Your Tuesday Briefing

Texas, North Korea, Shinzo Abe | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, November 7, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Asia Edition [Your Tuesday Briefing]( By CHARLES MCDERMID Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Doug Mills/The New York Times • President Trump arrives in South Korea today following a visit to Japan that focused on trade and security, and the explicit link between them. Mr. Trump urged [Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to protect his country]( from a nuclear-armed North Korea by buying billions of dollars worth of American weapons. “It’s a lot of jobs for us and a lot of safety for Japan,” the president said. Above, Mr. Trump and Mr. Abe feeding the koi at Akasaka Palace. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump will be in Beijing, for a crucial meeting with President Xi Jinping, who wants the [U.S. to acknowledge China as its equal]( on the world stage. _____ • Details emerged about the suspect in the shooting that left[at least 26 people dead]( at a Baptist church in rural Texas on Sunday. Among [the things we know so far]( The [suspect, Devin Patrick Kelley]( 26, who died soon after the massacre, had served in the Air Force but was court-martialed in 2012 on charges of assaulting his wife and child. [We spoke to grieving residents]( of Sutherland Springs, described as “a one-blinking-light town,” and [have maps of how the rampage unfolded](. _____ • The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen responded angrily after a missile was fired at the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Blaming Iran, [officials said it could constitute an “act of war”]( and imposed a blockade on Yemen, already in an acute humanitarian crisis. The force behind the Saudi campaign is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 32, who has [moved to arrest rivals]( and even [reined in the clergy](. “It is the coup de grâce of the old system,” a former U.S. ambassador said. _____ • Revelations continue from the “Paradise Papers,” [a trove of documents from an offshore firm used to hide wealth](. As Apple’s tax structure, and its reliance on Ireland, came under scrutiny, the tech giant [moved to the small English island of Jersey](. And a Russian oligarch was able to sidestep regulations to register his jet in the U.S., [with the help of a Utah bank](. _____ Pawan Sharma/Associated Press • In India, an assault on a [Swiss couple near the Taj Mahal]( has rocked the tourism industry. It is just the latest setback for the area, which is home to some of the world’s most famous monuments, but finds its status, associated with India’s Muslim past, threatened by the rise of a militant Hindu nationalism. Separately, [a group of Muslim Manganiyar musicians]( who are traditionally bound to higher-caste Hindus, has broken its bonds of servitude after one was killed on the job. _____  • The U.N. Climate Conference opened in Bonn, Germany, with a warning that [2017 looks to be one of the three hottest years]( ever recorded. And two years after countries signed a landmark climate agreement in Paris, [here’s a]( at how far off course]( the world remains from curbing drastic global warming. Business • Broadcom, a global microchip maker, made [a $105 billion takeover bid for its rival Qualcomm]( which supplies “modem” chips to Apple, Samsung and LG. • Google and others are looking for [automated ways to deal with a shortage of artificial intelligence]( experts. Start-ups, like Malong in China, are trying to fill the gap. • Jeff Bezos sold a [million shares of]( for $1.1 billion. • Oil prices [hit their highest point in over two years]( on Saudi Arabia’s corruption purge. U.S. stocks [were up](. Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Kham/Reuters • The death toll in Vietnam reached 61 after a typhoon and lashing floods. The government said some dams were dangerously close to bursting. [[Reuters]( • Hezbollah, the Shiite militia and political party in Lebanon, called for “patience and calm” a day after the prime minister resigned. [[The New York Times]( • In Russia, more than 200 people were arrested at a protest linked to a right-wing movement calling for a repeat of the Russian Revolution. [[The New York Times]( • Olympic officials are considering banning Russia’s flag and anthem from next year’s Winter Games in response to its doping violations. [[The New York Times]( • The best-selling Australian author Libby Weaver recalled 20,000 copies of her new book because she used a derogatory term for Down syndrome. [[BBC]( • Roasted soy beans, tofu rice and pig’s blood. Here’s a look at North Korea’s black market street food. [[Quartz]( • A long-lost map of Australia, created by master cartographer Joan Blaeu in 1663, has been restored and is on display at the national library. [[Canberra Times]( Smarter Living Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. • Learn the best ways to say “Sorry, I’m out of the office” in our latest [Smarter Living newsletter](. • Recipe of the day: Tonight, get ambitious with [a clam-chowder pie](. Noteworthy Marvel Studios, via Associated Press • “Thor: Ragnarok” [had a thunderclap opening]( boosted by [$54 million from China](. The appeal, our reporter writes, is the “absurdity of the main character, a beefcake god who carries a magic hammer and travels by rainbow.” [Here’s our review](. • From our files: On this day 145 years ago, [Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting]( with a group of women, or, as The Times put it, “a little band of nine ladies.” • Finally, meet the parennials. The [generation born between 1980 and 2000 is having children]( and parenting much differently. (There’s an app for nap time.) Back Story Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, via Associated Press One hundred years ago today, one of the century’s [most momentous uprisings hit St. Petersburg](. The Russian Revolution’s eventual outcome, the Soviet Union, meant hope for some and suffering for many. Throughout the centenary year, we explored the legacy of communism in a [series of Op-Eds, "Red Century.”]( Perhaps less noted is how the revolution changed culinary history. Millions of émigrés of the crumbled remains of the Russian Empire took their cuisine with them. “As the American, wandering a foreign land, longs for ham and eggs country style, so does the Russian exile want borsch, the national Russian soup with his meal,” [The Times wrote in 1935](. “And in New York he gets it.” A Parisian cookbook from 1938 [described borscht]( as “a Russian soup made from beef, duck, pork belly, garnished with cabbage julienne and beetroot.” (It also provided a Polish version.) To this day, restaurants in Hong Kong [serve “lor soong tong]( a soup derived from the borscht made by migrants from Russia and Eastern Europe who sought refuge in the then-British colony. And just last month, Ukraine sought to widen the [soup’s global reach on Twitter]( “@Google & @Apple, time to have a borscht emoji!” Patrick Boehler contributed reporting. _____ Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. Browse past briefings [here](. 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