Asian Morning: Europe Is Facing 4 Existential Tests. Can It Hold Together?

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, March 14, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [Geert Wilders, the Dutch far-right leader, center, campaigning in Valkenburg on Saturday.]( The Interpreter [Europe Is Facing 4 Existential Tests. Can It Hold Together?]( By MAX FISHER A looming British exit from the European Union, talk of Scottish independence, a Dutch election and a spat with Turkey risk a further splintering of Europe. [Protesters outside the Netherlands Consulate in Istanbul on Sunday after the Turkish foreign minister was blocked from landing in Rotterdam.]( [E.U. Warns Turkey in Escalating Dispute Over Constitutional Referendum]( By SEWELL CHAN The bloc said that a Turkish effort to strengthen the president's powers might affect the country's bid to join the European Union. [The market in the city center of Almere, a Dutch city home to immigrants from 153 nationalities.]( [Netherlands Considers a New Relationship to Muslims With Coming Election]( By ALISSA J. RUBIN This week's elections in the Netherlands will begin Europe's year of political reckoning, as countries contend with waves of populism and anti-Muslim sentiment. [Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh in 2015. She called on Monday for Scotland to hold another referendum on independence, possibly as early as next year.]( [Amid Divisions in U.K. Over 'Brexit,' Nicola Sturgeon Calls for New Referendum on Scottish Independence]( By KATRIN BENNHOLD Ms. Sturgeon said that London had failed to address Scotland's desire to remain in the single market after Britain leaves the European Union. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Boaty McBoatface, a remotely operated submarine, will begin its first mission this week in Antarctica.]( [Boaty McBoatface, From Internet Joke to Polar Explorer]( By HANNAH OLIVENNES Scientists can only hope that the robot submarine will discover something that draws as much attention as the odd story of how it got its name. [] World [Afghan security personnel at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on Monday.]( [Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan Slams Into Packed Minibus]( By ROD NORDLAND and ZAHRA NADER In the second serious attack in Kabul in a week, a sedan packed with explosives smashed into the minibus, killing at least one person and injuring 19. [Hosni Mubarak waved to supporters in 2015, on his 87th birthday, from the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo.]( [Egyptian Prosecutor Orders Release of Hosni Mubarak, President Toppled in 2011]( By DECLAN WALSH The decision is a marked turnaround for the former military leader, who led the country from 1981 until he was deposed during the Arab Spring. [Palestinian laborers at a construction site in the Ma'ale Adumim settlement.]( [Trump Adviser on Mideast Visits Region for Meetings With Netanyahu and Abbas]( By ISABEL KERSHNER The visit by Jason D. Greenblatt appeared to be part of an early effort to break the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [Lake Baikal has become a popular destination for Chinese tourists since the 2014 collapse of the ruble.]( Lake Baikal Journal [A Russian Lake's Future Hangs on Tourists and Toilets]( By NEIL MacFARQUHAR The fight to protect Lake Baikal, the world's largest body of unfrozen fresh water, has shifted from industrial pollution to more mundane matters like sewage. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's competition commissioner, in Brussels on Monday. She said the deal would ]( [Gazprom Makes Concessions in E.U. Gas Deal, but Trouble Looms for Russian Giant]( By JAMES KANTER, ANDREW E. KRAMER and STANLEY REED News of the provisional deal provides a welcome respite for the Russian energy company, and the government in Moscow, but the company still has serious issues. [Brian Krzanich, chief executive of Intel, at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Intel is buying autonomous-car-parts maker Mobileye for $15.3 billion, a price that will demand high performance in a competitive if fast-growing market.]( Breakingviews [Intel's $15 Billion Gamble on Self-Driving]( By ROBERT CYRAN The deal for Mobileye could pay off in a rapidly growing market. But Intel's merger record is patchy, and the price assumes near-perfect success in future. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business]( [] Technology Tech Tip [Code Orange Means 'Plug It In']( By J. D. BIERSDORFER Several versions of the Android operating system have a setting that helps conserve battery power until you get back to your tablet's charger. [The Amazon Web Services pavilion at a trade fair in Hanover, Germany, last year. In the fourth quarter, Amazon accounted for 40 percent of the worldwide market for public cloud services, with Microsoft at 11 percent and Google and IBM at 6 percent.]( Bits [Tech Roundup: Amazon Error Is a Reminder That No Company Is Infallible]( By JIM KERSTETTER An error at an Amazon data center in Virginia caused chaos for a number of websites. The mistake offers a lesson on dependency. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech]( [] Sports [Johann Koss, an Olympic speedskating gold medalist, is among the founders and directors of Fair Sport, which will seek to assist sports doping whistle-blowers.]( [Willing to Blow the Whistle on Doping? New Legal Aid Group Wants to Help]( By REBECCA R. RUIZ Fair Sport's founders include Johann Koss, the Olympic champion from Norway, and Jim Swartz, a venture capitalist. [Think the N.C.A.A. Bracket's Too Easy? Try One of These Pools]( By MARC TRACY Millions of Americans take part in pools for the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament, pools that can be straightforward or surprisingly complex. [Jurickson Profar of the Netherlands scored past Israel catcher Ryan Lavarnway at Tokyo Dome on Monday.]( [Israel Finally Loses at World Baseball Classic]( By JAY SCHREIBER Team Israel's unbeaten run came to an emphatic halt when it was clobbered by the Netherlands, 12-2, in Tokyo. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [From left; House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Representative Greg Walden at a news conference on the American Health Care Act last week.]( [G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows]( By THOMAS KAPLAN The review by the Congressional Budget Office said 24 million people over a decade would lose coverage under the Republican health plan intended to replace the Affordable Care Act. [Kellyanne Conway, President Trump's senior adviser, said her comments on using a microwave oven as a surveillance device had been taken out of context.]( [Kellyanne Conway Explains Microwave Oven Surveillance Comments]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Ms. Conway clarified that she was not, in fact, accusing President Barack Obama of spying on President Trump via a kitchen appliance. [Get the shovels and salt ready. A nor'easter with heavy snowfall and possible blizzard conditions will make its way through the Northeast starting late Monday.]( [Northeast Snowstorm: How Much Are We Getting?]( By ERIN McCANN, MARC SANTORA and JESS BIDGOOD A late-winter nor'easter could break some snowfall records for March. A blizzard warning is in effect for much of the New York City region. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Opinion [Steven Rattner]( Op-Ed | Steven Rattner [Trumpcare: Fiction and Fact]( By STEVEN RATTNER On the Sunday shows, administration officials deluge viewers with assertions that in a number of cases, simply weren't true. [Old Chapel at Middlebury College in Vermont.]( On Campus [Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury that Gave Me a Concussion]( By ALLISON STANGER Political discourse in the United States is at a boiling point, and nowhere is the reaction to that more heightened than on campuses like Middlebury. [Building a fence on the border between Hungary and Serbia near Kelebia, Hungary, this month.]( Editorial [Hungary Plays the E.U.]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Its cruelty toward refugees defies international law, yet it has paid no penalty for its actions. 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