Globe Trot: South China Sea crisis could be next global flash point

INDONESIA: China’s expansion in the South China Sea—where it began operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands—could be the next global flashpoint. Earlier this week, Indonesia blew up 23 Vietnamese- and Malaysian-flagged fishing vessels it said were operating illegally in its waters.

FRANCE: Orphaned Jewish children who survived World War II with the help of the Brits are turning their attention to migrant children left destitute by ISIS-led war.

“The Kindertransport is eternally relevant,” said Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. “Not every problem in the world can be solved politically, but they can be solved at the level of individuals and families.”

WATER: Ten percent of the world’s population does not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death. The Kopo can is an exciting innovation that could put a dent in the thirst for clean water—in development by MIT grad and former World Relief engineer Jesse Thornburg.

PANAMA: Few American names have cropped up in the trove of 11.5 million confidential records detailing such offshore and illegal accounts because the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm at the center of the scandal doesn’t like taking on American clients.

I’M READING: Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer, the mostly untold—and well footnoted—story of the “shamelessly transactional” Clinton approach to politics.

THIS WEEKEND is the Colson Center’s Wilberforce Weekend, and I’ll be in Montgomery, Ala., speaking at Trinity Presbyterian Church with WORLD’s Nick Eicher and at a book event Monday evening.