Diana, Emmanuel Macron, Melania Trump: Your Thursday Briefing
Our story last week about how the Spanish language is thriving in the U.S. mentioned the song of the summer, "Despacito." A remix of a hit by the Puerto Rican musicians Luis Fonsi
and Daddy Yankee, above, the song features Justin Bieber singing in Spanish.
The first was the only one of the three songs to be sung entirely in Spanish: a cover of "La Bamba" by the group Los Lobos
that coincidentally enough topped the U.S. chart 30 years ago this week.
[The New York Times] • In Germany’s election next month, four parties wrestle for third place behind the leading Conservatives
and the Social Democrats to possibly become a coalition partner in the next government.
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_____ • President Trump pitched a sweeping tax overhaul
but offered few specifics beyond a goal of a 15 percent corporate tax rate, down from 35 percent.
We dug into our archives to retrace her life and work in the pages of The New York Times.
