U.S.-China Trade War Hits a New Phase, and a Boot Maker Trembles

A new wave of tariffs is about to hit companies, workers and consumers on both sides of the Pacific. But Beijing thinks it can endure.

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As Trump Escalates Trade War, U.S. and China Move Further Apart With No End in Sight

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s trade war with China entered new territory on Sunday as his next round of tariffs took effect, changing the rules of trade in ways that have no recent historic precedent and driving the world’s two largest economies further apart.

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A Very German Idea of Freedom: Nude Ping-Pong, Nude Sledding, Nude Just About Anything

BERLIN — The first time Michael Adamski saw his mother-in-law naked it was awkward. But it wasn’t as awkward as seeing his boss naked.

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51 People Died in Mass Shootings in August Alone in the U.S.

So far this year, there have been at least 38 shootings with three or more fatalities, data shows. The month of August ended as it began: with a shooting rampage and a significant death toll.

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Joshua Wong and Alex Chow: The People of Hong Kong Will Not Be Cowed by China

You can arrest us. But more protesters will keep coming out. Mr. Wong and Mr. Chow are Hong Kong activists.

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U.S. Open Preview: Coco Gauff vs. Naomi Osaka

Less than a year after Osaka was crowned the future of women’s tennis, Gauff is coming for her throne. Fans, including Serena Williams, are eager to see what happens.

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‘My World Has Now Stopped’: How One Family Is Recovering From a Mass Shooting

Mario De Alba was wounded in the massacre at an El Paso Walmart this month. He remains hospitalized, and his relatives have uprooted their lives in Mexico to be with him. EL PASO — They stand beside him, smoothing his black hair, holding his hands, massaging his feet and making him laugh.

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Waiting for the Monsoon, Discovering a Brain Tumor Instead

I routinely give titles to my journals, in which I have long recorded interviews, appointments, odd thoughts and cris de coeur. My journal commencing June 17, 2019, is called, “Waiting for the Monsoon.”

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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

We’ve reached the climax of summer. As we switch gears from shaking out beach towels to packing school lunches, we hope you find a moment to reflect on the shifting seasons and enjoy some of our best journalism.

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North Korea Says Hope of More U.S. Talks Is ‘Disappearing’

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Saturday that its expectations for more dialogue with the Trump administration were “gradually disappearing,” and threatened to reconsider its conciliatory gestures toward the United States, potentially including its moratorium on nuclear and long-range

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The woman stopping balcony fall deaths in Magaluf - BBC News

A bar worker in Magaluf is on a mission to stop so many young holidaymakers from dying from balcony falls. Georgia Hague's friend Natalie Cormack died after falling 50 feet from a walkway in the town. This prompted her to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers. Last year seven British t

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Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein: What we know - BBC News

Prince Andrew’s friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been in the headlines.BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond looks at what we know - and what we don’t - about the relationship between the two men.Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

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Amazon fire ban - BBC News

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has banned setting fires to clear land in the Amazon Rainforest for 60 days, in response to the overwhelming increase in the number of fires there now. The Amazon, which helps to slow down the pace of global warming, has seen more than 80,000 fires break out

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Robert F. Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Is Said to Have Been Stabbed

California prison officials said he was in stable condition at a hospital. He is serving a life sentence for the 1968 killing of the senator and presidential candidate. Sirhan B. Sirhan, who is serving a life sentence for the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F.

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Taliban Attack Afghan City as They Talk Peace With U.S.

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Taliban militants have launched an attack from several directions on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which they have occupied twice in recent years, even as the insurgents seemed close to a preliminary peace agreement with American diplomats.

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Hong Kong Braces for More Protests After Wave of Arrests

HONG KONG — Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong were expected to begin a 13th straight weekend of demonstrations on Saturday, over police objections and a day after several high-profile activists and pro-democracy lawmakers were arrested.

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The biggest threat to Apple’s new iPhones: consumer malaise

At its event at the Steve Jobs Theater on September 10, Apple is expected to announce three new phones, including upgrades to the premium iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max models along with a second edition of the lower-priced iPhone XR. The new phones will launch in time for the holiday season.

from Pocket https://www.fastcompany.com/90398089/the-biggest-threat-to-apples-new-iphones-consumer-malaise
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In Hong Kong, Playing Tennis With Tear-Gas Grenades

HONG KONG – President Trump has called the pro-democracy protests here “riots,” and China has in effect denounced participants as terrorists. Yet even when chaos reigns during clashes with the police, protesters clean up litter from the battlefield. Medics stand by to assist those injured.

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Can We Guarantee That Colleges Are Intellectually Diverse?

Politicians and donors want to impose one set of solutions. Schools around the country are trying to find their own way.

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Suspect Killed by Police as Shootings Spike in Parts of Queens

Relentless gang feuds and disputes over drugs are to blame, the police said. The serenity of a residential street in southeast Queens was shattered before dawn on Friday when police officers exchanged fire with a man they said had shot a gang rival less than a mile away a half-hour earlier.

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2019 U.S. Open Live Updates: Will Novak Djokovic Play?

Roger Federer and Serena Williams cruise to wins Friday. Djokovic’s third-round match is still to come, but questions remain about his injured left shoulder. No. 10 Madison Keys, battling an apparent illness, ousted No. 20 Sofia Kenin, 6-3, 7-5.

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Trump Denies U.S. Responsibility in Iranian Missile Base Explosion

As pictures from commercial satellites of a rocket’s smoking remains began to circulate, President Trump denied Friday on Twitter that the United States was involved. It was an unusual message because the Iranian government had neither acknowledged the accident nor blamed the United States.

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Amid Recession Worries, Trump Points Finger at American Businesses

WASHINGTON — President Trump wants Americans to understand that the economy is doing great, thanks to him. But if in fact the economy sours, then it is someone else’s fault. Mr. Trump’s Blame List is long. On top, of course, is Jerome H.

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Tensions Flare Between Trump and Fox News

Tensions between the White House and Fox News ratcheted up this week after President Trump declared that the network was letting his supporters down and two on-air personalities said they “don’t work” for him. The back-and-forth began Wednesday when Mr.

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Trump’s Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Shared Intimate Details of First Family

WASHINGTON — If a White House official wanted to talk to President Trump, it helped to have a good relationship with Madeleine Westerhout, his 28-year-old assistant.

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Indonesia Is Moving Its Capital to … Where, Exactly?

The government is trying, once again, to abandon the much-derided Jakarta. Will it finally succeed? When I last visited North Penajam Paser, or P.P.U. as it is known to those limited few who have heard of it, in 2016, the easiest way to get there was by longboat.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/indonesia-capital-jakarta.html
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Did your aluminum Apple Watch mysteriously crack itself? Apple might replace the screen for free

So your aluminum Series 2 or Series 3 Apple Watch is suddenly cracking around the edges… but you don’t remember bumping it on anything, or being particularly rough with it. Surprise! It might not be your fault at all.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/30/did-your-aluminum-apple-watch-mysteriously-crack-itself-apple-might-replace-the-screen-for-free/
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Before Hurricane Dorian’s Arrival Comes a Question: Stay or Evacuate?

MIAMI — The Stovalls are staying put for Hurricane Dorian. On Friday afternoon, they installed hurricane shutters and sterilized three 10-gallon jugs that they will fill with water before they settle in to ride out what could become a ferocious Category 4 storm.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/us/dorian-hurricane-evacuate.html
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Labor Day Special: One extra week on early-bird pricing for Disrupt SF 2019

Happy (almost) Labor Day to all the hardworking members of the early-startup community — entrepreneurs, founders, investors, engineers and everyone in between.

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‘It’s Really Close’: How the Amazon Rainforest Could Self-Destruct

As fires rage across the Amazon, a growing number of scientists are raising the alarm about a nightmare scenario that could see much of the world’s largest rainforest erased from the earth.

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With ‘Talking to Strangers,’ Malcolm Gladwell Goes Dark

In the weeks I spent listening to Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast, I learned that lobsters have serotonin, that Elvis Presley suffered from parapraxis and that Mr. Gladwell adheres to a firm life rule that he drink only five liquids: water, tea, red wine, espresso and milk.

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Cooking Up Big Business in a Home Kitchen

Meet five home chefs who run food businesses from their kitchens in Harlem, Astoria, Brooklyn Heights and the Bronx.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/realestate/five-home-chefs-who-run-food-businesses-from-their-kitchens.html
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China Expels a Wall Street Journal Reporter in Sign of Tougher Line

BEIJING — China has effectively expelled a reporter working for The Wall Street Journal after he wrote an article about the cousin of the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping, in the latest sign of a government clampdown on media freedoms.

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From ‘Homewrecker’ to Caretaker

When my father left my mother for a woman three decades younger, I couldn’t have known how much my feelings for her would change. She’s tall for a Chinese woman, built like an Olympic volleyball player. Her torso is long, her face wide. Dark pink powder accents her cheekbones.

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Imran Khan

If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, two nuclear-armed states will get ever closer to a direct military confrontation. Mr. Khan is the prime minister of Pakistan.

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The Women Accused of Helping Epstein Run His Sex-Trafficking Ring

It’s Friday. We’re off Monday for Labor Day. Weather: Today, mostly sunny and in the mid- to upper 80s. A pleasant weekend is ahead, but showers might interrupt Labor Day picnics.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-women.html
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Final week to buy super early bird passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019

Die Zeit läuft ab, Leute translates very roughly to time is running out, people! You have only one week left to save a fat stack of euros on your pass to Disrupt Berlin 2019. Join us and startuppers from more than 50 countries on 11-12 December for the lowest possible price.

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Kashmir: Indian Army accused of torture - BBC News

A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir.The Indian government withdrew the region's semi-autonomous status in early August. There's since been a clampdown on dissent and thousands of arrests, and it's being seen by some

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Your Friday Briefing

Good morning. We’re covering the latest on Hurricane Dorian, the arrest of prominent pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, and the unexpected departure of President Trump’s personal assistant. And it’s Friday, so there’s a new news quiz.

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Mysterious iOS Attack Changes Everything We Know About iPhone Hacking

For two years, a handful of websites have indiscriminately hacked thousands of iPhones.

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Five Years Ago Saturday, a Turning Point for Hong Kong and China

HONG KONG — In many places around the world, a single date marks seismic events considered turning points in recent history, like the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States or the Nov. 9 fall of the Berlin Wall for Europe. For post-colonial Hong Kong, the turning point fell on Aug. 31, 2014.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/asia/hong-kong-protests.html
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What’s Next for Brexit? Six Possible Outcomes

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament next month has brought a fresh wave of consternation and confusion to Britain’s already chaotic efforts to leave the European Union, while still leaving wide open the question of where Britain will end up on Oct. 31.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/europe/brexit-scenarios-boris-johnson.html
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Update on Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and its speculative IPO

Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch has been circulating in business news around a possible IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Last month Bloomberg News ran a story—based on unnamed sources—reporting the financial services firm had hired investment banks to go public on the LSE later in 2019.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/30/update-on-nigerian-fintech-firm-interswitch-and-its-speculative-ipo/
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Fearing Hackers, D.N.C. Plans to Cancel Iowa’s ‘Virtual’ Caucuses

Iowa Democrats wanted to allow some caucusgoers to vote by phone next year, but Democratic National Committee leaders are said to have concluded that such a system would not be secure.

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Malicious websites were used to secretly hack into iPhones for years, says Google

Security researchers at Google say they’ve found a number of malicious websites which, when visited, could quietly hack into a victim’s iPhone by exploiting a set of previously undisclosed software flaws.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/29/google-iphone-secretly-hacked/
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2019 U.S. Open Live Updates: Coco Gauff Beats Timea Babos

Gauff will next face Naomi Osaka; the former teen phenom Taylor Townsend upset No. 4 Simona Halep for the biggest win of her career. Coco Gauff defeats Timea Babos, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, to reach the third round of the U.S. Open.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/sports/tennis/us-open-results.html
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Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Is Arrested

HONG KONG — Joshua Wong, the student leader of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong five years ago that presaged the current protests that have shaken the city, was arrested on Friday morning, his political party said. Mr. Wong, 22, was arrested on the street at about 7:30 a.m.

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Joe Biden Dismisses Report That He Told False War Story

After The Washington Post reported that Mr. Biden had conflated several stories into one anecdote, the former vice president insisted the contours of the tale were accurate. Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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Trump’s Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Steps Down

President Trump’s personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, whose office sits in front of the Oval Office and who has served as the president’s gatekeeper since Day 1 of his administration, resigned on Thursday, two people familiar with her exit said. Ms.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/politics/trump-madeleine-westerhout.html
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Trump Authorizes a Space Command. Next, He Wants a Space Force.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday authorized the creation of the United States Space Command, citing the need for a centralized unit to protect American interests in what he called “the next war-fighting domain.

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The Man Trump Wishes He Were

In the first few months of his presidency, Donald Trump surrounded himself with a certain sort of ramrod military man: John Kelly, Michael Flynn, H.R. McMaster and Jim Mattis.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/jim-mattis-trump.html
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