Xi Jinping, Ivanka Trump, Colombia: Your Morning Briefing
[The New York Times] • In the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie, three people remain missing in
Queensland as Australia cleans up after one of the worst floods in the region’s history.
• Finally, in this Times Insider report, our former Shanghai bureau chief reflects on the ups
and downs of delivering New York Times coverage to the Chinese-speaking world, including China’s blockage of our Chinese-language site for more than four years.
[The New York Times] • Two sailors from a South Korean cargo ship believed to have
sunk off Uruguay last week were found, but 22 others remain unaccounted for.
President Trump has issued two executive orders reflecting American economic tensions with China,
but their limited reach may allow him to focus on North Korea in talks with President Xi Jinping.
_____ • According to White House ethics filings, Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, will remain the beneficiaries of interests worth as much as $740 million — which could put them at risk of violating laws forbidding federal employees to take any action
that might benefit their particular financial holdings.
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Many people were still missing, said at doctor at the scene: "Under the mud, I am sure there are many more." _____ • In Myanmar, the party of Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, won nearly half of the seats contested in by-elections but faced losses in ethnic-minority regions.