Asian Morning: Carrie Lam Wins Vote to Become Hong Kong's Next Leader

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]( Monday, March 27, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [Carrie Lam was congratulated after winning the vote on Sunday for chief executive of Hong Kong.]( [Carrie Lam Wins Vote to Become Hong Kong's Next Leader]( By ALAN WONG Mrs. Lam, Beijing's preferred candidate in the race, won 777 out of 1,163 votes cast. She defeated John Tsang, a former finance secretary who polls indicated was more popular with the public. [Police officers detaining the opposition figure Aleksei Navalny on Sunday during an anti-corruption protest in Moscow.]( [Key Putin Opponent Arrested in Moscow During Anti-Corruption Protests]( By ANDREW HIGGINS Aleksei Navalny was arrested in Moscow in a protest that was among rallies in dozens of cities across Russia. [President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico could kick a decision to his successor, a potential blow to the preservation of Nafta.]( [Renegotiate Nafta? Mexicans Say Get On With It]( By AZAM AHMED Uncertainty over the trade deal is hitting the country hard, pinching off foreign investment and lowering growth expectations. [Uruguayan peacekeepers in Congo this month. Mounting accusations of violence against civilians and the discovery of mass graves in the Kasai-Central province have prompted the chief of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo to urge the U.N. Security Council to press the government to open an investigation.]( [Congolese Militia Beheads Dozens of Police Officers]( By STEVE WEMBI A police convoy was ambushed by members of the Kamuina Nsapu militia, who then decapitated about 40 of the officers. [Douglas Carswell quit the United Kingdom Independence Party to become an independent.]( [British Party That Backed 'Brexit' Loses Its Only Member of Parliament]( By STEVEN ERLANGER Douglas Carswell has quit the United Kingdom Independence Party, a move that could signal the end of the populist group. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [A reconstruction of the Iceman in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy.]( Bolzano Journal [Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case]( By ROD NORDLAND Using a wealth of new scientific information, a seasoned homicide detective has developed a theory in a death 5,300 years ago. [Carole Atkins, with children from the Syrian refugee family she sponsored, at an ice rink in Toronto.]( Refugees Welcome [Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year. Then Came 'Month 13.']( By JODI KANTOR and CATRIN EINHORN Everyday Canadians spent a year embracing Syrians in the world's most personal resettlement program. Letting them go might be the biggest test yet. [.][Read about the series "Refugees Welcome"]( [A restaurant serving dog meat in Jakarta. One butcher says he buys live dogs from various suppliers for about $15 each and sells the meat to restaurants and food stalls for about $2 a pound.]( [Indonesians' Taste for Dog Meat Is Growing, Even as Others Shun It]( By JOE COCHRANE Rising income has led to reduced dog consumption in some countries, but in places like Indonesia, it has made the meat newly affordable - and popular. [] World [Australia's prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, with the Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, at an Australian Football League game in Sydney on Saturday.]( [China Bars Professor at Australian University From Leaving, Lawyer Says]( By CHRIS BUCKLEY Feng Chongyi, an Australian permanent resident who has criticized Beijing's clampdown on dissent, was being questioned in Guangzhou as a suspected national security threat, his lawyer said. [European Union leaders on Saturday in Rome during a meeting on the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.]( [E.U. Leaders Sign Rome Declaration and Proclaim a 'Common Future' (Minus Britain)]( By JAMES KANTER and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO The 27 leaders marked the 60th anniversary of the European Union's founding treaties in Rome as Britain prepares to become the first country to leave the bloc. [Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in Rome on Saturday. Regional elections on Sunday could have big implications for her future.]( [Angela Merkel's Re-election Bid Is Buoyed by Widely Watched State Election]( By ALISON SMALE Exit polls and partial results from Sunday's vote in tiny Saarland indicated that the German chancellor's Christian Democrats had won about 40 percent of the vote. [Prospectors in Kono District, Sierra Leone's main diamond mining region.]( [Miners Found a 706-Carat Diamond in Sierra Leone. Who Should Get the Profit?]( By JAIME YAYA BARRY The government will broker the sale of the gem, valued at as much as $50 million. But many are skeptical that all involved will get their fair share. [Police officers watched as paramilitary soldiers tried to flush out militants holed up in a building in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on Sunday.]( [Bangladeshi Assault Kills 2 Militants but Fails to End Standoff]( By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and GEETA ANAND The violent three-day confrontation in the northeastern city of Sylhet has left six other people dead, including two police officers, and injured 43. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt of ]( [One Nation, Under Fox: 18 Hours With a Network That Shapes America]( By JOHN KOBLIN and NICK CORASANITI Fox News is a singular force, crafting a searing narrative about what's happening in the world for millions of viewers, including President Trump. [A North Korean military officer at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, a military school near Pyongyang, in 2013. Hackers linked to the country are targeting banks and financial institutions.]( [North Korea's Rising Ambition Seen in Bid to Breach Global Banks]( By PAUL MOZUR and CHOE SANG-HUN An attack late last year targeting more than 20 Polish banks suggests that hackers linked to North Korea are becoming more sophisticated and brazen. Strategies [The New Currency Champ Lives South of the Border]( By JEFF SOMMER The Mexican peso has soared since Jan. 20, the day Donald Trump became president. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business]( [] Technology [Amazon's Ambitions Unboxed: Stores for Furniture, Appliances and More]( By NICK WINGFIELD The online retailing giant is trying to bring its own formula to traditional retailing. If it is successful, it could change how all stores operate. [Uber's modified Ford Fusion sedans in Pittsburgh last year.]( [Uber Suspends Tests of Self-Driving Vehicles After Arizona Crash]( By MIKE ISAAC The Uber vehicle was not at fault, the police said. But the accident comes at a difficult time for the company. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech]( [] Sports [Tyler Dorsey of Oregon being defended by Devonte' Graham of Kansas in the Midwest Regional final on Saturday.]( Oregon 74, Kansas 60 [Oregon Topples Kansas for First Final Four Appearance Since 1939]( By MARC TRACY The third-seeded Ducks stunned the Jayhawks to win the Midwest Regional. A matchup against another blue-blood program is guaranteed. [Clint Dempsey of the United States scoring during a 6-0 victory over Honduras in a World Cup qualifier on Friday night.]( [Clint Dempsey's Hat Trick Seals a Win and Steadies a World Cup Campaign]( By BEN SHPIGEL The victory revived the Americans' hopes of making the World Cup for the eighth consecutive time. [Greg Bird with Mr. Delicious, in a photo Bird posted on Instagram before spring training.]( On Baseball [Greg Bird's Bat Has Powers. His Cat Has Dr. Evil.]( By TYLER KEPNER The Yankees first baseman owns a hairless cat who descends directly from Mr. Bigglesworth, the feline friend of Dr. Evil in the movie "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [Jeanine Pirro speaking at a Conservative Political Action Conference in February. She said on her Fox News show this weekend that House Speaker Paul D. Ryan should step down.]( [Jeanine Pirro Calls for Paul Ryan to Step Down After Health Bill Failure]( By MAGGIE HABERMAN The Fox News host, a longtime friend of President Trump, delivered a diatribe against the speaker on her show, saying he had let the president down. [President Trump in the Oval Office on Friday. He has sought to assign blame for Republicans' failure to advance a bill replacing the Affordable Care Act.]( [Trump Becomes Ensnared in Fiery G.O.P. Civil War]( By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN The health bill's defeat leaves the president facing a wrenching choice: ceding power to his party's anti-establishment wing, or seeking other pathways to successful governing. [Bodies of people killed amid fighting between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State were removed in western Mosul on Friday. Residents of the Mosul Jidideh neighborhood said many victims had been killed this month when airstrikes hit a cluster of homes.]( [U.S.-Led Coalition Confirms Strikes Hit Mosul Site Where Civilians Died]( By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and TIM ARANGO The Pentagon had acknowledged on Friday that it was investigating reports that its airstrikes had caused deaths in Mosul. [Sal Traficante, of Kingston, N.Y., said on Saturday at a New Jersey restaurant that he had begun to question his support for Republicans.]( [Health Bill's Failure Leaves Supporters in a Political Jam Back Home]( By ALEXANDER BURNS In running for re-election next year, some Republican lawmakers may have to defend their support for a politically explosive bill that many backed only reluctantly. [Tyrell Ringing Shield, left, with her partner of 16 years, Stacy Stewart, said Nebraska should not renew the liquor licenses for the stores in Whiteclay, Neb.]( [Nebraska May Stanch One Town's Flow of Beer to Its Vulnerable Neighbors]( By JULIE BOSMAN Whiteclay, with its little liquor stores, attracts American Indians from the dry reservation just across the South Dakota line. But a move is afoot to change that. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Opinion Opinion [What You Can Do About Climate Change]( By MICHAEL SIVAK and BRANDON SCHOETTLE Driving a more fuel-efficient car cuts greenhouse gas emissions. Which is why Trump would be making a mistake if he retreats on fuel economy. Opinion [Justice Springs Eternal]( By JAMES FORMAN Jr. The presidency of Donald Trump doesn't spell the end of criminal justice reform. It may just be getting started. [An etching from ]( Op-Ed | Peter Wehner [After Great Pain, Where Is God?]( By PETER WEHNER The reason Jesus came to us "acquainted with grief." 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