North Korea, Rohingya, Narendra Modi: Your Tuesday Briefing [The New York Times] Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. _____ • At the BRICS summit, the member nations — Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa — denounced the North’s latest test, but added that problems over its nuclear program should only be settled through peaceful means and dialogue, according to a draft communiqué. • A new generation of wealthy mainland Chinese men is forcing some luxury brands in Hong Kong to adopt a new "product logic" — advertising through social media and emphasizing uniqueness, authenticity and craftsmanship. _____ If photographs appear out of order, please download the updated New York Times app from iTunes or Google Play. On this day in 1960, Senegal — one of more than a dozen of France’s African colonies to gain independence that year — elected its first president. And as for this morning, here’s what you need to know: • North Korea "is begging for war." That’s what Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told the Security Council a day after the North’s most powerful nuclear test, and hours after South Korea said that Pyongyang might be preparing another ballistic missile launch this weekend. [The New York Times] • A top U.N. official said Saudi Arabia should fund all humanitarian aid to confront the crisis in Yemen, where the kingdom has led a military campaign since 2015.
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