Morning Briefing Americas

India Shores Up China, Russia Ties in Defiance of Trump

Narendra Modi with Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin today

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Good morning. India cozies up to Russia and China in a challenge to Donald Trump. Silver is on a tear (we’ll tell you why). And Sin City is still the best-value luxury destination in the US. Listen to the day’s top stories.