Asian Morning: Trump's Falsehoods Make Foreign Leaders Ask: Can We Trust Him?

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, February 1, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [U.S. News] | [Opinion] Top News [President Trump with the British prime minister, Theresa May, before a joint press conference at the White House on Friday. Mrs. May tried to clarify Mr. Trump's position on NATO.] [Trump's Falsehoods Make Foreign Leaders Ask: Can We Trust Him?] By MARK LANDLER Alarmed, foreign officials are struggling to gauge whether they can depend on the United States to honor commitments like defense treaties and trade pacts. [The Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, this month. The United Nations has called the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic group denied citizenship in Myanmar, the most persecuted minority in the world.] [Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh to Be Relocated to Remote Island] By MAHER SATTAR The cabinet ordered officials to move migrants to Thengar Char, which is lashed by high tides year round and submerged during the monsoon season. [Xiao Jianhua at a park in Beijing in an undated photograph. He has been missing since Friday.] [Billionaire Is Reported Seized From Hong Kong Hotel and Taken Into China] By MICHAEL FORSYTHE The Chinese-born tycoon Xiao Jianhua, who holds Canadian and Antiguan passports, is in police custody on the mainland, a person close to him said. [President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines at a predawn news conference on Monday, during which he accused the United States of building a weapons depot in his country.] [U.S. Isn't Building Arms Depot in the Philippines, Envoy Says] By FELIPE VILLAMOR The American ambassador to the nation countered President Rodrigo Duterte's accusation, saying there was never a plan to build any depots there. For more top news, go to [INYT.com] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [A pumi, right, with two sloughi. They are among three new breeds that will be shown at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.] [Westminster: Meet the New Breeds] The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has added three new breeds to its annual event, which for the first time will also include a program featuring cats. [A pottery district in Jingdezhen, where a new generation is trying to revive a traditional artisan culture in the city that once produced China's most-coveted porcelain.] [Ancient Porcelain Arts Thrive Again in a Chinese River Town] Once the source of the country's most coveted china, Jingdezhen is attracting artists from around the world to study its hallowed porcelain traditions. World [The Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, with his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, in Tehran on Tuesday.] [Iran Warns U.S. Not to Escalate Dispute Over Missile Testing] By RICK GLADSTONE The Iranian foreign minister said the American accusations of a missile test should not be used "as a pretext to create new tensions." [Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, at a news conference on Tuesday in Tallinn, Estonia.] [Trump Threatens Europe's Stability, a Top Leader Warns] By JAMES KANTER China, Russia, international terrorism - the United States under a Trump administration. All were on the European Council president's list of possible threats to the future of European Union. [A man comforted his sick daughter at a hospital in Muzaffarpur, India, in 2013.] [Dangerous Fruit: Mystery of Deadly Outbreaks in India Is Solved] By ELLEN BARRY Researchers had suspected that heat stroke, infections or pesticides were behind a disease that killed about 40 percent of children affected, but it seems lychees were to blame. [In 1972, the Austrian government took over the main lease of the house where Hitler was born, right, in an effort to ensure that the property would not fall into the hands of someone seeking to glorify its link to a dark history.] [Owner Sues to Keep House Where Hitler Was Born] By ALISON SMALE A law that allows the Austrian government to seize the home, which could possibly be demolished, is challenged as unconstitutional. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World] Business [President Trump with Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon on Friday. Mr. Trump signed an executive order barring immigrants from certain countries from entering the United States.] Economic Scene [Trump and Trade: Extreme Tactics in Search of a Point] By EDUARDO PORTER Rejecting the premise of international accords is one thing. But displaying irrationality for effect, without a rational objective, can end in war. [An Uber self-driving vehicle during a test in San Francisco. The company announced on Tuesday a partnership with Daimler, under which the automaker planned to build autonomous vehicles that would operate on Uber's transportation network.] [Uber Partners With Daimler in a Step Toward a Driverless Future] By MIKE ISAAC The move marks the first time a major automaker will provide its own self-driving vehicles specifically to operate on the ride-hailing company's network. [Oprah Winfrey on the campus of Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., in 2014.] [Oprah Coming to '60 Minutes' as a Special Contributor] By JOE COSCARELLI The high-profile television personality will join the CBS news program this fall, "at a time when people are so divided," she said. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business] Technology Tech Tip [Give Windows 10 a Restart Schedule] By J. D. BIERSDORFER The latest version of Microsoft's operating system lets you set "active hours" to keep restarts from happening while you work. Bits [Daily Report: The Revolution Will Be Unprofitably Tweeted] By JIM KERSTETTER It is an extraordinary time for Twitter, which is at the center of political engagement, being used by both Trump and protesters. Yet the company still doesn't turn a profit. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech] Sports [On TNT, Charles Barkley, above, said LeBron James's desire for the Cavaliers to add a playmaking guard was inappropriate and whiny.] [Fed Up, LeBron James Fires Back at Charles Barkley] By VICTOR MATHER After the latest criticisms from Barkley on TNT, the Cavaliers All-Star defended his legacy and called Barkley "a hater." [A scrimmage in Solon, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. A new format that USA Football intends to introduce calls for players to start each play in a crouch instead of a three-point stance.] [Not Safe for Children? Football's Leaders Make Drastic Changes to Youth Game] By KEN BELSON USA Football, responding to safety concerns and declining participation, is developing a version called modified tackle, with fewer players on a smaller field. [Patriots quarterback Tom Brady spoke to the news media on Monday in Houston.] [N.F.L. Transcripts Leave Out a Couple of Things: Trump and Goodell] By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN and KEN BELSON Reporters asked players about the two men, but when the N.F.L. posted transcripts of the interviews, almost no references could be found. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports] U.S. News [President Trump during a staff swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House last week.] [Trump to Announce Supreme Court Pick in Prime Time Ceremony] By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MARK LANDLER The leading finalists are believed to be federal appeals court judges with strong conservative records: Neil M. Gorsuch and Thomas M. Hardiman. [House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, center, and the Republican leadership at a news conference on Tuesday in Washington.] On Washington [A Jarring New Level of Confrontation and Conflict Hits Washington] By CARL HULSE The Trump administration has stumbled out of the gate, blindsiding Republicans with its failure to share information and consult on policy like the executive order on immigration. [The State Department in Washington. A dissent cable spread through dozens of American embassies around the world.] [State Dept. Dissent Cable on Trump's Ban Goes Viral at U.S. Embassies] By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN The cable, asserting that the president's order on immigration will not make the nation safer, has wended through dozens of embassies and is still spreading. [On Fox News, Bill O'Reilly invoked the Statue of Liberty to make his point about the immigration order.] [In Trump's Early Days, News Media Finds Competing Narratives] By SYDNEY EMBER For readers and viewers devouring news of about the administration, the choice of narratives has become starker. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US] ADVERTISEMENT Opinion [President Trump at the White House on Monday.] Op-Ed Columnist [The Trump Administration, Love It or Leave It] By ANDREW ROSENTHAL President Trump is busily silencing dissent over his policies toward Muslim refugees and immigrants. [The Statue of Liberty and its reflection on the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park.] Op-Ed Contributor [Checking In on Lady Liberty] By SAM HODGSON After President Trump's executive order, I visited an icon of welcome for immigrants. Op-Ed Columnist [On Donald Trump's Immigration Ban] By PATRICK CHAPPATTE President Trump signed an executive order curtailing immigration and the rights of refugees. 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