World Briefs

CHINA-US President Donald Trump said he would meet at the White House today with the leader of the Chinese negotiating team now in Washington for the latest round of talks aimed at ending a 15-month trade battle that is weighing on the global economy. With expectations for this week’s talks low, Trump tweeted late yesterday: “Big day of negotiations with China. They want to make a deal, but do I?”

MALAYSIA Amnesty International urged Malaysia’s government yesterday to keep its promise to abolish the death penalty, saying unfair trials and the use of harsh treatment to obtain confessions put people at risk of execution. More on p13

SINGAPORE A Chinese former gambler at Marina Bay Sands Pte is suing the Singapore-based casino operator to recover $6.6 million he claims was transferred to other casino patrons without his authorization. More on p4

NORTH KOREA threatened again yesterday to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests, accusing the U.S. of having instigated some members of the U.N. Security Council to condemn its recent weapons tests. More on p13

JAPAN is bracing for a super typhoon on track to hit central and eastern regions over the three-day weekend, with sport events and domestic flights canceled and sandbags given away to minimize potential damage from torrential rains and strong winds.

SERBIA The leaders of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania have pledged to lift barriers to free trade and travel between the three Balkan countries as they all seek entry into the European Union.

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a New York City bishop after he was accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the 1980s.

GERMANY The president urged his nation yesterday to stand up for their Jewish compatriots as he visited the scene of an attack on a synagogue in the city of Halle, seeking to reassure an unsettled Jewish community after members saw a man trying to break into their house of worship on Judaism’s holiest day.

BELGIUM In a big blow to French president Emmanuel Macron, his country’s nominee for the next European Commission has been rejected by EU lawmakers assessing whether she was fit for the job.

UK The leaders of Britain and Ireland were meeting yesterday in an attempt to find common ground for an elusive Brexit deal, with just three weeks until the U.K. is set to leave the European Union.

USA President Donald Trump said he planned to get involved in the case of an American diplomat’s wife who quickly left the U.K. after she was allegedly involved in a fatal wrong-way crash — but stopped short of suggesting he would revoke her diplomatic immunity and return her to Britain to face charges.