European Morning: Feeling 'Pressure All the Time' on Europe's Treadmill of Temporary Work

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]( Friday, February 10, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [Cristian Meiler is fluent in five languages and has a degree in hotel management. Despite decades of experience, he never managed to land a prized full-time job.]( [Feeling 'Pressure All the Time' on Europe's Treadmill of Temporary Work]( By LIZ ALDERMAN In the European Union, more than half the new jobs since 2010 have been through temporary contracts, creating more workers seeking full-time employment. [Ioan-Radu Tanasescu taking part in a protest outside the Romanian government's headquarters in Bucharest on Wednesday. ]( [In Romania, Corruption's Tentacles Grip Daily Life]( By PALKO KARASZ In a country that has made news for large-scale corruption protests, favoritism and bribes color everything, and can mean life or death. [De Koepel prison in Haarlem, the Netherlands, which recently housed migrants.]( [Dutch Get Creative to Solve a Prison Problem: Too Many Empty Cells]( By DAN BILEFSKY In a nation where about a third of cells sit empty, the Netherlands has rented some to other governments, and it has turned some jails into refugee shelters. For more top news, go to [INYT.com]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Editors' Picks [A Roma family at a camp near Noisy-le-Grand, outside Paris. While there is consensus that public education could help integrate a Roma population that has long faced systematic discrimination, the obstacles remain formidable.]( WORLD | Memo From Bobigny [For Roma in France, Education Is an Elusive Path to Integration]( By MARTIN de BOURMONT While there is consensus that public education could help integrate a Roma population that has long faced systematic discrimination, the obstacles remain formidable. [Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, front right, with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, this month.]( OPINION | Op-Ed Contributor [Trump Pushes Australia Toward China]( By HUGH WHITE This is how America's long era of leadership in Asia comes to an end. [] World [A Bilingual Cameroon Teeters After English Speakers Protest Treatment]( By FRANCOIS ESSOMBA and DIONNE SEARCEY Demonstrations against the government, which is dominated by French speakers, have led to arrests and at times to violence. [Rebel fighters on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Al Bab on Wednesday.]( [Russian Airstrike Kills 3 Turkish Soldiers in Syria in 'Friendly Fire']( By ANNE BARNARD The attack injected new tension into a volatile corner of the Syrian battlefield. [Part of the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, north of Nairobi, Kenya, in 2015. A Kenyan judge ruled on Thursday that the government's plan to close the camp was discriminatory.]( [Kenyan Court Blocks Plan to Close Dadaab Refugee Camp]( By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN A judge ruled that the government's plan to close the world's largest refugee camp was discriminatory. The vast majority of refugees who live there are Somalis. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [Gold bars on display at a news conference on Thursday at the Bundesbank in Frankfurt.]( [Germans Sent Gold Away to Keep It From the Soviets. Now Much of It Is Back.]( By JACK EWING The reserves, back at the Bundesbank, had been kept in London, Manhattan and Paris in case of an invasion. Some will stay in Britain and New York. [Yoshihiro Masui has a Ford hot-rod. His love of American cars is unusual in Japan.]( [Trump Wants More American Cars in Japan. Japan's Drivers Don't.]( By JONATHAN SOBLE Even Japanese fans of cars from the United States point to company missteps that make American vehicles unappealing there. [2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo]( Driven [Video Review: Porsche Panamera Now Has Looks to Match Its Speed and Luxury]( By TOM VOELK Although the car is dressed in luxury livery, even inexperienced drivers will sense the sports car in its bones. For more business news, go to [INYT.com/Business]( [] Technology [Joanna Coles, a director for Snap Inc., in her office at Hearst Magazines, where she is the chief content editor.]( [Snap Inc. Amends Compensation Filing of Its Lone Female Director]( By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED Snapchat's parent corrected the record after it first appeared that Joanna Coles was making significantly less than her male peers. [Twitter reported disappointing earnings on Thursday, with sales totaling $717 million in the fourth quarter, up only about 1 percent compared with a year ago. That fell far short of analysts' expectations of $740 million.]( [Twitter Struggles to Capitalize on Influence and Posts Lackluster Earnings]( By MIKE ISAAC The company may be a crucial service for sports fans and political junkies, but it has had difficulty in converting that into strong financial results. [If you happen to be using iTunes for your big CD conversion project, you can speed the process by setting the program to automatically import the tracks from each disc you insert and eject it so you can feed in the next CD.]( Tech Tip [Digitize Your CDs and Reclaim Your Closet]( By J. D. BIERSDORFER Even if your computer lacks the storage space or a built-in disc drive, you have ways to transform that pile of dusty boxes into digital music files. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Sports [Jean-Pierre Rivère, president of OGC Nice, in a shop selling club memorabilia last month.]( [Surging on the Riviera, With Mario Balotelli in Tow]( By RORY SMITH The addition of Balotelli has drawn attention to Nice, a French club on the upswing since its president, Jean-Pierre Rivère, took over five years ago. [Lindsey Vonn finished fourth in a downhill training run Thursday at the Alpine World Ski Championships. She used duct tape on her right hand and thin gloves to help her keep control of her pole.]( [Lindsey Vonn's Pick for Downhill at Worlds? Lindsey Vonn]( By BRIAN PINELLI Despite recovering from a broken arm and racing with a numb right hand, Vonn likes her chances in Sunday's race at the Alpine World Ski Championships. [Biathletes took part in a mixed relay race at the world championships on Thursday in Hochfilzen, Austria.]( [Austrian Police Raid Kazakh Biathletes' Hotel, Confiscating Drugs and Phones]( By REBECCA R. RUIZ On the eve of biathlon's world championships, the country's criminal police announced an investigation into sports doping and possible fraud. For more sports news, go to [INYT.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [From left, Abdulmajeed and his wife, Baraa, Syrian refugees, were greeted by her father at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Tuesday. They were allowed to enter the country after a federal judge blocked key parts of President Trump's immigration ban.]( [Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss]( By ADAM LIPTAK The ruling, the first from an appeals court on the travel ban, is likely to be quickly appealed to the short-handed United States Supreme Court. [Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, on his way to meet with Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, on Thursday.]( [Neil Gorsuch's Criticism Wasn't Aimed at Trump, Aides Say in Reversal]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS The Trump administration's abrupt shift highlighted how Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination has become mired in the president's feud with the judiciary. [President Xi Jinping of China in Lima, Peru, last year. The fact that President Trump and Mr. Xi have not talked since Mr. Trump took office in January has drawn increasing scrutiny.]( [Trump Tells Xi Jinping U.S. Will Honor 'One China' Policy]( By MARK LANDLER and MICHAEL FORSYTHE President Trump and Mr. Xi, the Chinese leader, spoke by phone on Thursday evening after an extended chill in the two countries' relationship. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( [] Opinion [A Nepalese health volunteer, left, counseling a pregnant woman at her home at the Dailekh district of Nepal.]( Op-Ed Contributor [How the Trump Gag Rule Threatens Women's Lives in Nepal]( By SUBINA SHRESTHA The cutoff of American financing to providers of family planning services is a terrible blow to a country with few doctors and clinics. The Stone [It's Black History Month. Look in the Mirror.]( By GEORGE YANCY By surviving, African-Americans became far more American than those who withheld the nation's founding promise. [A Nordstrom branch in Chicago. President Trump criticized the chain for dropping his daughter's clothing line.]( Op-Ed Contributor [The Lesson of Nordstrom: Do Business With the Trumps or Else]( By RICHARD W. PAINTER If the president uses his position to intimidate businesses, the free market is no longer free. 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