‘Brexit,’ Mosul, Samsung: Your Wednesday Briefing
[The New York Times] • The bodies of two U.N. researchers — an American and a Swede — were found in a shallow grave in eastern Congo.
[The New York Times] • An inquiry into Russian meddling in the U.S. election is under scrutiny after it emerged
that the Republican congressman leading the investigation was shown secret intelligence reports at the White House.
"When you are abroad, you always hear Czech, Czech, Czech," a Slovak lawmaker told The Times in 1990.
_____ • An American airstrike most likely led to the collapse of a building in Mosul
that may have killed more than 100 civilians earlier this month, the senior U.S. commander in Iraq said.
[The New York Times] • French prosecutors began a formal investigation into the past employment of François
Fillon’s wife as his aide, further dimming the chances of Mr. Fillon’s bid for the presidency.
The expected delivery of a letter from Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain to Donald Tusk, the president of the
European Council, will start the clock on two years of talks to end Britain’s membership in the European Union.
