Thursday Morning Briefing: Ducking queries on Trump, Kavanaugh resumes U.S. Senate test
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September 9th, 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh,President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, embraced judicial independence but sidestepped Senate Democrats’ questions yesterday on whether a president can pardon himself or fire a prosecutor investigating him. Kavanaugh will face a final barrage of questions today in a multi-day U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.
The U.S. Department of Justiceand state attorneys general will meet this month to discuss concerns that social media platforms are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas.” This comes after Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey testified at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on efforts to counteract foreign efforts to influence U.S. elections and political discourse.
When Reuters journalist Peter Appswoke up with a broken neck in a Sri Lanka war zone, he tried to persuade nearby soldiers to shoot him. Twelve years later, he works as a columnist, military reservist and director of a think tank. Writing on the anniversary of the car accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down, he explains how he has adapted to his disability and regained a measure of independence.
About 50 Rohingya Muslim refugeesgathered in a muddy sports field in a camp in Bangladesh to protest against the conviction in Myanmar of two Reuters reporters, who were arrested while covering the plight of their community. Read the latest on their case here.
Beijing expressed angerafter a British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea late last month. The challenge to China’s growing control of the strategic waterway comes after the United States said it would like to see more international participation in such actions.
Hudhayfa al-Shahad strapped a colorful paper cup filled with cotton and charcoal to a child’s face and tightened a plastic bag around his head: an improvised gas mask if chemicals once again fall on #Syria’s #Idlib. https://reut.rs/2wNBt7Q by @KhalelAshawe
Tesla’s stock and bond prices dropped yesterday after Chief Executive Elon Musk renewed an attack on a British caver whom he had previously insulted on social media and a day after Mercedes unveiled a challenge to the electric car maker.
A U.S. police investigation into an allegation of rape against JD.com CEO Richard Liu has hammered the e-commerce giant’s shares, with the case laying bare risks posed by his iron grip on management and the lack of other leaders to challenge him.
Starbucks will realize its chairman’s dream when it opens an upmarket roastery and cafe in Milan, but the test will be to convince coffee-obsessed Italians to pay more for their daily espresso.
Britain’s Burberry will no longer burn millions of pounds worth of unsold luxury goods or use real fur in its collections following a furor over its environmental record.
