no negotiations with the Trump administration, and American and Iranian leaders have not met since the Tehran hostage crisis of 1979-81. |
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| 3. The G7 designated $20 million to fight Amazon rain forest fires. | 3. The G7 designated $20 million to fight Amazon rain forest fires. |
| The group agreed in principle on a long-term program of forest protection and reforestation of cleared lands, with more details possible at the U.N. General Assembly next month. President Trump didn’t attend the climate session, but a senior member of the administration did. Above, a drone shot of fires in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil. | The group agreed in principle on a long-term program of forest protection and reforestation of cleared lands, with more details possible at the U.N. General Assembly next month. President Trump didn’t attend the climate session, but a senior member of the administration did. Above, a drone shot of fires in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil. |
| Earth Alliance, a group founded in part by the actor Leonardo DiCaprio and the philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, pledged $5 million to help the Amazon, a crucial absorber of the world’s carbon dioxide. | |
| It’s unclear how far $20 million or $25 million can go to douse tens of thousands of fires in Brazil and Bolivia. And the fires set off a personal feud between the presidents of Brazil and France. | It’s unclear how far $20 million or $25 million can go to douse tens of thousands of fires in Brazil and Bolivia. And the fires set off a personal feud between the presidents of Brazil and France. |
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| 4. Johnson & Johnson lost a landmark opioid trial. | 4. Johnson & Johnson lost a landmark opioid trial. |
| A judge in Oklahoma ordered the health care company, one of the world’s largest, to pay the state $572 million, far less than the $17 billion the state had asked for. The company’s stock rose in after-hours trading. | A judge in Oklahoma ordered the health care company, one of the world’s largest, to pay the state $572 million, far less than the $17 billion the state had asked for. The company’s stock rose in after-hours trading. |
| The judge harshly criticized the company for “false, misleading, and dangerous marketing campaigns” aimed at doctors and patients. The company supplied 60 percent of the opiate ingredients used for opioids, like oxycodone. | |
| This was the first trial of an opioid manufacturer for the destruction wrought by prescription painkillers, and Johnson & Johnson is likely to appeal. But the ruling could telegraph a warning to some two dozen opioid makers, distributors and retailers that face more than 2,000 similar lawsuits across the country. | This was the first trial of an opioid manufacturer for the destruction wrought by prescription painkillers, and Johnson & Johnson is likely to appeal. But the ruling could telegraph a warning to some two dozen opioid makers, distributors and retailers that face more than 2,000 similar lawsuits across the country. |
| Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharmaceuticals, two other opioid manufacturers, settled with Oklahoma this year for $270 million and $85 million. | |
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| 5. Prosecutors appear close to a decision on whether to indict the former deputy F.B.I. director Andrew McCabe. | 5. Prosecutors appear close to a decision on whether to indict the former deputy F.B.I. director Andrew McCabe. |
| The indictment would involve charges of lying to federal agents examining the F.B.I.’s dealings with the news media, according to people familiar with the developments. | The indictment would involve charges of lying to federal agents examining the F.B.I.’s dealings with the news media, according to people familiar with the developments. |
| It would be a rare move against the F.B.I., one that would certainly draw praise from President Trump, who made his attacks on Mr. McCabe a centerpiece of his yearslong campaign to discredit the Justice Department and the F.B.I. over the Russia investigation. | It would be a rare move against the F.B.I., one that would certainly draw praise from President Trump, who made his attacks on Mr. McCabe a centerpiece of his yearslong campaign to discredit the Justice Department and the F.B.I. over the Russia investigation. |
| Separately, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the former White House aide Rob Porter to testify about Mr. Trump’s efforts to impede the Russia investigation, the latest step in the panel’s impeachment inquiry. | Separately, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the former White House aide Rob Porter to testify about Mr. Trump’s efforts to impede the Russia investigation, the latest step in the panel’s impeachment inquiry. |
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| 6. Annabella Sciorra will get her day in court. | 6. Annabella Sciorra will get her day in court. |
| A new grand jury indictment against Harvey Weinstein will permit the actress, known for her work in “The Sopranos,” to testify in the film producer’s trial on rape and other sex-crime charges next month, New York prosecutors said. | A new grand jury indictment against Harvey Weinstein will permit the actress, known for her work in “The Sopranos,” to testify in the film producer’s trial on rape and other sex-crime charges next month, New York prosecutors said. |
| Ms. Sciorra has publicly accused Mr. Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in her New York City apartment in 1993. The episode is too old to be prosecuted, but her testimony will be permitted on the theory that it supports charges of predatory sexual assault. | Ms. Sciorra has publicly accused Mr. Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in her New York City apartment in 1993. The episode is too old to be prosecuted, but her testimony will be permitted on the theory that it supports charges of predatory sexual assault. |
| Mr. Weinstein pleaded not guilty to the new indictment in State Supreme Court in Manhattan today, above, and maintains his encounters with Ms. Sciorra and two other women were consensual. | Mr. Weinstein pleaded not guilty to the new indictment in State Supreme Court in Manhattan today, above, and maintains his encounters with Ms. Sciorra and two other women were consensual. |
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| 7. The Caribbean is bracing. | 7. The Caribbean is bracing. |
| The fourth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Dorian, is moving toward Barbados at 14 miles an hour, with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles an hour. Above, a pharmacy on the island was boarded up. | The fourth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Dorian, is moving toward Barbados at 14 miles an hour, with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles an hour. Above, a pharmacy on the island was boarded up. |
| A warning is in effect for Barbados and its neighbors St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. | A warning is in effect for Barbados and its neighbors St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. |
| Forecasters said that the storm could strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday and, by Wednesday, could sideswipe Puerto Rico, which was devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, before making landfall in the Dominican Republic. | |
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| 8. The opposite of cybercrime. | 8. The opposite of cybercrime. |
| It was a decidedly old-school heist in the diamond district in Manhattan on Sunday. Three armed men, apparently disguised in dreadlocks and headgear, walked into a high-profile jewelry store, hogtied employees and absconded with what could be millions of dollars worth of jewelry and watches. | It was a decidedly old-school heist in the diamond district in Manhattan on Sunday. Three armed men, apparently disguised in dreadlocks and headgear, walked into a high-profile jewelry store, hogtied employees and absconded with what could be millions of dollars worth of jewelry and watches. |
| The scene did have a digital-era twist: It was dramatically captured by surveillance cameras. | The scene did have a digital-era twist: It was dramatically captured by surveillance cameras. |
| The New York City police are still searching for the three men who held up the store, Avianne & Co., an outpost known for selling glittering, diamond-heavy pieces to flashy celebrity clients, including the rapper Nicki Minaj and the singer Justin Bieber. | |
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| 9. “A skeleton key to an Established Persona.” | 9. “A skeleton key to an Established Persona.” |
| That’s our pop music reporter on the handwritten diary entries that Taylor Swift includes with the four special-edition CD versions of her new album, “Lover.” | That’s our pop music reporter on the handwritten diary entries that Taylor Swift includes with the four special-edition CD versions of her new album, “Lover.” |
| They start when she was 13, a year before she signed with the Big Machine label, and span most of her career since, mixing landmark moments with mundane personal updates, drafts of lyrics and other marginalia. | They start when she was 13, a year before she signed with the Big Machine label, and span most of her career since, mixing landmark moments with mundane personal updates, drafts of lyrics and other marginalia. |
| “There are selections that feel so telling, vulnerable and formative that you wonder how such a careful, politician-like celebrity could be so casually, unceasingly herself,” writes Joe Coscarelli. | “There are selections that feel so telling, vulnerable and formative that you wonder how such a careful, politician-like celebrity could be so casually, unceasingly herself,” writes Joe Coscarelli. |
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| 10. And finally, the U.S. Open is opening with a bang. | 10. And finally, the U.S. Open is opening with a bang. |
| Serena Williams plays Maria Sharapova tonight. They lead off the tournament’s first night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, after an opening ceremony at 7 p.m. (ESPN2; streaming on ESPN+). | Serena Williams plays Maria Sharapova tonight. They lead off the tournament’s first night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, after an opening ceremony at 7 p.m. (ESPN2; streaming on ESPN+). |
| The two stars have never met at the U.S. Open before. In the 18 times they’ve played since 2005, Williams beat Sharapova. But both have been plagued by injuries this season. | The two stars have never met at the U.S. Open before. In the 18 times they’ve played since 2005, Williams beat Sharapova. But both have been plagued by injuries this season. |
| After the women play, Roger Federer faces off with Sumit Nagal, a 22-year-old from India. | After the women play, Roger Federer faces off with Sumit Nagal, a 22-year-old from India. |
| Have a faultless evening. | Have a faultless evening. |
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