• A Malaysian government chemist testified he found traces of the VX nerve agent on the two women being tried on charges of murdering the half brother of Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader. On Monday, the judge, lawyers and suspects will go to his lab to see the samples, which could still be toxic, under safeguards. [Associated Press]

• Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer, has reached at least eight settlements with women who confronted him with sexual harassment accusations, a Times investigation found. [The New York Times]

• Three U.S. Green Berets were ambushed and killed in Niger, the first American combat casualties in a mission to assist local troops against Al Qaeda. [The New York Times]

• Brunei’s absolute ruler, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 71, celebrated 50 years in power with a procession through the capital on a gilded chariot before a crowd of 60,000. [The Straits Times]

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