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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Thursday, June 11, 2015 Thursday, June 11, 2015 nytnow.com » Enjoy this newsletter? The NYT Now app for iPhone is now completely free. It's the fastest way to catch up with the news throughout the day. Download now. Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia at a meeting in Sydney to discuss ways to counter extremism. Saeed Khan/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images Your Thursday Briefing By ADEEL HASSAN Good morning. Here's what you need to know: • The worldwide fight against the Islamic State. Australia's prime minister opened a regional meeting in Sydney today to adopt a unified plan to counter the extremists' message. Officials from about 30 nations as well as delegates from technology companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google are attending. And a meeting of military chiefs is being held in Nigeria's capital to search for a better strategy in countering the Boko Haram group, which has became the largest affiliate of the Islamic State. • Search for escaped killers grows. The search for two escaped killers who have been on the loose since Saturday has expanded past New York State's borders into Vermont. A prison employee told investigators that she was supposed to pick up the inmates after they escaped, but that she went to the hospital instead when she had a panic attack. • Austerity in Greece. The state television channel reopened today, airing its first broadcast in two years after being shut in an unpopular austerity move. And Greek stocks are up 5 percent as the prime minister continues talks with his country's creditors. • Peacekeepers pay for sex, study says. United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex despite a ban on such relationships with people the organization is trying to help, an internal draft report concludes. The peacekeeping department counters that peacekeepers' deployment has grown over the last decade while sexual exploitation and abuse allegations have decreased. • Scrutiny of bishops. There are questions today about how a Vatican tribunal for judging bishops will operate and what punishments it could impose. The panel announced by Pope Francis on Wednesday, long sought by critics, would be the first to address bishops accused of covering up or failing to act in cases of abuse by priests. • Abortion case goes forward. A Georgia prosecutor will pursue a drug-possession count against a woman accused of ending her pregnancy without a prescription after dismissing a murder charge on Wednesday. MARKETS • Nike will replace Adidas as the N.B.A.'s official provider of on-court apparel in the 2017-18 season with an eight-year deal worth about $1 billion. The deal will let Nike put its logo on uniforms. • Nestlé today filed a court challenge to India's ban on its hugely popular Maggi instant noodles brand after government tests showed they contained excessive levels of lead. The company has already withdrawn the product. • Wall Street stock futures are unmoved after big gains on Wednesday. European and Asian shares are broadly higher. NOTEWORTHY • Egg inflation. The Agriculture Department says the average price of a dozen eggs in the United States will climb to a record this year because of the nation's worst-ever outbreak of bird flu in poultry. • Exploring social justice. Two documentaries at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which begins today in New York, provide calm, reasoned assessments of relations between the police and African-Americans, our film critic writes. • Scoreboard. LeBron James and the Cavaliers suit up for Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals against the Warriors at 9 p.m. Eastern (ABC). The Blackhawks beat the Lightning, 2-1, to tie up the Stanley Cup finals at two games each on Wednesday. Each game has been decided by one goal. • Chart topper. The British rock group Florence and the Machine's "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" album opened at the top of the Billboard chart, the band's first time at No. 1. • No filibusters here. The annual Congressional Baseball Game, which raises funds for charities, is tonight at Nationals Park in Washington. Last year, the Democrats beat the Republicans for a sixth straight year. BACK STORY In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system. The bill is expected to go before the state Assembly and Senate this month. But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure. Tenure goes back to medieval times, and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools. Its grip strengthened in the 1800s when university donors or legislators tried to remove professors whose views they disliked. Britain's experience may hold some lessons. In 1988, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move. Many scholars there promptly packed up and soon won tenure in the U.S., lifting the stature of many colleges and universities here. The migration might have been the largest single influx of Ph.D.'s since Jewish professors left Germany and Austria in the 1930s. Victoria Shannon contributed reporting. Your Morning Briefing is published weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern and updated on the web all morning. What would you like to see here? Contact us at briefing@nytimes.com. Want to get the briefing by email? Here's the sign-up. ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTNOW @NYTNOW NYT Now app for iPhone Now the news keeps up with you Available on the App Store Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Sign Up for the Morning Briefing newsletter » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's NYT Now newsletter. As a member of the TRUSTe privacy program, we are committed to protecting your privacy. (....) Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018