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| A crucial Supreme Court justice is retiring, Poland weakens its Holocaust law and Germany is stunned in the World Cup. Here's the latest: |
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| • Big news from the Supreme Court. |
| Justice Anthony Kennedy, above center, announced his retirement, setting up a furious fight over the highest American court's future. Justice Kennedy, 81, was the swing vote in many close cases, and his departure gives President Trump a chance to move the court rightward for generations. (Here is Mr. Trump's list of potential nominees.) |
| The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, promised a vote on a successor by the fall, and Democrats will have little power to stop it. |
| On the same day, the court dealt a blow to organized labor, ruling that government workers who choose not to join unions cannot be required to help pay for collective bargaining. |
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| • "The divisions go beyond trade." |
| That was Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, warning the Continent's leaders to prepare for darker times because of President Trump's trade and migration policies, which he described as "anti-liberal." Adding to the Europeans' concerns is a planned summit meeting between Mr. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Above, Mr. Putin meeting with John Bolton, the U.S. national security adviser, in Moscow on Wednesday. |
| Meanwhile, a rescue ship docked in Malta after eight European countries agreed to take in the 200 African migrants aboard. The deal came a day before a potentially divisive E.U. meeting on migration. Despite far-right leaders' claims about a "migration crisis," the number of migrants arriving in Europe has dropped sharply. |
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| • The readout from Tuesday's primaries and runoffs in the United States: upsets for the Democratic establishment and shows of loyalty for Republicans. |
| We looked at the stunning insurgent victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, above. A 28-year-old political newcomer, she won a New York primary against a longtime congressman who was lined up as a possible replacement for Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader. |
| Here are the major takeaways from the day's voting, and the full results. |
| (Have a question for our politics editor? Tell us what you'd like to know.) |
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| • It was the World Cup's biggest day so far, the last day of group play. |
| South Korea knocked Germany out of the World Cup with a 2-0 victory in overtime. It was a shocking loss for Germany, the defending champion, which failed to advance from the opening round for the first time since 1938. Above center, Germany's Thomas Mueller, in green, after his team's defeat. |
| And Mexico lost 3-0 against Sweden, but both progressed. |
| Here's where all of the teams stand. Check back for today's live scores and analysis. |
| Business |
 Mike Blake/Reuters |
| • The U.S. Justice Department approved Disney's $71 billion bid for 21st Century Fox's assets. The decision may complicate any rival offer by Comcast for Rupert Murdoch's media empire. Above, Fox Studios in Los Angeles. |
| • McKinsey & Company, the godfather of management consulting, landed its biggest contract in Africa with the South African power company Eskom. It was the worst mistake in McKinsey's nine-decade history. |
| • Facebook has halted its internet drone project, which it had originally envisioned as a way of bringing more people online. |
| • We have reached "peak screen," our tech columnist writes. Now, as tech companies feel the tension of making their smartphones less addictive, the future may mean smaller screens. |
| • Here's a snapshot of global markets. |
| In the News |
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| • Poland softened its controversial Holocaust law, which makes it illegal to accuse the nation of complicity in Nazi crimes. The move — eliminating criminal penalties for offenders — was an attempt to repair ties with the U.S. and Israel. Above, a Holocaust remembrance march between the sites of the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps in Poland. [The New York Times] |
| • The Netherlands approved a partial ban on face coverings, the latest European nation to pass a law that directly affects the lives of Muslim women. [The New York Times] |
| • Firefighters in Britain sought military help as a wildfire raged near Manchester, one of England's most populous cities. [The New York Times] |
| • Rifts among U.S. House Republicans sank a major immigration overhaul, embarrassing congressional leaders and President Trump. It was politicians' latest failure to resolve the fate of the young, unauthorized immigrants known as Dreamers. [The New York Times] |
| • China and Russia are pushing to eliminate human rights jobs from United Nations peacekeeping missions. The move comes as the U.S. presses for the body to lower spending. [The New York Times] |
| • The world's tropical forests lost roughly 39 million acres of trees last year, an area almost half the size of the United Kingdom, a new report found. [The New York Times] |
| • The world's chemical weapons watchdog was granted new powers to assign blame for chemical attacks. The vote was a diplomatic victory for Britain, with Russia, Iran and Syria opposing the move. [Reuters] |
| • The German authorities opened an investigation into the deaths of 21 employees at a metal fitting company after an employee was caught on camera poisoning a co-worker's lunch. The suspect has been arrested. [Deutsche Welle] |
| Smarter Living |
| Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. |
 Hanna Barczyk |
| • Want to feel happier? Turn to your phone. |
| • Firefox is back with a vengeance. Give it a spin. |
| • Recipe of the day: Don't associate grilling with meat only — make smoky broccoli dressed in tamari, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. |
| Noteworthy |
 Ash Samuelson |
| • Good news for bees: Researchers in Britain found that bumblebees thrived in cities — even in the center of London — compared with their relatives in the English countryside. The lack of pesticides may play a role. |
| • We spoke with the Catalan architectural firm that won the Pritzker Prize last year but is happy to be on the periphery of the Venice Architecture Biennale. "We don't like fireworks," said one of the partners. |
| • And our international reporting is becoming more modern: As we reboot Journals — features meant to bring readers to interesting spots in the world — we are embracing new forms, our international editor writes. Keep an eye out for The Times's new Dispatches. |
| Back Story |
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| French wine. Tea from China. Bananas. And now Harley-Davidson motorcycles. |
| These global products have been embroiled in so-called trade wars over the centuries — though top economists agree that "trade war" is an imprecise, even oxymoronic, expression. |
| Let's keep it simple: A trade war starts when a country imposes tariffs or quotas on goods from another country, prompting the second nation to retaliate. The escalating tit-for-tat is the "war." (As this Times article explains, a trade war can be a game of chicken, sometimes involving real chickens.) |
| Trade wars have "been going on pretty much since there's been trade," this history of the subject contends. There have been some notable failures: In 1689, King William of Orange put stiff tariffs on French wine and cognac, starting a crippling gin craze in England that lasted 50 years. |
| The U.S. has also been burned by leveling steep tariffs, most infamously with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which is blamed for worsening the Great Depression. |
| And before President John F. Kennedy enacted the Cuban trade embargo in 1961, he asked his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, to secure "a lot of cigars." It wasn't until Mr. Salinger had scored 1,200 of the best Cuban cigars that Kennedy signed the decree. |
| Charles McDermid wrote today's Back Story. |
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