 | | An earthquake victim receiving treatment in Katmandu today. Narendra Shrestha/European Pressphoto Agency | Your Monday Briefing By ADEEL HASSAN |
| Good morning. |
| Here's what you need to know: |
| • Heartbreak in Nepal. |
| Aftershocks continue to rattle Nepal two days after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 3,400 people and destroyed some of the country's most treasured temples. |
| The government, overwhelmed by the challenge, is struggling to provide relief. |
| We have reporters on the scene, maps of the damage, video and photos. Here's how you can help the victims. |
| • Opening arguments. |
| The trial of James E. Holmes, who opened fire inside a suburban Denver movie theater in July 2012, killing 12 and injuring 70, begins today. |
| While the shooting revived a debate over gun control, the National Rifle Association says 35 bills expanding gun rights have been made law across the nation this year. |
| • A check on the world's nukes. |
| Secretary of State John Kerry delivers opening remarks today at a major nuclear nonproliferation conference at the United Nations. |
| Israel, which is widely believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, is attending for the first time in 20 years. |
| • Joining the cabinet. |
| Loretta E. Lynch is sworn in as attorney general today by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at 11 a.m. Eastern. |
| Ms. Lynch, whose confirmation was help up for months, becomes the first African-American woman to serve in the position. |
| • Steps in Ukraine's crisis? |
| A European Union-Ukraine summit meeting begins today in Ukraine's capital, after more than a year of violence and 6,000 deaths in the country's eastern region bordering Russia. |
| Ukraine says it will ask for help in training police officers and removing mines. |
| • The status of half of humanity. |
| UN Women, a United Nations group, says a global economy with less gender discrimination would create not only fairer societies, but also new sectors of employment, in its "Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016" report today. |
| • Funeral for Freddie Gray. |
| Thousands of people are expected today at a funeral for the 25-year-old black man who died after sustaining serious spinal injuries while in the custody of the Baltimore police. |
| MARKETS |
| • Wall Street stock futures are little changed. European shares are down, and Asian indexes ended mostly up. |
| • Apple releases its quarterly earnings after the market close today. Analysts predict the Chinese New Year holiday helped buoy iPhone sales. |
| • Deutsche Bank said today it is shrinking its global footprint after last week's $2.5 billion penalty in a case of benchmark interest-rate manipulation. |
| The measures appear to address concerns that complex and wide-reaching banks present a hazard to the global financial system. |
| • Chipotle Mexican Grill today begins serving only food that is free of genetically engineered ingredients, a first for a major restaurant chain. |
| OVER THE WEEKEND |
| • A report said Russian hackers gained access to some of President Obama's emails last year. |
| Mr. Obama himself was in a jovial mood as he sought to skewer just about everyone at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington. |
| • Former President George W. Bush argued against lifting sanctions against Iran in rare remarks about foreign policy, in a meeting with Jewish donors. |
| • Bruce Jenner, the Olympic gold medalist and member of the Kardashian family, announced that he identifies as a woman. |
| • The Malaysian police said they arrested a dozen suspects linked to the Islamic State who they said were planning attacks. A summit meeting of Southeast Asian nations begins in Malaysia today. |
| • Volkswagen's board forced out its longtime chairman, Ferdinand Piëch, after a power struggle with the company's chief executive. |
| • NBC News expanded its internal investigation into Brian Williams for instances in which he is thought to have misrepresented his accounts, a news report says. |
| • Six writers withdrew as literary hosts for the PEN American Center's annual gala over objections to an award for Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper that was attacked in January. |
| • Wladimir Klitschko, the heavyweight champion of the world from Ukraine, prevailed by unanimous decision over Bryant Jennings of Philadelphia at Madison Square Garden. |
| • "Furious 7" was the weekend box office winner for the fourth week in a row. |
| • Catching up on TV: Episode recaps for "Game of Thrones," "Mad Men," "The Good Wife," "Veep," "Silicon Valley" and "Wolf Hall." |
| NOTEWORTHY |
| • On the air. |
| Dick Cavett, the former talk show host who is a contributing op-ed writer for The Times, looks back at the Vietnam War through archival footage and new interviews (10 p.m. Eastern, PBS, but check local listings). |
| • Online Oscars. |
| Winners of the annual Webby Awards, sometimes called the Oscars of the Internet, are announced today. |
| Among scores of categories, Vice Media led the nominations with 17, followed by CollegeHumor (9), Funny or Die (8), HBO (8), The Guardian (7), Comedy Central (6) and Mashable (6). |
| • Japan's leader visits America. |
| Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers an address at Harvard's Institute of Politics this morning, a day ahead of his official visit and state dinner with President Obama in Washington. The speech will be streamed. |
| • Life on $1.50 a day. |
| Celebrities and ordinary folks around the world start the Live Below the Line challenge today by trying to eat and drink on $1.50 for five days to raise money for charity. |
| The Global Poverty Project estimates that 1.2 billion people in extreme poverty live on even less than that. |
| • It's Babe Ruth Day. |
| The Sultan of Swat himself appeared at Yankee Stadium on the very first Babe Ruth Day, celebrated on this date in 1947. George Herman Ruth Jr., who began his career as a pitcher, died of throat cancer a year later. |
| His record for most home runs in a season was broken in 1961. |
| BACK STORY |
| A "cine-poem" by a Finnish artist opens today at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum in Washington. |
| Called "Kurdrjavka (Little Ball of Fur)," the video pays homage to Laika, the first dog — the first animal — to be propelled into orbit. |
| Laika was a mixed-breed stray picked up off the streets of Moscow a week before the November 1957 launch of Sputnik II, selected for her size and calm disposition. |
| The successful flight was a milestone for space exploration, but it was always conceived as a one-way mission with certain death at the end. |
| For years, the Soviets maintained that Laika died painlessly after several days in orbit. |
| But in 2002, a Sputnik scientist admitted that she died in intense heat only a few hours after launch, because a temperature-control system failed. |
| The Hirshhorn said the video, by Risto-Pekka Blom, evokes "notions of nostalgia — and its various forms, sublime and ridiculous, heartwarming and heart-rending." |
| Victoria Shannon contributed reporting. |
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