Trump’s New Greenland Threat Outrages Allies, and China’s Birthrate Plunges

Plus, chimney sweeps are making a comeback.

Here’s what we’re covering:

European Union Officials Lean Toward Negotiating, Not Retaliating, Over Trump Tariff Threat, by Jeanna Smialek and Anushka Patil

In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters, by Stephanie Saul

$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, by Isabel Kershner

China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949, by Alexandra Stevenson

Why London’s Chimney Sweeps Are Enjoying a Resurgence, by Stephen Castle

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