European Morning: Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year

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 Surface temperatures are heading toward levels that many scientists believe will pose a threat to both the natural world and to human civilization. [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. [American military personnel in Iraq during a battle with Islamic State militants at the University of Mosul on Wednesday.] [Iraqi Forces Take Eastern Mosul From Islamic State] By RICK GLADSTONE The announcement came three months after government troops, aided by American air support and military advisers, began an assault to retake the city. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks WORLD [[Interactive Graphic] Interactive Graphic: How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2016?] Interactive chart showing high and low temperatures and precipitation for more than 5,000 cities around the world. [Edward Snowden seen in a live video link from Russia in 2015.] OPINION | 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. World [President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia was greeted by supporters as he arrived at a campaign rally in November, about a week before the election.] [President's Term Running Out, Gambia Shudders as He Refuses to Quit] By JAIME YAYA BARRY and DIONNE SEARCEY The president's refusal to accept his electoral loss to Adama Barrow, after initially doing so, threatens to drag the nation into a bloody standoff. [Björn Höcke, left, at a rally for Alternative for Germany, in Dresden on Tuesday.] [In Germany, a Far-Right Leader Stirs a Long-Suppressed Nationalism] By AMANDA TAUB and MAX FISHER Björn Höcke, a star in the Alternative for Germany party, has found growing success challenging national regret over the Holocaust and the country's Nazi crimes. [Israeli police officers detaining a man during clashes after a protest against house demolitions in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran on Wednesday.] [Villager and Israeli Police Officer Die in Clash at Bedouin Hamlet] By ISABEL KERSHNER There were conflicting accounts about events in Umm al-Hiran, a Negev village where homes were slated for demolition. 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] [Paul McCartney in Indio, Calif., in October. The former Beatle filed suit on Wednesday to reclaim ownership of a number of songs he wrote for with John Lennon.] [Paul McCartney Sues to Get Back His Beatles Songs] By BEN SISARIO The dispute with Sony/ATV, over an obscure aspect of copyright law, involves dozens of songs he wrote with John Lennon. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology 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. [Claire Foy and Pip Torrens in ] [Netflix Profit Rises 56 Percent to $67 Million] By EMILY STEEL Netflix added a record 7.05 million streaming members in the three months that ended Dec. 31, beating its forecast of 5.2 million new members for the quarter. [If your goal is to stay fit, Zombies, Run! is an enjoyable motivator.] App Smart [Have New Year's Resolutions? These Apps Help You Achieve Them] By KIT EATON Help meet your new goals with apps that can help you stick to your plan, even if that means not checking your phone quite so often. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] ADVERTISEMENT Sports [Salvador González, known as Voro, took over as manager after the departure of Cesare Prandelli. Valencia has gone through four coaches in less than two seasons.] On Soccer [Valencia, an Often Unsteady Club, Teeters Toward Disaster] By RORY SMITH Valencia, which has the fourth-highest budget in Spain but the fourth-worst record, always poses a challenge for coaches, but it has never experienced a crisis quite like this. [Nick Kyrgios of Australia during his second-round loss to Andreas Seppi of Italy on Wednesday at the Australian Open.] On Tennis [Nick Kyrgios: Maddening, Fascinating and Out of His Home Event] By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY All the reasons people question the talented Australian's professionalism and effort were on display Wednesday night as he blew a two-set lead and lost at the Australian Open. [Karolina Pliskova, left, and her twin, Kristyna, in 2015 during a doubles match in Wimbledon. The careers of the two have diverged, with Karolina at No. 5 and Kristyna at No. 58.] [Kerber Faces a Pliskova Test, but Not the Usual One] By BEN ROTHENBERG Angelique Kerber and Karolina Pliskova have established a rivalry. But on Friday, Kerber will face Pliskova's twin, Kristyna, at the Australian Open. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [President Obama spoke during his final news conference in the White House briefing room on Wednesday.] [In Farewell, Obama Sets Red Lines That Would Pull Him Back Into Fray] 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. [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. [Maria Lyon, a law student who opposes abortion, at home in Madison, Wis., with her husband, Will Lyon. ] [Views on Abortion Strain Calls for Unity at Women's March on Washington] By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG March officials are being criticized for including abortion rights language in the official platform, alienating women who consider themselves feminists but oppose the procedure. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] Opinion Editorial [President Obama's Last Chance to Show Mercy] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Obama did the right thing in granting clemency to Chelsea Manning, and should offer Edward Snowden similar leniency. Op-Ed Columnist [Speaking Truth to Trump on Immigration] By NICHOLAS KRISTOF Donald Trump's denunciation of immigrants is hypocritical. Op-Ed Contributor [A Scar on the Chinese Soul] By HELEN GAO More than 50 years after the start of the Cultural Revolution, the emotional damage continues to fester. 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