World briefs

China-US White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow insisted that President Donald Trump won’t back off national security concerns after agreeing to allow U.S. companies to sell some components to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Kudlow told Fox and CBS that Huawei will remain on an American blacklist as a potential security threat.  

Trump-Kim With wide grins and a historic handshake, President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un meet at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone and agree to revive talks on the North’s nuclear program. Significant doubts remain, though, about the future of the negotiations.

China Apple Inc. will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, moving production of what had been its only major device assembled in the U.S. The company will use Quanta Computer Inc. to make the USD6,000 desktop computer and is ramping up production at a factory near Shanghai, according to the person, who asked not to be identified speaking about Apple’s decision-making. 

Venice If you’ve been to Venice, you get it. Even the most jaded globetrotter can’t help but do a double-take at the sheer originality—and beauty—of the centuries-old city built entirely on water. Yet even the quickest visit reveals that Venice is no longer a living city, with scores more tourists than actual Venetians crowding its lagoon, bridges and walkways.

Facebook says it will make advertisements for jobs, loans and credit card offers searchable for all U.S. users following a legal settlement designed to eliminate discrimination on its platform. The plan expands on a commitment the social medial giant made in March when it agreed to make its U.S. housing ads searchable by location and advertiser.

USA The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence released a list of clerics, religious order priests and deacons it says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. The list of 50 names posted on the diocese website includes 19 priests and deacons who are still alive, although nearly all have been removed from ministry.

Israel The Falic family of Florida, owners of the ubiquitous chain of Duty Free Americas shops, funds a generous and sometimes controversial philanthropic empire in Israel. The family has donated at least USD5.6 million to settler groups in the West Bank and east Jerusalem over the past decade, funding synagogues, schools and social services along with far-right causes considered extreme even in Israel.