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• What’s next in Australia?
The newly minted prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced his cabinet, with a mix of newcomers and holdovers. He said his “new generation team” would “begin the process of healing.”
But even as Mr. Morrison, above, promised continuity, it was clear that the Liberal Party’s rift — which produced Australia’s sixth prime minister since 2010 — is far from resolved, with implications for the country’s approach to climate change, immigration and the world.
The party vote that toppled Malcolm Turnbull on Friday also spurned Julie Bishop, the widely respected foreign minister and the party’s most popular figure with voters. She resigned, to be replaced by Defense Minister Marise Payne.
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• Analysis (plus, the unexpected).
The ascent of Mr. Morrison, a champion of the coal industry, shows “what a potent political issue climate change and energy policy can be in a handful of countries with powerful fossil fuel lobbies,” according to our climate writer, “namely Australia, Canada and the United States.”
Our latest Australia Letter comes straight from Parliament House. And an Australian commentator writes that the political turmoil holds a warning for all Western democracies.
And, on a lighter note, Peter Dutton, the Australian politician, did not become prime minister this week. But Peter Dutton of Austin, Tex., made a lot of new friends on Twitter.
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• War hero. Maverick. Presidential contender.
Senator John McCain died on Saturday at his home in Arizona. Mr. McCain, 81, learned last year he had a malignant brain tumor.
A naval aviator who endured torture in Vietnam, he rose to the heights of power in Washington. Read our full obituary.
From our chief Washington correspondent: “Now he is gone, leaving behind a storied life and a tear in America’s political fabric at a time when national unity — always a McCain theme and ultimate goal — seems especially elusive.”
Mr. McCain will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and receive a full dress funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. We’re told that Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have been asked to offer eulogies.
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• A bombshell accusation.
Pope Francis wrapped up his two-day visit to Ireland, aimed at trying to win back the confidence of Roman Catholics deeply scarred by the church’s child sexual and institutional abuse. At the revered Knock Shrine, above, he begged “the Lord’s forgiveness,” and he offered Mass before thousands in Dublin.
But his task was made harder by the accusation of a former top Vatican diplomat, Carlo Maria Viganò, that Francis knew about the abuses of a disgraced American prelate, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, years before they became public.
In a 7,000-word letter, published on Saturday in Italian by The National Catholic Register and in English by LifeSiteNews, both critical of Francis, Archbishop Viganò called on Francis to resign.
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• Dashed hopes in Seoul.
To many in South Korea, President Trump’s abrupt cancellation of his secretary of state’s planned visit to the North this week was another sign of Washington’s poor coordination on North Korea.
It has certainly left the South’s president, Moon Jae-in, above, in a bind .
And our Beijing bureau chief examines whether China is undermining efforts to disarm North Korea, as Mr. Trump suggested. (Not yet, analysts said. But one added: “It depends on how the United States trade war goes.”)
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• In Myanmar, a verdict.
A judge in Yangon is set to deliver his verdict today in the trial of two Reuters reporters who were jailed in December on accusations of obtaining secret state documents, after they reported a mass killing of Rohingya Muslims. Here’s a timeline of events.
The reporters, and one police witness for the prosecution, testified that they were set up by the police.
Our Southeast Asia bureau chief’s latest report from Myanmar looks at how, a year after the military-led ethnic-cleansing campaign against the Rohingya, top officers have escaped any consequences .
And at a refugee camp in Bangladesh, above, another reporter gathered stories of torture by a town administrator back in Myanmar, who will most likely never face punishment .
• Didi Chuxing, China’s ride-hailing giant, fired two senior executives and suspended a car-pooling service after the second killing of a female passenger in three months. Some consumers have called online for a boycott.
• Google’s corporate parent, Alphabet, still has its eyes on China. The company’s driverless-car unit, Waymo, has registered a Shanghai subsidiary — yet hurdles are plentiful.
• The weekend’s big film internationally was “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” which topped the foreign chart with more than $71 million, fueled by a $68 million debut in China. “Crazy Rich Asians” topped the North American box office for a second weekend in a row, and earned $6 million from its first 10 international markets, led by $1.8 million from Singapore, where the film is set.
• The London Stock Exchange is closed for the Summer Bank Holiday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets.
• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his candidacy for the leadership of the governing ruling Liberal Democratic Party, putting him on track to become Japan’s longest-serving premier. [ Reuters]
• South Korea’s impeached president, Park Geun-hye, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday. An appeals court ruled that Ms. Park Geun-hye collected more bribes from Samsung than previously believed. [ The New York Times]
• The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in an attack on the group’s hide-out in Nangarhar province, officials said. He is the fourth Afghan leader of the group to be killed in recent years. [ BBC]
• India turned down an offer of $100 million from the United Arab Emirates to help with recovery efforts in disaster-hit Kerala State. [ The New York Times]
• Japan’s wartime emperor, Hirohito, was anguished until his death about his responsibility in World War II, according to an aide’s diary. The emperor ruminated about how much he was blamed for the atrocities of World War II. [ The New York Times]
Tips for a more fulfilling life.
• Recipe of the day: Cauliflower Parmesan is delicious — and works with broccoli, too.
• Maybe your sleep problem isn’t a problem .
• Or maybe you’re too tired. But you’re not alone.
• In Japan, balls of algae known as marimo are a protected species and official national treasure. The mysterious green orbs seem to follow a biological clock that helps them pursue sunlight while underwater.
• In memoriam: Neil Simon, 91, the wildly successful playwright who helped redefine popular American humor with hits like “Barefoot in the Park” (1963) and “The Odd Couple” (1965).
