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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. “Self-restraint” is the only thing stopping the U.S. and South Korea from going to war with the North — so says the highest-ranking American general on the peninsula. As the two nations conducted a rare joint missile exercise, above, the South’s defense minister said that the intercontinental ballistic missile that the North tested this week had the potential to reach Hawaii. Our correspondent took a close look at the military options to confront the North. Her verdict: “more grim than ever.” _____ 2. President Trump criticized China for failing to do more to rein in North Korea. He’s set to meet President Xi Jinping while they attend the G-20 meeting in Germany on Friday and Saturday. Mr. Xi will seek to take advantage of declining U.S. influence. White House advisers are especially nervous about Mr. Trump’s sit-down with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, which is scheduled for Friday. Mr. Trump has already arrived in Europe, flying into Poland to deliver a major speech at the site of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II. _____ 3. Today in social media controversies: CNN faced a backlash after it published an article quoting — but not identifying — the Reddit user who created the video of President Trump wrestling the network’s logo to the ground. Some internet users accused the network of blackmailing the unnamed source, who had also posted racist and anti-Semiti... Link to the full article to read more