Kenya’s gay-sex ruling, asteroid touchdown, moose vs. tick

China’s chief trade negotiator meets with Donald Trump. Liu He and the US president will discuss multiple documents on agriculture, trade barriers, services, technology transfers, and intellectual property today, which could form the basis of a lasting US-China trade pact (paywall) ahead of a March 1 deadline.

Good morning, Quartz readers! What to watch for today and over the weekend China's chief trade negotiator meets with Donald Trump. Liu He and the US president will discuss multiple documents on agriculture, trade barriers, services, technology transfers, and intellectual property today, which could form the basis of a lasting US-China trade pact (paywall) ahead of a March 1 deadline. The Saudi crown prince meets with Xi Jinping. Mohammed bin Salman and the Chinese president will discuss sales of oil and military drones today, along with Saudi participation in Beijing's overarching Belt and Road trade initiative. Kenya awaits a ruling on decriminalizing gay sex. Judges in the country's high court will decide today whether to overturn a colonial-era law that makes consensual same-sex relationships punishable by 14 years in jail. Nigeria's rescheduled election… Nigeria's presidential election is set to take place on Saturday after a last-minute postponement due to logistics issues a week earlier. Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari is facing his biggest challenge from former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and polls are tightening between the two septuagenarians. …And Senegal's presidential election. Five contenders are vying for the top office in elections on Sunday, with incumbent Macky Sall a strong favorite to win a second term. His supporters praise him for economic growth, but critics accuse him of jailing rival candidates for political reasons. A former president, Abdoulaye Wade, has called for a boycott. While you were sleeping A Japanese spacecraft touched down on an asteroid… The Hayabusa2 craft landed on Ryugu, which is about 900 meters (3,000 feet) in diameter. It will collect samples that will be sent back to Earth. …While SpaceX launched the first private Moon mission. A rocket carrying a spacecraft named Beresheet, built by the Israeli non-profit organization SpaceIL, launched into orbit from Florida. It will spend two months traveling to our nearest neighbor, and attempt to land on the lunar surface and transmit video and photography back to Earth. Google ends forced arbitration for its employees. The new policy comes after 20,000 employees staged a walkout in November demanding better workplace treatment, and will take effect worldwide on March 21 for current and future workers. Venezuela closed its border with Brazil. The order came from president Nicolás Maduro, who is bent on preventing his opponents from delivering tons of aid (paywall) to the country. "It's better to prevent than to regret," he said. Michael Jackson's estate is suing HBO for $100 million. The King of Pop's estate claims that the network's plans to air a documentary alleging sexual abuse by the late superstar against children, called Leaving Neverland, breaches a 1992 non-disparagement contract. Membership Lists are the secret weapon of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. His 2017 memoir Hit Refresh is essentially a 287-page list of lists. It's not just a way to help make his talking points more easily digestible, it tracks with his overall communication strategy of making clear priorities alongside points. Read the Quartz list of Nadella lists. Quartz Obsession Neurostimulation: Our brains are sophisticated computers that can be turned on and off again, which doctors have long used to treat OCD and Parkinson's disease. Now new over-the-counter devices are promising to boost motor skills and memory—is that a good thing? Expand your mind with today's Quartz Obsession. Matters of debate Join the conversation with the new Quartz app! Parents are oversharing their kids' lives. Posting pictures of your children gives them an online identity, whether they want it or not. Getting lost can free the mind. Losing our bearings can spark panic, but also liberate us. The 22nd century will belong to Africa. Chinese infrastructure investment will lay the groundwork for a cultural and financial renaissance. Message from our Partner It's hard to know if other people feel things the same way you do. That's why this new study from a team of Finnish researchers is so fascinating: They've mapped emotions to where most people feel them in their own bodies. It turns out that most of us feel our emotions in similar places. Surprising discoveries A tiny T. rex… Scientists discovered fossils of a meter-high tyrannosaurus ancestor they've given the jaunty name Moros intrepidus, or "harbinger of doom." …And a colossal bee. Wallace's giant bee, as long as a human thumb, was presumed extinct before a single female was found in Indonesia. Amazon's Lord of the Rings has wizard-level security. Writers for the new series are kept under lock and key, including taped windows, guards, and fingerprint access. The mighty moose is no match for the mightier tick. Herds are being sucked dry by the vociferous blood-sucking pests, driven to new habitats by climate change. Breakdancing may become an Olympic sport. Paris has nominated the pop-and-lock dance discipline as an event for the 2024 games. Our best wishes for a productive day. Please send any news, comments, little dinosaurs, and big bees to hi@qz.com. Join the next chapter of Quartz by downloading our app and becoming a member. Today's Daily Brief was written by Mary Hui and edited by Isabella Steger.

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