Asian Morning: Trump Criticizes NATO and Hopes for 'Good Deals' With Russia

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, January 17, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [President-elect Donald J. Trump at Trump Tower in New York on Friday.] [Trump Criticizes NATO and Hopes for 'Good Deals' With Russia] By MICHAEL R. GORDON and NIRAJ CHOKSHI The president-elect called NATO "obsolete," praised Brexit and expressed hope for a nuclear deal with Russia in a wide-ranging interview with European newspapers. [Construction in 2013 near a wind farm in the northwest province of Gansu. More than 92,000 wind turbines have been built across China, capable of generating 145 gigawatts of electricity.] [It Can Power a Small Nation. But This Wind Farm in China Is Mostly Idle.] By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ The Jiuquan Wind Power Base epitomizes the country's ambition to become a global leader in clean energy. It also reflects the deep challenges facing the sector in China. [United States Marines arriving on Monday in Norway, where their military exercises will involve learning to fight in Arctic temperatures.] [Cold War Jitters Resurface as U.S. Marines Arrive in Norway] By DAN BILEFSKY and HENRIK PRYSER LIBELL Despite being generally welcomed, the presence of the Marines - shown on Norwegian television dragging their suitcases through the snow - also provoked concerns. [President Rodrigo Duterte inspected troops at a celebration of the Philippine armed forces in December. Mr. Duterte has made a bloody campaign against drug dealers and users a central part of his administration.] [President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines Criticized Over Martial Law Warning] By FELIPE VILLAMOR One rights activist said that Mr. Duterte was harboring "fascist dreams" after he said that he could impose martial law to curb drug abuse. [President François Hollande of France speaking in Paris at a conference reaffirming support for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.] [World Leaders Push Israel and Trump to Forge a 2-State Deal] By ALISSA J. RUBIN, BENOÎT MORENNE and ISABEL KERSHNER Though peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians seem doomed, world leaders gathered in Paris for a peace conference and signaled that they still longed for a solution. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [After gaining entry to an apartment in Burnley, England, Constable Francesca Wheatley, right, and Constable Nagine Ahmed inspected a small quantity of cannabis that the tenant said was for personal use.] [U.K. Police Look to Young Recruits to Help Shed an Image as 'Male, Pale and Stale'] A program, similar to Teach for America, places university graduates for two years in some of the country's most troubled areas, with a focus on diversifying the police corps. [Actors at the State Jewish Theater in Bucharest, Romania, after a performance this month. The theater stages mostly Yiddish plays in a city with a tiny Jewish population.] [Keeping Alive a Haven for Yiddish Culture in Modern Romania] Bucharest is home to one of only a handful of Yiddish theaters left in Europe, which remained open even as Romania was gripped by anti-Semitism during World War II. [Each spring, poplar trees blanket China's cities with balls of fluff that can clog car radiators and disrupt traffic.] [China's Poplar Trees: A Spring Nuisance That Snows White Fluff] Poplar trees blanket the country with balls of fuzz, which irritate people's eyes and even disrupt traffic. The government has resorted to drastic measures to stop the fluff. World [Emergency crews near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday after a cargo jet crashed on approach to the airport, killing dozens of people.] [Turkish Cargo Plane Crashes Into Village in Kyrgyzstan, Killing Dozens] By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and DAN BILEFSKY The plane was approaching the airport in Bishkek, the capital, when it struck a cluster of houses. [Indian Politician Wins Right to Use Bicycle as Election Symbol] By SUHASINI RAJ A panel ruled that the man's father, a fellow Uttar Pradesh politician with whom he was in dispute, could choose from symbols like a toffee, a pressure cooker and ice cream. [Gunman Kills 5 at International Music Festival in Mexico] By KIRK SEMPLE The attacker was being sought after opening fire during a BPM electronic music festival in Playa Del Carmen, and tourists were among the dead, officials said. [Antiaircraft Weapons Again Open Fire in Tehran] By THOMAS ERDBRINK The authorities in Iran said the target was a camera drone, the second such incident in a month. [Clockwise from top left: Bill Gates, Amancio Ortega Gaona, Warren E. Buffett, Carlos Slim Helú, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Lawrence J. Ellison, Michael R. Bloomberg.] [World's 8 Richest Have as Much Wealth as Bottom Half of Global Population] By GERRY MULLANY The eight, all men, hold as much money as the 3.6 billion people who make up the world's poorest half, Oxfam said in a report that highlighted inequality. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [Federal President Doris Leuthard of Switzerland faces President Xi Jinping of China at the beginning of a two-day state visit before he heads to Davos to address the World Economic Forum.] DealBook [What to Make of the 'Davos Class' in the Trump Era] By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN The globalist elite gather in Switzerland to grapple with the world's great challenges, but their relevance is in question in a time of Brexit and Trump. [Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung, in Seoul, South Korea, last week. A special prosecutor is seeking to arrest him on charges of bribing President Park Geun-hye.] [Samsung Heir Faces Arrest on Charges of Bribing South Korea's President] By CHOE SANG-HUN Jay Y. Lee, the de facto head of Samsung, is accused of ordering large payments to the family of President Park Geun-hye's confidante and two foundations. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology [Women's March Gives Boost to Start-Up for Bus Sharing] By KATIE BENNER Skedaddle, which has an app that lets an individual create or join a trip on a chartered bus, will transport about 11,000 people to the march. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] Sports [Justin Thomas during the final round of the Sony Open at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu on Sunday.] [Justin Thomas, Golf Prodigy, Collects Wins and Waits for His Chance to Catch Up] By BRIAN WACKER Thomas, 23, is one of the rising stars on the PGA Tour, having completed his second victory in two weeks and become the youngest player in tour history to shoot a 59. [Tom Brady and the Patriots meet James Harrison and the Steelers in the A.F.C. Championship game.] [Packers. Patriots. Steelers. Falcons. Who Has the Edge?] By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN The Packers knocked off the Cowboys on a last-second field goal, while the Steelers shuffled past the Chiefs. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [President-elect Donald J. Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan this month. He spoke in generalities about his health care plan in an interview with The Washington Post on Sunday.] [Trump Promises 'Insurance for Everybody' as Health Law Replacement] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR The president-elect said he was nearly ready to unveil his proposal, though he offered no details about how it would work or how much it would cost. [President-elect Donald J. Trump attacked Representative John Lewis of Georgia, a famed civil rights leader, on Twitter after Mr. Lewis said Mr. Trump was not a ] [In Trump's Feud With John Lewis, Blacks Perceive a Callous Rival] By YAMICHE ALCINDOR Many blacks say the president-elect's criticism of the civil rights leader shows a lack of understanding of the reverence with which they view the civil rights movement. [Monica Crowley, who had been chosen by President-elect Donald J. Trump for a role at the National Security Council, in the lobby of Trump Tower in December.] [After Plagiarism Report, Monica Crowley Will Not Take White House Job] By MAGGIE HABERMAN Ms. Crowley, who had been selected to serve in a post on President-elect Donald J. Trump's National Security Council, had been dogged by allegations of plagiarism in recent weeks. [President-elect Donald J. Trump met with Martin Luther King III at Trump Tower in New York on Monday.] [Trump Meets With Martin Luther King Jr.'s Eldest Son for Holiday] By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS The hastily arranged session came days after the president-elect feuded publicly with Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, who fought for civil rights. [Patricia Gonzales, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Pasadena, Tex. ] [In Texas, a Test of Whether the Voting Rights Act Still Has Teeth] By MANNY FERNANDEZ A federal judge put Pasadena, Tex., under federal oversight after finding that city officials had discriminated against Latino voters. But an appeal is expected. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] ADVERTISEMENT Opinion Op-Ed Contributor [2 Years, 31 Dead Construction Workers. New York Can Do Better.] By DOMINIQUE BRAVO Poor immigrant workers are falling off our buildings and being crushed to death in our streets. Op-Ed Contributor [North Africa's Next War] By HANNAH ARMSTRONG If the United Nations doesn't step up, the long-simmering conflict in Western Sahara could soon boil over. [Rohingya from Myanmar at a refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh, in December. Some 65,000 Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since October, according to the United Nations.] Op-Ed Contributor [The Lady and the Rohingya] By DAVID SCOTT MATHIESON Excessive criticism of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is obscuring why Myanmar's Muslims are persecuted and how to change that. 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. [Unsubscribe] | [Manage Subscriptions] | [Change Your Email] | [Privacy Policy] | [Contact] | [Advertise] Copyright 2017 | The New York Times Company | NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018