Liu Xiaobo, George Pell, Kashmir: Your Tuesday Briefing
_____ • In our latest edition of The Breakdown, news
and notes from Australia, more on Cardinal Pell, and the frank criticism of President Trump by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s political editor, Chris Uhlmann.
[The New York Times] • The Australian Federal Police are conducting an inquiry into allegations
that Australian soldiers covered up the killing of an Afghan child during an operation in 2012.
_____ • In the latest developments on Russia’s contacts with the Trump campaign last year, five White House advisers told our reporters
that President Trump’s eldest son was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer during the 2016 campaign.
_____ • Cardinal George Pell, one of the highest-ranking figures in the Roman Catholic Church
and a close adviser to Pope Francis, is back in Australia to face charges of sexual assault.
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[The New York Times] • A woman in Nepal who was, in keeping with local tradition,
sequestered in a crude hut during her period was killed by a snakebite.