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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] Thursday, January 19, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [Ice in the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea region. ] [Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year] By JUSTIN GILLIS and JOHN SCHWARTZ Surface temperatures are heading toward levels that many scientists believe will pose a threat to both the natural world and to human civilization. [A coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, in 2015. The government has canceled 103 coal plants that were planned or under construction, eliminating 120 gigawatts of future coal-fired capacity.] [China Cancels 103 Coal Plants, Mindful of Smog and Wasted Capacity] By MICHAEL FORSYTHE The dropped projects include dozens already under construction, even though existing plants can already generate far more power than the country needs. [President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia was greeted by supporters as he arrived at a campaign rally in November, about a week before the election.] [Gambia Shudders as Defeated President Yahya Jammeh Tightens Grip Before Inauguration] By JAIME YAYA BARRY and DIONNE SEARCEY President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to accept his electoral loss to Adama Barrow threatens to drag the nation into a bloody standoff. [Edward J. Snowden speaking to an audience in Massachusetts during a live video webcast in 2016.] [Russia Extends Edward Snowden's Asylum] By ANDREW E. KRAMER Moscow said the former N.S.A. contractor, who was granted asylum in 2013, would be allowed to remain for "a couple more years." For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Lai Jeng-jer, a gay rights activist from Taiwan, at Two Cities, the cafe he opened after moving to Beijing in 2012. Before that, he had run a pioneering gay-themed bookstore in Taipei, Taiwan's capital.] [On Taking Gay Rights From Taipei to Beijing: Don't Call It a 'Movement'] Lai Jeng-jer, a leader on gay rights in Taiwan who now lives in Beijing, discusses the progress he's seen on the mainland, as well as the limitations. World [Liu He in Beijing in 2010. As the top economic adviser to China's president, Xi Jinping, Mr. Liu has sought to make China's growth less reliant on rising debt and public spending.] [China's Top Economic Official Braces for Possible Trade War] By CHRIS BUCKLEY and KEITH BRADSHER Liu He, the top economic adviser to President Xi Jinping, has argued for more open markets. But his agenda could be overwhelmed by fears of fallout from a trade war. [Chief Justice Zhou Qiang at the National People's Congress in Beijing in March. A recent speech by the chief justice was seen as a nod to China's strict political climate, set by President Xi Jinping.] [China's Chief Justice Rejects an Independent Judiciary, and Reformers Wince] By MICHAEL FORSYTHE Zhou Qiang denounced the "trap" of "Western" ideology, dismaying some liberal-minded observers of the Chinese legal system who had seen him as an encouraging figure. [Samantha Power, center, the American ambassador to the United Nations, and members of the Security Council visited displaced people in Wau, South Sudan, last year.] United Nations Memo [In South Sudan, Mass Killings, Rapes and the Limits of U.S. Diplomacy] By SOMINI SENGUPTA Samantha Power, the ambassador to the United Nations, is known for advocating diplomacy to prevent atrocities, but poor timing has hampered efforts to avert a catastrophe. [The aftermath of Tuesday's bombing at a camp for displaced people in Rann, Nigeria.] [Death Toll in Mistaken Bombing of Camp in Nigeria Climbs to 70] By DIONNE SEARCEY The number killed in an errant bombing by a Nigerian military fighter jet on Tuesday included at least nine aid workers, humanitarian groups said Wednesday. What in the World [When an Airline Suffered Misfortune, Some Looked for a Goat] By SALMAN MASOOD The ritual slaughter of animals is common in Pakistan, but the airport sacrifice of a goat after a deadly plane crash still met with ridicule. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [A hall at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.] News Analysis [Davos Elite Fret About Inequality Over Vintage Wine and Canapés] By PETER S. GOODMAN Power brokers are in the Swiss Alps to discuss how to make globalization more lucrative, but there is no appetite for redistributing wealth or empowering workers. [.][DealBook: What to Make of the 'Davos Class' in the Trump Era] State of the Art [Clearing Out the App Stores: Government Censorship Made Easier] By FARHAD MANJOO App stores backed by giant corporations have created choke points for the internet, which governments are now exploiting. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology Tech Tip [iPhone, Take a Message] By J. D. BIERSDORFER Newer iPhones can convert a voice mail recording into text so you don't have to play it to get it. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] Sports [Fans were excited when the Knicks acquired Carmelo Anthony in 2011, but now many of them wonder whether he would be willing to waive his no-trade clause.] On Pro Basketball [Would You Vote Carmelo Off the Island? Or Phil?] By HARVEY ARATON One way to end the strained relationship between Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks' president, Phil Jackson, would be for one of them to leave. But which one? [Noah Rubin, a 200th-ranked qualifier, lost to Roger Federer on Wednesday in the second round at the Australian Open.] [Noah Rubin Can't Stop Roger Federer: 'That Guy Is Immortal'] By BEN ROTHENBERG Rubin, the 200th-ranked qualifier, hung with Federer through three tight sets, but eventually succumbed in the second round of the Australian Open. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, center, the incoming national security adviser, has met four times with his Obama counterpart, Susan E. Rice, most recently on Tuesday afternoon.] [Trump National Security Team Gets a Slow Start] By MARK LANDLER The Obama administration has written 275 briefing papers for the incoming administration, but doesn't know whether the material has been read. [President Obama spoke during his final news conference in the White House briefing room on Wednesday.] [Obama Vows to Speak Out on 'Core Values' After Office] By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and PETER BAKER At his final news conference in the White House, the president was asked about his future and his decision to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning. [Nominee for Health Secretary Is Vague on Replacing Affordable Care Act] By ROBERT PEAR In testimony before a Senate panel, Representative Tom Price set lofty goals for a law to replace the Affordable Care Act but did not say how he would achieve them. [United States agents patrolling a beach just north of the Mexican border near San Diego in November. The California lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom, said the state could its use environmental protection law to block President-elect Trump from building a wall along the Mexican border.] [California Strikes a Bold Pose as Vanguard of the Resistance] By ADAM NAGOURNEY Some advocate defiance of the Trump administration to protect the state's progressive agenda. But others see little sense in opening with belligerence. [Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, in Houston at Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Kansas City Royals and Houston Astros on Oct. 11, 2015.] [Elder President George Bush Is Hospitalized in Houston] By PETER BAKER Mr. Bush was in stable condition at Houston Methodist Hospital on Wednesday after doctors cleared his airway, his spokesman said. His wife, Barbara, was also admitted. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] ADVERTISEMENT Opinion [Edward Snowden seen in a live video link from Russia in 2015.] Op-Ed Contributor [Snowden Does Not Deserve the Threat He Faces] By ALAN RUSBRIDGER Obama should pardon him before a much less thoughtful president, who has spoken of his execution, takes over the machinery of surveillance. [Erik Pavia at the University of Texas at El Paso.] Op-Ed Columnist [America's Great Working-Class Colleges] By DAVID LEONHARDT Dozens of colleges are vaulting thousands of low-income students into the middle class and beyond, and yet are being starved of funding. Op-Ed Columnist [Speaking Truth to Trump on Immigration] By NICHOLAS KRISTOF Donald Trump's denunciation of immigrants is hypocritical. 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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