Your Tuesday Briefing

Guatemala, North Korea, Rodrigo Duterte | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, June 5, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( Asia Edition [Your Tuesday Briefing]( By CHARLES MCDERMID Good morning. Facebook’s latest fire, Tiananmen Square’s memory and another Chinese crime novel’s breakout moment. Here’s what you need to know: Anthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • In Hong Kong, tens of thousands of pro-democracy activists gathered to commemorate the [29th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown]( in Beijing, an event that goes largely unmentioned in mainland China. The protesters have seen their numbers dwindle, from as many as 180,000 in 2014 to last year’s 110,000. Many student organizations are unwilling to join, preferring to focus on democracy in Hong Kong rather than a massacre in mainland China. But not all students agree. “They are letting the events that happened in Tiananmen fade,” one said. _____ Matt Rourke/Associated Press • Facebook shared vast amounts of its users’ [personal information with at least 60 companies]( — device makers including Amazon, Apple, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung — over the last decade. The scope of the partnerships, most of which remain in effect, has not been previously reported. Our reporting team shows how the partner companies could obtain data about a user’s Facebook friends, even those who blocked third-party sharing. Facebook disputes the findings, and says its data sharing is in line with its privacy policy, federal agreements and pledges to users. ([Read the company’s post here.]( Facebook’s stock slipped on Monday. _____ Doug Mills/The New York Times • The U.S. Supreme Court sided 7 to 2 with a [Colorado baker who refused to make a cake]( for two men who were planning their wedding reception in 2012. Th decision relied on narrow grounds, saying a state commission had violated the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom in ruling against the baker. It left open the possibility that other cases raising similar issues could be decided differently. Separately, President Trump declared that the appointment of the special counsel in the Russia investigation is “totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!” and [asserted that he has the power to pardon himself](. _____ Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times • The Pentagon is undertaking a sweeping review of its [Special Operations Command]( as the military begins shifting its focus to growing threats from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. The new strategy, outlined by the Trump administration in January, could result in slashing counterterrorism forces in Africa by as much as half over the next three years. Above, training in Niger. Nearly a decade ago, almost 13,000 Special Operations troops were deployed around the globe. Now, about 7,300 American commandos operate in 92 countries — many in shadow wars against terrorists in Yemen, Libya, Somalia and other hot spots. _____ Yousur Al-Hlou • “Being a medic is not only a job for a man,” Razan al-Najjar, 20, said [in an interview at a Gaza protest camp]( last month. “It’s for women, too.” But an hour before dusk on Friday, the 10th week of the Palestinian protest campaign along the fence dividing the Gaza Strip from Israel, Ms. Najjar ran forward in her white paramedic’s uniform for the last time. Israeli soldiers fired two or three bullets from across the fence, according to a witness, hitting Ms. Najjar in the upper body. The Israeli military said her death would be examined. Business • Microsoft is buying GitHub, a software developer used by 28 million programmers. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, said the $7.5 billion deal would [accelerate a transition to cloud computing]( and help add artificial intelligence to its applications. • Software, software, software: Apple has kicked off its annual five-day Worldwide Developers Conference, or [WWDC]( showcasing new software features and operating system updates. [Here’s our live coverage](. • Pharmaceutical companies get away with marking up [drugs used to improve women’s sex lives]( because the condition is treated as taboo. • U.S. stocks [were up](. Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Esteban Biba/EPA, via Shutterstock • Rescuers in Guatemala searched for survivors after a volcano erupted near the capital on Sunday, killing at least 62 people. The number of missing after Volcán del Fuego’s eruption was unclear. [[The New York Times]( • A Taiwanese fighter pilot was confirmed dead after his jet crashed at the start of the island’s biggest annual military drills, an exercise meant to display the island’s ability to fend off attacks. [[South China Morning Post]( • Russia invited North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to visit just days after the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, met with him in Pyongyang. [[Reuters]( • “A despicable display of sexism”: President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines came under criticism after he publicly kissed a woman on the lips at an event in South Korea. [[The New York Times]( • In Thailand, the death of a whale with a belly full of plastic bags is prompting calls for the Southeast Asian nation to take action against throwaway plastics. [[The New York Times]( • A rare, brain-damaging virus that experts consider a possible epidemic threat has infected at least 18 people in the state of Kerala, India, killing 17. [[The New York Times]( • Human rights groups are alarmed about Indonesia’s crackdown on people who are peacefully supporting independence in the Papua region. [[The New York Times]( • Tiger Woods didn’t win the 2018 Memorial Tournament. (That distinction belonged to Bryson DeChambeau.) But even in a loss, Woods showed continued improvement. [[The New York Times]( Smarter Living Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life. • Gift ideas for [your graduate](. • Browse our summer reading list of [73 books](. • Recipe of the day: For a light, flavorful dinner, dress [pan-seared fish and asparagus in a garlicky aioli](. Noteworthy [The Night Market is where people in Richmond go to eat after they have dinner. ]Robert Leon for The New York Times • The best Asian food in North America? Our Travel team [suggests Richmond, British Columbia]( a city the Chinese call Fu Gwai Moon (Fortune’s Gate), a food paradise. • Zhou Haohui, 40, the author of wildly popular Chinese crime fiction, is about to see his novel “Death Notice” published in the U.S. and Britain. Our Beijing correspondent interviewed him in his hometown, Yangzhou, about [why crime stories are so universal](. • And the Chinese giant salamander, [the world’s largest amphibian]( has slipped toward extinction in nature, even as millions are farmed in China for meat. Those released recently into the wild are genetically distinct from those that evolved there, a man-made “species.” Back Story [Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns]Gilles Petard/Redferns, via Getty Images Seventy-five years ago this week, the Zoot Suit riots shook Los Angeles. American servicemen attacked Mexican-American and black men who had embraced flamboyantly draped suits, padded at the shoulder and pegged at the ankle. Known first as “killer dillers,” zoot suits had become an expression of pride in minority communities. The military barred personnel from leaving their barracks, and the City Council [voted to ban zoot suits](. A Times report that week [traced the suit’s origins]( to Gainesville, Ga. In the years after, it came to be seen [as a symbol of pride]( swagger and resistance. The bandleader Cab Calloway, pictured above, once called it “the only totally and truly American civilian suit.” “Zoot Suit” also became the title of a play and movie, based on the true story of a group of Latino youths unjustly convicted of murder. Last year, we sent a photographer to shoot [portraits of Angelenos at a screening]( of the 1982 film. Many had donned zoot suits or ‘40s-style dresses. “When I wear a zoot suit I feel empowered, kind of like it’s a suit of armor,” said Luis Guerrero, then 25. “It’s not only honoring those in the past, but it makes you look sharp.” Karen Zraick wrote today’s Back Story. _____ Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. [Sign up here]( to get it by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning. You can also receive [an Evening Briefing]( on U.S. weeknights. And our Australia bureau chief offers [a weekly letter]( adding analysis and conversations with readers. Browse our full range of Times newsletters [here](. What would you like to see here? Contact us at [asiabriefing@nytimes.com](mailto:asiabriefing@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback%20(Asia)). LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here](. 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