Asian Morning: Quake Off Fukushima, Japan, Triggers Tsunami Alerts

View in [Browser] Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [NYT Apps] | [[The New York Times] Today's Headlines] Tuesday, November 22, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [Quake Off Fukushima, Japan, Triggers Tsunami Alerts] By MOTOKO RICH The public broadcaster NHK exhorted residents of Fukushima prefecture to evacuate coastal areas immediately. [Fishing boats returning in October to Cato, the Philippines, from Scarborough Shoal, a reef in the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines and China.] [Philippines to Declare Marine Sanctuary in South China Sea] By MIKE IVES President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed a no-fishing zone within Scarborough Shoal, a reef that China also claims - a change that may have little effect. [Pope Francis closed the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, formally ending the yearlong Jubilee of Mercy.] [Pope Francis Extends Priests' Ability to Forgive Abortion] By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and LIAM STACK He made permanent a policy announced last year that allows priests worldwide to grant absolution for an act that the Roman Catholic Church considers a sin. [Protesters rallied in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday to call for President Park Geun-hye to step down.] [Gender Colors Outrage Over Scandal Involving South Korea's President] By CHOE SANG-HUN President Park Geun-hye's problems have left many South Korean women infuriated and fearful that their patriarchal country will become even more skeptical of female leadership. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Jason Henry for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.] [Bring a Yoga Mat and an Open Mind. Goats Are Provided.] In a pastoral setting in Oregon, a yoga class is joined by four-legged companions. World [An injured man at a hospital after a suicide attack at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.] [Islamic State Again Strikes at Afghan Shiites, Killing at Least 30 in Kabul] By MUJIB MASHAL and FAHIM ABED A suicide bombing in Kabul targeted worshipers who were honoring the Islamic ceremony of Arbaeen, and came after another recent assault on a Shiite shrine. [Damascus Diary: A Syrian City Filled With Life, and Hints of Brutal Death] By ANNE BARNARD A visit to the Syrian capital, relatively undamaged by the country's civil war and outwardly bustling, reveals how war has wounded and warped the city. [French soldiers patrolling in Strasbourg on Monday. Arrests in a suspected terrorist plot were made there and in Marseille.] [France Detains 7, Saying It Has Thwarted a New Terrorist Attack] By BENOÎT MORENNE After the arrests in Strasbourg and Marseille, investigators were looking into whether the plot involved a "coordinated attack" on multiple targets. [The Bank of England in London. Leaders of the European Union are adamant that all members of the single market adhere to the four freedoms: free movement of labor, capital, goods and services.] [Why U.K. Is Struggling to Find the Path to 'Brexit'] By STEPHEN CASTLE Leaving the European Union might have seemed simple at first, but settling on the details is a matter of philosophical principles as well as economics. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [The lobby at the Hotel at Oberlin in Oberlin, Ohio, which is part of a growing trend of sustainable hotels on college campuses.] [New Feature of the College Tour: First-Class Campus Hotels] By TAMMY La GORCE Universities like Oberlin have decided that campus guest quarters, instead of cheap and perfunctory, can promote the school's brand. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology [Employees eating lunch at Apple's campus in Austin, Tex.] Bits [Daily Report: At Apple, U.S. Jobs That Go Beyond Manufacturing] By PUI-WING TAM Apple makes one product domestically: the Mac Pro, in Austin, Tex. But in addition to the manufacturing jobs that it has created, Apple employs 6,000 at its own Austin campus. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] Sports [After three women who finished ahead of her were disqualified for doping at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the American high jumper Chaunté Lowe, above, moved up to third place.] [Olympics History Rewritten: New Doping Tests Topple the Podium] By REBECCA R. RUIZ Officials have found scores of violations from the 2008 and 2012 Summer Games in Beijing and London. [Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest of former executives of Philidor and Valeant on fraud charges last week.] White Collar Watch [Kickback Case Questions Whether Valeant Was Victim or Participant] By PETER J. HENNING The case appears to be a straightforward tale of avarice, but the Justice Department may have a difficult time proving the charges. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [Trump Towers Pune in Pune, India.] [Indian Business Partners Hope to Exploit Their Ties to Donald Trump] By AYESHA VENKATARAMAN, ELLEN BARRY and ERIC LIPTON A meeting last week with Indian developers highlights the potential for conflict stemming from his businesses and his role as president. [CannaCraft employees pruning cannabis plants at a greenhouse operated by the company.] [Medical Marijuana Is Legal in California. Except When It's Not.] By THOMAS FULLER A Santa Rosa medical marijuana company says it came out into the open and tried to follow the rules - only to be raided by local and federal police officers. [A MRI scan of the brain of a 64-year-old patient, showing evidence of Alzheimer's disease.] [U.S. Dementia Rates Are Dropping Even as Population Ages] By GINA KOLATA Despite fears that dementia rates were going to explode as the population grows older, a large study of Americans has found the opposite. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] ADVERTISEMENT Opinion [The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in southwest England.] Op-Ed Contributor [Britain's Nuclear Cover-Up] By PETER WYNN KIRBY A ruinous plan for a nuclear power project is a stealth initiative to renew a fleet of nuclear submarines. Op-Ed Columnist [The Myth of Cosmopolitanism] By ROSS DOUTHAT The global elite is a tribe like any other. [The Kater Llulla mosque in Prishtina (also known as ] Op-Ed Columnist [The Terrorists the Saudis Cultivate in Peaceful Countries] By NICHOLAS KRISTOF Saudi Arabia nurtures religious extremism in countries where there was little. 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