Asian Morning: Trump Says China Will Get Better Trade Deal if It Solves 'North Korean Problem'

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]( Thursday, April 13, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#world) | [Business](#business) | [Technology](#technology) | [Sports](#sports) | [U.S. News](#usnews) | [Opinion](#opinion) [] Top News [President Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.]( [Trump Says China Will Get Better Trade Deal if It Solves 'North Korean Problem']( By MARK LANDLER President Trump's Twitter posts capture his quandary in dealing with the nuclear threat from North Korea: Only China can realistically force a change in the behavior of Kim Jong-un. [Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. Twitter posts on North Korea by President Trump on Tuesday contributed to concern in South Korea about the possibility of pre-emptive strikes.]( [South Korea Seeks to Assure Citizens U.S. Won't Strike North Pre-emptively]( By CHOE SANG-HUN A confluence of recent events has led some people to fear that the Trump administration might launch military strikes against the North's nuclear and missile facilities. [President Trump at a meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday. He declared in an interview with Fox News that United States involvement in Syria would be limited.]( [White House Accuses Russia of Cover-Up in Syria Chemical Attack]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and HELENE COOPER In a declassified report, White House officials said the Syrian and Russian governments sought to confuse the world about the assault through disinformation and "false narratives." [Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, on Tuesday. He said incorrectly that Hitler had not used chemical weapons during World War II or against his own people.]( [Sean Spicer Raises Outcry With Talk of Hitler, Assad and Poison Gas]( By NICHOLAS FANDOS and MARK LANDLER Mr. Spicer, the White House spokesman, apologized after incorrectly stating, in a criticism of the Syrian president, that Hitler had not used chemical weapons. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Sperm whale teeth, known as a tabua, displayed at a flea market in Suva, Fiji. Tabuas are given ahead of an engagement or at weddings, funerals and births. They are also used to seal an apology.]( Suva Journal [In Fiji, Nothing Says 'I Love You' Like a Sperm Whale Tooth]( By SERENA SOLOMON The traditional gift of betrothal, the tabua, has been made rarer and more expensive by whaling bans, but a secondhand market continues to thrive. [] World [The Borussia Dortmund team bus after an explosion on Tuesday that wounded one of its players.]( [Explosions Hit Borussia Dortmund's Bus in Germany, Wounding a Player]( By ALISON SMALE As many as three explosions damaged the bus of Borussia Dortmund, forcing the postponement of a Champions League quarterfinal match. [A fire ripped through the Grande-Synthe camp in northern France on Monday.]( [A Fight, and a Fire, Roll Through a Migrant Camp in France]( By MILAN SCHREUER The blaze, following a fight between Afghan and Kurdish migrants, forced 1,500 people into the surrounding fields. [Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, right, at a meeting in Lucca, Italy, on Tuesday of foreign ministers from the Group of 7 industrialized countries.]( [Tillerson Warns Russia on Syria, Saying Assad Era Is 'Coming to an End']( By GARDINER HARRIS The secretary of state said the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, must end his alliance with the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, or risk becoming irrelevant in the Middle East. [Clash Between Philippine Forces and Abu Sayyaf Leaves 9 Dead]( By FELIPE VILLAMOR Soldiers and the provincial police fought with the militants, who are known for beheading foreigners, on the island of Bohol, the military said. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World]( [] Business [Harry Wu in 2011. A lawsuit against Yahoo says that Mr. Wu, who died last year, misspent money set aside for a foundation that Yahoo created to aid Chinese dissidents.]( [Yahoo Is Sued Over $17 Million Fund for Chinese Dissidents]( By ANDREW JACOBS Activists said the company failed to properly oversee the fund it created to help Chinese writers, democracy advocates and human rights lawyers persecuted for standing up to the country's government. [An image from a YouTube video of a man dragged off of an overbooked United Airlines flight in Chicago.]( [United Grapples With PR Crisis Over Videos of Man Being Dragged Off Plane]( By JULIE CRESWELL and SAPNA MAHESHWARI The videos cast an unwelcome light not just on United, but on the airline industry's efforts to maximize profits. [Images from video show a passenger being removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago on Sunday.]( [Video of United Airlines Passenger Creates Furor in China, Too]( By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ and CAO LI State-run news outlets said the passenger was of Chinese descent, and social media users responded with charges of racism and calls for a boycott. [President Trump and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last week. Mr. Trump has promised to take action on Chinese trade and currency issues.]( Economic Scene [Trump Isn't Wrong on China Currency Manipulation, Just Late]( By EDUARDO PORTER President Trump promised action against manipulation. But Beijing is now propping up the renminbi, not weakening it. The time to act was a decade ago. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business]( [] Technology Bits [Tech Roundup: The Vast Criminal Enterprise Lurking Behind Spam Emails]( By PUI-WING TAM The Department of Justice accused a Russian of being a mastermind behind an enormous spam email operation that officials said drained people's bank accounts. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Tech]( [] Sports [The Puerto Rico F.C. soccer team after a recent practice. Carmelo Anthony, the longtime Knicks forward with Puerto Rican roots, owns the North American Soccer League club.]( [Carmelo Anthony Plots His Team's Future: His Soccer Team in Puerto Rico, That Is]( By SCOTT CACCIOLA His fate with the Knicks may be in doubt, but Anthony says he is committed to the team he owns in the North American Soccer League. [Alexandra Mosquera, center, a senior from Colombia and member of the Lady Cornhuskers bowling team, practiced at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Neb.]( [With Rigor and Mystique, Nebraska Builds a Bowling Dynasty]( By BEN SHPIGEL Coach Bill Straub's focus on fundamentals has helped the Lady Cornhuskers achieve an unparalleled dominance in N.C.A.A. women's bowling. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports]( [] U.S. News [Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee during the 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race, when agents for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rented a 16-person suite at the speedway for $21,000. The Nascar event had no obvious connection to law enforcement operations.]( [Secret A.T.F. Account Paid for $21,000 Nascar Suite and Las Vegas Trip]( By MATT APUZZO The revelations highlight the lax oversight at the A.T.F. that allowed agents and informants to spend millions while avoiding the normal accounting process. [Rachel Mitchem, right, 7, and Juliana Bird, 6, both from Springfield, Va., take part in the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in April 2011.]( [The Latest Test for the White House? Pulling Off Its Easter Egg Roll]( By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS With key staff positions unfilled and no on-site first lady, the White House is trying to organize the most elaborate and heavily scrutinized public event of the year. [President Trump arriving at the White House on Sunday.]( [Right and Left: Partisan Writing You Shouldn't Miss]( By ANNA DUBENKO Read about how the other side thinks: Arguments against intervention from the right and left, why it's O.K. that Trump has no "doctrine," and the case for liberals to defend the Second Amendment. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Opinion [Sean Spicer speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Sean Spicer's Teeny Little Slip-Up]( By ANDREW ROSENTHAL All he did was make a bizarre and disgusting comparison between Assad and Hitler. Why is everyone so upset? [Pictures of Jews deported from France during World War II at the Shoah Memorial in Paris in 2008.]( Editorial [Marine Le Pen's Denial of French Guilt]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The candidate's statement about Vel d'Hiv in World War II should dispel any illusions about her. [Mourners gathered at the funeral for the victims of a bomb explosion at Mar Girgis Coptic church in Tanta, Egypt on Monday.]( Op-Ed Contributor [Does Egypt's President Really Want to Fight Terrorism?]( By BAHEY ELDIN HASSAN It looks like Sisi's real concern is solidifying his authoritarian rule, not cracking down on jihadists who kill Egyptians. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook] [Facebook]( | [Twitter] [@NYTimes]( | [Pinterest] [Pinterest]( | [Instagram] [Instagram]( [NYT]( Access The New York Times from anywhere with our suite of apps: [iPhone®]( | [iPad®]( | [Android]( | [All]( [.] Save 15% at [The NYTimes Store »]( [.] Have questions? visit our [Help Section »]( [.] Visit our mobile website at [m.nyt.com »]( About This Email This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Today's Headlines Asian Morning newsletter. 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