Asian Morning: U.K. Set to Choose Sharp Break From European Union

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] Monday, January 16, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [Prime Minister Theresa May said in an interview with Sky News that Britain would not be able to keep ] [U.K. Set to Choose Sharp Break From European Union] By STEVEN ERLANGER Prime Minister Theresa May is said to be opting for a "hard Brexit," taking Britain out of the European single market and the customs union. [Employees of Noble Energy looked out the window of a helicopter as they flew out last month to the Atwood Advantage, where it is holding its position roughly 40 miles off the coast of Haifa, Israel, above the natural gas well it is drilling.] [For Israel, Energy Boom Could Make Friends Out of Enemies] By PETER BAKER Once a barren energy island, Israel is finally advancing an ambitious strategy to tap natural gas reserves and transform its place in a hostile region. [Zhou Youguang in Beijing in 2011. Late in life, he became an outspoken critic of the Chinese government.] [Zhou Youguang, Who Made Writing Chinese as Simple as ABC, Dies at 111] By MARGALIT FOX Mr. Zhou created the Pinyin system of Romanized Chinese, which vastly increased literacy in China and eased the agonies of foreigners studying the language. [Cubans arrived in Key West, Fla., in 1980 after Fidel Castro opened the port at Mariel.] ['Marielitos' Face Long-Delayed Reckoning: Expulsion to Cuba] By FRANCES ROBLES The migrants came to the U.S. by the thousands when Fidel Castro opened the Mariel port in 1980, and many took up a life of crime when they got here. [Christy Clark, the premier of British Columbia, in Vancouver last year.] [British Columbia: The 'Wild West' of Canadian Political Cash] By DAN LEVIN British Columbia has no limits on political donations, leading critics to say the provincial government has become a lucrative business dominated by special interests. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Liu Janmin, left, and Zhang Ling, students at the International Butler Academy China in Chengdu, checking the alignment of glasses on the table for a formal dinner.] [Rich Chinese, Inspired by 'Downton,' Fuel Demand for Butlers] Butler training programs have seen more recruits in recent years, and many point to "Downton Abbey," the drama about British aristocrats, which was avidly watched in China. [A blanket of pollution wreathed Warsaw, above, and dozens of other Polish cities, bringing a global problem more associated with Beijing into the heart of Europe.] [Warsaw Grapples With Gloomy, Gray Smog] The spike in air pollution was mainly driven by a cold snap that forced thousands of households to crank up poor quality heaters that burn things like coal and garbage. [Newfoundland Is Big on Bologna: Fried, Stewed and Layered Like a Cake] A cookbook has 400 recipes for cooking with bologna, but never, its author advises, season it with curry. [For two weeks each January, the population of Davos, Switzerland, swells as the global elite meet for a series of discussions.] [How Davos Brings the Global Elite Together] The resort town in the Swiss Alps becomes home to heads of state, captains of industry and others each year during the World Economic Forum. World [President François Hollande of France speaking in Paris at a conference reaffirming support for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.] [Missing at Israel-Palestinian Peace Conference: Israelis or Palestinians] By ISABEL KERSHNER Israel's prime minister called the gathering in France 'among the last twitches of yesterday's world,' and looked ahead to the Trump era. [The Brazilian authorities on Sunday at the State Penitentiary of Alcaçuz, near Natal, after a riot on Saturday night.] [Death Toll of Brazil Prison Riot Rises to 27; Decapitations Are Seen] By DOM PHILLIPS More than two dozen inmates were killed and many were mutilated, the authorities said. The country is reeling from a wave of bloody inmate violence. [Serbia Leader Accuses Kosovo of 'Wanting War' After Train Is Turned Back] By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Serbia vowed to defend "every inch" of its territory after a train bearing signs reading "Kosovo is Serbian" was stopped at the border between the two nations. [From left, Sami Mushaima, Ali Al-Singace and Abbas Al-Samea, who were convicted in a deadly police bombing and executed on Sunday morning in Bahrain.] [Bahrain Executes 3 Shiites Convicted in Deadly Attack on Police] By BEN HUBBARD The executions were condemned by human rights groups, which said the men had been convicted in unfair trials, on evidence allegedly obtained through torture. [Muslim Militants in Philippines Free Hostages Grabbed at Sea] By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS At least 27 hostages, many of them foreign crewmen, reportedly remain in the hands of different Abu Sayyaf factions. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [The Nissan plant in Sunderland, England.] [British Firms Await Brexit Plans, Poised to Relocate] By STEPHEN CASTLE British companies that do business in the European Union are having to rethink strategies - and geography - as a withdrawal plan begins to coalesce. [The populist surge of 2016 is seen by many as a repudiation of the economic policies advocated for decades by global executives in Davos, Switzerland, above.] [Will a 'Slap in the Face' From Voters Revive Davos Agenda, or Daze It?] By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ Executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will gather after a populist surge that was a repudiation of the free-trade and globalization policies they have advocated for decades. [One of the energy-storage installations, at a San Diego Gas & Electric operations center surrounded by industrial parks in Escondido, Calif., 30 miles north of San Diego, will be the largest of its kind in the world, developers say.] [A Big Test for Big Batteries] By DIANE CARDWELL and CLIFFORD KRAUSS In California, an environmental crisis forced a utility to fast-track a risky idea - using rechargeable cells to stand in for power plants. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology [In blind taste tests, some people could not distinguish between the Impossible Burger and a beef patty, according to the company's founder.] [The 'Impossible' Veggie Burger: A Tech Industry Answer to the Big Mac] By DAVID GELLES The Impossible Burger tries to replicate the taste and feel of a meat hamburger. It's not quite there, an expert says, but it's a serious attempt. [Joshua Kushner, the co-founder and chairman of Oscar, at its main office in New York in May.] [The Other Kushner Brother's Big Bet] By KATIE BENNER The family's Trump connection is complicating life for Joshua Kushner, who has managed to keep a low profile while building his venture capital business. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] Sports [Quarterback Aaron Rodgers will lead the Packers against the Cowboys on Sunday as Green Bay goes for its second N.F.C. title game appearance in three years. His parents don't plan to attend the game.] [Aaron Rodgers Connects With His Hometown, but the Family Huddle Is Broken] By KAREN CROUSE The Packers quarterback's celebrity is a source of unmitigated joy everywhere in Chico, Calif., except in what used to be his innermost circle. [Rafael Nadal cast a shadow on the court as he hit a shot during a training session for the Australian Open, which starts Monday. As the tennis season begins, Nadal can look forward to the French Open in the spring, when he will be chasing his 10th title in the event.] On Tennis [With the Tennis Season Beginning, a Wish List for 2017] By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY A longtime tennis writer looks at the sport and sees some ways it can improve. [Andrew Thomas, right, the Minnesota Wild's lead hockey researcher, comparing notes with Alexandra Mandrycky. Both came to the Wild from the analytics website War on Ice, which Thomas started.] [New Path to the N.H.L.: Crunching Numbers, Not Opponents] By TAL PINCHEVSKY Founders of online hockey sites that offer advanced data or new metrics or focus on areas like the N.H.L. salary cap have found themselves in demand by teams. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [President Obama campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Miami Gardens in October.] [Jolted by Deaths, Obama Found His Voice on Race] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and YAMICHE ALCINDOR Tensions across the country prompted the president to abandon his early reticence on race again and again. [Representative Mike Pence, Republican of Indiana, right, and Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, before a meeting at the Capitol in March 2010.] On Washington ['Repeal and Replace': Words Still Hanging Over G.O.P.'s Health Care Strategy] By CARL HULSE Producing the slogan turned out to be far easier for Republicans than producing an actual replacement for President Obama's Affordable Care Act. [Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, is President-elect Donald J. Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.] [Scott Pruitt, Trump's E.P.A. Pick, Backed Industry Donors Over Regulators] By ERIC LIPTON and CORAL DAVENPORT If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Pruitt could be in charge of policing industries that have long helped advance his political career. [Thomas E. Perez, the secretary of labor, last year. ] [When He Goes Low, They Go … Where? Democrats Mull How to Confront Trump] By JONATHAN MARTIN "If you try to go tweet-to-tweet with him, more often than not you're not going to succeed," a candidate to lead the Democratic National Committee said at a forum. [A President Who Inspired Big Dreams, and Big Smiles, in a Young Generation] By CAITLIN DICKERSON, ADEEL HASSAN and ANNIE CORREAL One of President Obama's lasting legacies may be the symbolic impact on the generation for whom "president of the United States" has always referred to a black man. [Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago spoke at a news conference about police abuses, flanked by Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Eddie Johnson, the police superintendent.] [Efforts to Curb Police Abuses Have Mixed Record, and Uncertain Future] By SHAILA DEWAN and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. As Chicago agrees to revamp its policing, settlements with police departments known as consent decrees may face a threat in the Trump administration. [An Asian elephant last year at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Brooklyn. The circus will hold its final performances in May.] [Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to End Its 146-Year Run] By CHRISTOPHER MELE Feld Entertainment, the producer of Ringling, said the circus would hold its final performances in May, citing declining ticket sales. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] ADVERTISEMENT Opinion [Tourists in downtown Moscow. The Kremlin is on the right.] Editorial Observer [That Time the K.G.B. Slipped Me Vodka] By SERGE SCHMEMANN The Trump dossier-related talk of "kompromat" and "dezinformatsiya" has been a blast from what was thought to be a distant past. [A set for Al Jazeera newscasts in Doha, Qatar. The various Arab television news channels offer drastically different narratives of the same events. ] News Analysis [The Linguistic Labyrinth of Arabic News] By BEN HUBBARD Who's a "rebel"? Which government is "legitimate"? In the Arab world, it depends on which TV channel you watch. Opinion [Why Trump Can't Make It 1981 Again] By RUCHIR SHARMA Donald Trump says he can bring back the economic growth of the Reagan era. But economic forces won't let him. For more opinion, go to [INYT.com/Opinion] FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook] | [Twitter] [@NYTimes] | [Pinterest] [Pinterest] | [Instagram] [Instagram] [NYT] Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®] | [iPad®] | [Android] | [All] [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »] [.] Have questions? visit our [Help Section »] [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »] About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Today's Headlines Asian Morning newsletter. 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