• Beijing’s migrant crackdown has driven 15,000 students out of their classrooms, depriving many of a chance at an education. [The New York Times]

• “If we don’t unite, we will be looked down upon,” Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia said at a rally to condemn President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. [The New York Times]

• Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s prime minister, expected the royal treatment when he was summoned to Saudi Arabia. Instead, he was told to resign. Here is the back story. [The New York Times]

• In Myanmar, an unexpected cold spell forced the caretakers of orphaned elephants to pull out giant blankets knitted especially for them. [The New York Times]

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