Liu Xiaobo, Paris, Wimbledon: Your Friday Briefing
Nicholas Kristof, who reported from Beijing in 1989 when Mr. Liu was a leading figure in ill-fated democracy protests, mourned "the timidity of world leaders at the brutalization of one of the great men of modern times." _____ • President Trump is visiting Paris for Bastille Day celebrations
that will also honor the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I.
Two years later, The Times reported on Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.’s denial to his superiors
that he had landed in Europe waving a $1,000 bill (which has pictured Alexander Hamilton and President Grover Cleveland) and making bets on reaching Berlin.
_____ • Before meeting Mr. Trump, Mr. Macron, along with Chancellor Angela Merkel
of Germany, announced plans to unite European efforts to build a fighter jet.
[The New York Times] • Three Israelis were wounded, two of them critically, in an attack by three men armed with guns and knives in Jerusalem.
[The New York Times] • The number of Italians living in poverty tripled over the last decade to reach 4.7 million.
[The New York Times] • A court in Moscow sentenced five Chechens to lengthy prison
sentences over the 2015 killing of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition leader.
