Welcome back to your weekly international edition of the daily briefing, where we try to highlight a little of what's going on around the world.
First, from NCR yesterday:
Our editorial: Conservatives should tackle Defense Department's waste
Catholics in Baltic states ponder response to new Russian aggressiveness
And from Global Sisters Report:
Closing the circle of ministry: Sister communities share property
Dominicans' hostel supports college students in Vietnam
Syrian civil war:
Aleppo rebel evacuation underway after ceasefire deal
Brexit frustrations:
As Brexit approaches, signs of a gathering economic storm for Britain
'It terrifies me': Britons in Europe on how Brexit is going to affect them
An EU dinner with Brexit for each course
Parts far and wide:
China appears to confirm it has militarized disputed Spratly Islands
Taiwan is both exhilarated and unnerved by Trump's China remarks
Abe, Putin agree to revive Japan-Russia security talks, discuss Syria
From Italy with love:
With success comes dissension in Italy’s Five Star Movement
Italy's new government looks much like just-ended one
Italy's quiet man prime minister: Who is Paolo Gentiloni?
How a Monte dei Paschi rescue is unlikely to solve Italy's banking problems
Ideas for next week? Drop me a line:
[Joshua J. McElwee is NCR Vatican correspondent. His email address is jmcelwee@ncronline.org. Follow him on Twitter: @joshjmac.]
