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White House, Saudi Arabia, North Korea | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Monday, May 22, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( Asia Edition [Your Monday Briefing]( By CHARLES MCDERMID Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times • President Trump used the first stop of his first international trip in office to try to [reset relations with the Islamic world](. In a speech in Saudi Arabia, he urged Muslim leaders to drive out “the foot soldiers of evil,” while promising not to chastise them over human rights violations. “We are not here to lecture,” he said. In this video, a Times reporter explains what [a 10-year, $110 billion weapons deal]( the U.S. just signed with Saudi Arabia means for both sides. Mr. Trump arrives in Israel today. [Here’s the full schedule]( of his nine-day trip. _____ Wang Zhao/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • In a stunning revelation from the world of espionage, our reporters learned that at least [18 C.I.A. sources were killed or imprisoned in China]( between 2010 and 2012, one of the worst intelligence breaches in decades. The losses crippled American intelligence gathering there for years. The agency is still debating whether a mole is to blame or whether the Chinese hacked the covert system the C.I.A. used to communicate with foreign sources. _____ KCNA, via Reuters • The United States [“detected and tracked” a medium-range ballistic missile]( launched by North Korea. South Korea said the missile had flown 310 miles before falling into the sea. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan said the North was “trampling on the international community’s efforts aimed at a peaceful settlement.” _____ Majid Saeedi/Getty Images • Iranians danced in the streets this weekend, breaking Islamic rules to celebrate [the landslide re-election of President Hassan Rouhani](. Others gathered in Tehran to demand [what they hope a second term for Mr. Rouhani will bring]( the release of opposition figures, more freedom of thought and fewer restrictions on daily life. “We want to go forward, not backward,” one woman said. _____ Adem Altan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • In Turkey, [President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the state of emergency]( introduced after last year’s failed coup would continue until the country achieved “welfare and peace.” That gives him an almost untrammeled grip on power. He’s already jailed more than 40,000 people on accusations of plotting the coup, fired or suspended more than 140,000 and closed more than 150 news outlets. _____ Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times • And the five members of Acrush, short for Adonis Crush, want to [become China’s biggest boy band](. They have legions of fans, singing talent and dance moves — so will the fact that they’re all female matter? Business Hau Dinh/Associated Press • Japan and other member nations of the [Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed in a heated meeting]( in Vietnam to pursue the trade deal without the U.S. • A Chinese chemical maker paid [$1 billion for a talking digital cat]( — the latest unusual melding of Chinese industry and Western entertainment. • Chinese brands covered more than half of [India’s smartphone market for the first time](. • To lure money from China, [the family business of Jared Kushner]( the son-in-law of President Trump, tapped a specialist that has faced legal fights and another that played up its political ties to promote the so-called [EB-5 program]( which offers visas in exchange for a $500,000 investment. • Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Robert Carrubba/Reuters • A vast jailbreak: It took days to become clear that nearly 4,200 inmates had escaped from the most notorious penitentiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including hard-core felons and possibly war criminals. [[The New York Times]( • In Afghanistan, as many as 1,000 Taliban fighters stormed police outposts in a southern district as a rocket attack by fellow fighters killed at least 20 police officers in a neighboring district. [[The New York Times]( • Aboriginal Tasmanians will argue this week for government compensation, including returning land and paying them 3 percent of Australia’s economic output for the last 200 years. [[ABC]( • Disaster struck three Everest expeditions, with the deaths of two climbers, an American and a Slovakian, and the disappearance of a third, an Indian. [[The New York Times]( • A Pulitzer-winning journalist writes of learning that the woman who raised him and his siblings was actually a slave — and of returning her ashes to the Philippines. It was his last piece before he died suddenly, at 57. [[T]( Atlantic]( • “Movie star material.” The rebel surfer son of the Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, rose to fame when his father called him a “jerk.” Now, he’s the focus of fan clubs, magazine covers and a travel show. [[BBC]( • We collected photographs from the “the wedding of the year,” as Pippa Middleton, the sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, married James Matthews, 41, a wealthy financier. [[The New York Times]( Smarter Living Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times • Smoothies are delicious, but [they have a downside](. • Looking on the bright side may bolster your health by [boosting your immune system]( and countering depression. • Recipe of the day: Give your oven a spin and make [roasted asparagus]( with a crunchy Parmesan topping. Noteworthy Saito, et al • Scientists in Japan studied how a ladybug is able to [fold away wings four times its size]( and others in the U.S. calculated the [fearsome bite of a Tyrannosaurus rex]( (more than twice the force any living species can deliver). • “The internet is broken.” @ev, [the Twitter co-founder Evan Williams,]( reflects on what went wrong and how he is trying to change things, partly with the platform Medium. • Finally, Tomoya Hosoda, the first openly [transgender man elected to office in Japan]( said he hoped to make an important contribution simply by being public. “I want to give a message,” he said, “that you are O.K. the way you are.” Back Story National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution On this day in 1849, an Illinois lawyer named Abraham Lincoln [was issued a patent]( for a flotation system to lift riverboats stuck on sandbars. According to [the National Museum of American History]( Lincoln started boating as a teenager, along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. His device was never built, but a model he had produced is now housed in the museum. Lincoln remains the only U.S. patent-holder to have occupied the presidency. That made us wonder: Which other presidents held unusual titles? [In an 1862 obituary,]( The Times called John Tyler “the most unpopular public man that had ever held any office” in the U.S. But the presidential historian Robert Dallek isn’t sure Tyler could claim that distinction: “There are plenty of rivals,” he said. At least two presidents had Native American honors: Calvin Coolidge, or [“Chief Leading Eagle,”]( became an honorary Sioux in 1927, and Barack Obama was [“adopted” by the Crow Nation](. Grover Cleveland was a hangman who [performed executions as a county sheriff](. Herbert Hoover was [a mining engineer](. Lyndon B. Johnson [taught elementary school](. One title still hasn’t been seen: Ms. (or Mrs.). We enlisted our friends @nytarchives to help with this research. Follow them for historical tidbits daily[on Twitter]( and [the web](. Karen Zraick contributed reporting. _____ This briefing was prepared for the Asian morning. We also have briefings timed for the [Australian]( [European]( and [American]( mornings. Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. What would you like to see here? Contact us at [asiabriefing@nytimes.com](mailto:asiabriefing@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback%20(Asia)). ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@nytimes]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Morning Briefing: Asia Edition newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018