Asian Morning: India's Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans

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] Wednesday, January 4, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [Pawan Poojary, 18, left, and Jayesh Dubey, 19, were part of a scheme targeting Americans run from a call center in Thane, a suburb of Mumbai, India.] [India's Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans] By ELLEN BARRY The availability of computer-savvy, young, English-speaking job seekers and efficient technology have contributed to the growth in cyberfraud against Americans. [Many analysts had expected Ivan Rogers to use his expertise to play a leading role in the complex negotiations of Britain's exit from the European Union.] [In Blow to 'Brexit' Plans, Britain's Top Envoy to E.U. Resigns] By STEPHEN CASTLE The British government said Ivan Rogers was leaving early to give his successor a chance to take over before formal exit negotiations start. [Formal hearings in President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial began on Tuesday at South Korea's Constitutional Court in Seoul.] [Park Geun-hye, South Korean President, Is a No-Show at Impeachment Trial] By CHOE SANG-HUN Lawyers for Ms. Park said she was unlikely to attend any of the proceedings at the Constitutional Court, which will decide whether she is removed from office. [Still from a video posted on Facebook by Ro Nay San Lwin that appears to show police beating unarmed men in the restive border state of Rakhine, Myanmar.] [Myanmar Holds Officers After Video Purports to Show Police Beating Rohingya] By MIKE IVES The recording, which appears to depict unarmed members of the Rohingya minority being beaten in Rakhine State, adds to pressure on the government. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [The sommelier Roberto Giannone poured wine for inmates near Lecce, Italy, as Marco Albanese, a police officer and wine enthusiast, gave a class on tasting and serving.] [Italian Inmates Sip, Smell and Taste Their Way to Rehabilitation] A program teaches prisoners new professional skills and helps them develop a bond with the region known for its Negroamaro grape varieties. World [Congolese Catholic bishops before mediating talks between the opposition and the government of President Joseph Kabila of Congo in Kinshasa in December.] [Pact Would Force Out Joseph Kabila From Congo. If, of Course, He Agrees.] By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN In an agreement announced by a group of bishops, the president would step down and elections would be held. But Mr. Kabila has not yet agreed to the deal. [Police officers at New Year's Eve celebrations in Bangalore, India, where numerous women reported being groped and harassed.] [Indian Official Blames Women's Western Dress for Sexual Harassment] By NIDA NAJAR An unruly crowd on New Year's Eve in Bangalore again brought sexual assault and street safety to the fore, with some politicians faulting the victims rather than the assailants. [The Titanic leaving Southampton, England, on its ill-fated voyage on April 10, 1912.] [Coal Fire, Not Just Iceberg, Doomed the Titanic, a Journalist Claims] By DAN BILEFSKY A documentary posits that the demise of the ship may have been accelerated by a giant blaze in its hull that appeared to have started as long as three weeks before it set off. Sinosphere [Time-Lapse Video Shows Beijing Swamped by a Tide of Smog] By GERRY MULLANY The pollution in Beijing has been particularly bad recently, and the city has been enveloped in smog for extended periods starting in October. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [Megyn Kelly's new deal brings to a close the most anticipated television news contract negotiations since Katie Couric signed with CBS News in 2006, for $15 million a year.] [Megyn Kelly Is Leaving Fox News for NBC] By JIM RUTENBERG Ms. Kelly was wooed by an offer for her own daytime program, an in-depth Sunday night news show and a regular part in the network's event coverage. [Ford employees in Michigan cheered the news on Tuesday that the company would invest millions of dollars to increase production there.] [Ford, Criticized by Trump, Cancels Plans to Build Mexican Plant] By NEAL E. BOUDETTE The company said on Tuesday that it would instead invest $700 million to increase production in Michigan. [Anshu Jain, former co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, is taking on the task of expanding the privately held capital markets firm Cantor Fitzgerald.] Breakingviews [A Lower-Profile Shot at Redemption for Anshu Jain] By DOMINIC ELLIOTT The privately held, scrappy capital markets firm Cantor Fitzgerald may suit the former chief executive of Deutsche Bank. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology Bits [Daily Report: An Ex-Apple Employee Firm, Far From the Tree] By QUENTIN HARDY Pearl Automation's staff learned design and teamwork at Apple. The workers want to forget about their old employer's culture of secrecy. Tech Tip [How to Automatically Label New Gmail Messages] By J. D. BIERSDORFER You can set up filters in your Gmail settings that tag incoming messages with a custom label for easy sorting. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] Sports [Garrett McNamara riding a big wave during a tow-in surfing session in Nazaré, Portugal, in 2015. McNamara set a world record for the largest wave surfed on a 78-foot swell in Nazaré.] [A Big-Wave Great Ponders the Surf After the Wipeout of a Lifetime] By MATT GILES Garrett McNamara hopes to catch another wave on the one-year anniversary of an accident that sent him into grueling rehabilitation. But he doesn't have to. [Emon Hassan for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.] [The Rangers and the Knicks Get a New Sound for the Winter Seasons] By DAVE CALDWELL Ray Castoldi began playing the organ for games at Madison Square Garden in 1989, and the sound has never been better. [Nick Symmonds celebrated winning silver in the 800 meters at the 2013 world track and field championships in Moscow.] On Running [Olympic Runner Nick Symmonds Announces Retirement Plans] By JERÉ LONGMAN He is among the most outspoken and polarizing American track and field athletes of the past decade. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [In a pair of postings on Twitter, President-elect Donald J. Trump called the Office of Congressional Ethics ] [House Republicans, Under Fire, Back Down on Gutting Ethics Office] By ERIC LIPTON and MATT FLEGENHEIMER Lawmakers, facing a storm of bipartisan criticism, including from the president-elect, dropped plans to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics. [President-elect Donald J. Trump's plane departed for New York from the West Palm Beach, Fla., airport on Sunday.] Transition Briefing [Trump and Senate Move Quickly to Repeal Affordable Care Act] By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, CHARLIE SAVAGE and JENNIFER STEINHAUER President-elect Donald J. Trump took to Twitter to denounce President Obama's signature domestic achievement, as Senate Republicans disclosed legislation to dismantle it. [The new Congress convenes on Tuesday, and it has a long list of electoral promises to keep.] [Congress Returns. Republicans Are in Charge. 6 Things to Watch.] By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN While there were many promises made, and battle lines drawn, on the campaign trail, several factors will stand out when Congress convenes on Tuesday. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] ADVERTISEMENT Opinion Op-Ed Columnist [Donald Trump's Disastrous Example] By FRANK BRUNI The mess over a congressional ethics office reflects the muck of his own behavior. [A Clinton campaign worker reaching out to voters in Ohio, last September.] Op-Ed Columnist [Fixing the Democratic Grass Roots] By DAVID LEONHARDT In politics' fabled grass roots, Democrats have largely been getting thumped. [President-elect Donald Trump with House Speaker Paul Ryan at the Capitol, two days after the election.] Op-Ed Contributor [Is Trump's Tariff Plan Constitutional?] By REBECCA M. KYSAR He wants to use an executive order, but only the House has the power to create duties on imports. 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