European Morning: Olympics History Rewritten: New Doping Tests Topple the Podium

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 [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 retesting urine samples have found scores of violations from the 2008 and 2012 Games, and medals are being stripped from dozens of athletes. [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. [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 top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks ARTS [Review: Lyon Opera Ballet Showcases Beethoven and Female Choreographers] By ROSLYN SULCAS The ballet's "Trois Grandes Fugues" offers pieces by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Maguy Marin and Lucinda Childs, with three renditions of Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge." [A family outside a market destroyed by fire, in a Rohingya village in Myanmar, in October.] OPINION | Editorial [Myanmar's War on the Rohingya] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD To preserve her reputation as a human rights champion, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi needs to allow an impartial investigation into the violence. World [A street in Alghero, a port city in Sardinia. The traditional insularity of Alghero has helped to preserve Catalan, but the language is fading even here.] Alghero Journal [Italy's Last Bastion of Catalan Language Struggles to Keep It Alive] By RAPHAEL MINDER The lingering use of Catalan in Alghero, Italy, is a reminder of how Mediterranean cultures have blended for centuries. But the language is fading there today. [Ukraine's Detention of 2 Servicemen Ignites Dispute With Russia] By IVAN NECHEPURENKO Russia said that Ukrainian Security Service operatives had abducted two of its servicemen, who were later described by Kiev as deserters from the Ukrainian Army. [A cemetery on the outskirts of Gaziantep, Turkey. Grave No. 38487 holds the body of a 4-year-old girl who died of wounds she received when a shell containing sulfur mustard agent hit her home in Marea, Syria.] [ISIS Used Chemical Arms at Least 52 Times in Syria and Iraq, Report Says] By ERIC SCHMITT More than one-third of the chemical attacks, which include chlorine and sulfur mustard agents, have come in and around Mosul, the group's stronghold in Iraq. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [Donald J. Trump with members of the media during a tour of Trump International Golf Links near Balmedie, Scotland, in June. He has long battled an offshore wind farm project nearby.] [With a Meeting, Trump Renewed a British Wind Farm Fight] By DANNY HAKIM and ERIC LIPTON Accounts of Donald J. Trump's meeting with a group from Britain raises questions about his willingness to use the presidency to advance his businesses. [Comet Ping Pong.] [Fact Check: This Pizzeria Is Not a Child-Trafficking Site] By CECILIA KANG A Washington restaurant is reeling from menacing calls and online abuse after a fake story: That Hillary Clinton abuses children there. [Three Big American Banks Pose Greater Systemic Risk, Regulator Says] By CHAD BRAY Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo each moved up a notch in the annual risk rankings of banks deemed to be globally important. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology [Protecting Your Digital Life in 7 Easy Steps] By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Here are some basic actions for making your personal data more difficult for attackers to access. [West Nile virus is spread by Culex mosquitoes. ] Global Health [Telling Mosquitoes Apart With a Cellphone] By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Calling their project "Shazam for Mosquitoes," Stanford students showed that common mobile phones could distinguish the hums of beating wings, which could prove useful in fighting diseases. [A screenshot showing Instagram's live video feature.] [Instagram Introduces New Features That Mimic Twitter and Snap Tools] By MIKE ISAAC The photo-sharing social network, which is owned by Facebook, is offering users the ability to share live videos and ephemeral messages. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] ADVERTISEMENT Sports [Young soccer players trained at Sporting Lisbon's productive youth academy in Alcochete, Portugal.] ['Made in Sporting': Lisbon Club's Youth Academy Sets It Apart] By RORY SMITH The story of how Cristiano Ronaldo made it to Sporting Lisbon is a case study in how to recruit and develop players. [Jurgen Klinsmann's legacy with the United States men's national soccer team will include the integration of young talent but also his eager recruitment of players from Germany and other countries who were eligible because of their American lineage.] [Jurgen Klinsmann Fired as U.S. Soccer Coach] By SAM BORDEN Mounting criticism and recent defeats in World Cup qualifying, including a 4-0 thrashing at Costa Rica last week, led U.S. Soccer to change course. [Juan Martín del Potro, ranked 38th, will lead Argentina against No. 6 Marin Cilic and Croatia in the Davis Cup finals.] [Argentina to Face Croatia, and History of Heartbreak, in Quest for First Davis Cup] By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY Juan Martín del Potro will lead Argentina, the only nation in the Cup's 116-year history to reach four finals without winning. Marin Cilic will have home-court advantage in Zagreb. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [Trump, on YouTube, Pledges to Create Jobs] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Reading from a script in an update on the transition, the president-elect struck a softer tone, avoiding topics like terrorism and immigration. [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. [CannaCraft employees at a greenhouse in Santa Rosa, Calif. CannaCraft produces medical marijuana products, which have been legal in the state for two decades.] [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. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] Opinion [A civil rights demonstrator being attacked by a police dog in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963.] Fixes [The Art of the Protest] By TINA ROSENBERG If Americans hate the direction their next president takes, they have the right to demonstrate peacefully. Here's how protesting has succeeded. On Campus [A Dreamer's Deportation Nightmare] By MIGUEL MOLINA With Donald Trump headed to the White House, my future as a working community college student is uncertain. Room for Debate [Should the President Be Able to Block You on Twitter?] One way of avoiding offensive people on Twitter is to block them from following you. Should a president be able to do that? 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