Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned Wednesday as head of the International Monetary Fund after explosive accusations that he had sexually attacked a housekeeper in a Midtown Manhattan hotel room.
PARIS — Christine Lagarde’s reputation for frank talk is helping to make her the leading candidate to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the I.M.F.
The behavior of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn brings attention to the women involved.
WASHINGTON — American and Israeli officials are struggling to balance security interests against the need to adapt to the transformation of the Arab world.
WASHINGTON — Five years before emergency vents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant failed, an American engineer told regulators that their design was flawed.
ATEK, Uganda — Faced with unrelenting malaria, Uganda teamed up with the United States to use chemical insecticide sprays, but the effort has threatened the livelihood of some farmers.
WENZHOU, China — With the military jealously guarding its control of the airspace, wealthy Chinese hobbyists fly clandestinely.
BAGHDAD — Three explosions aimed at Iraqi security forces ripped through the divided city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing at least 25 people and wounding scores more.
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he thought “somebody” inside Pakistan knew of Osama bin Laden’s presence, but not the country’s leaders.
SKOLKOVO, Russia — In a news conference, President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia left one crucial question unanswered: Will he run for re-election, or make way for Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin?
WASHINGTON — The move by President Obama increased pressure on Syria in the wake of its crackdown on protests.
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan officials appear to have settled on a middle course, part denial and part admission, that Shukri Ghanem may have abandoned the government’s cause.
WASHINGTON — The secretary of state is engaging in a quiet campaign to repair relations with a region that complains it has been ignored by American policy makers.
PHOENIX — As Arizona and other states look to resolve budget problems, research suggests private prisons can cost about the same as state-run ones.
The Danish director Lars Von Trier is catching flak for comments expressing sympathy for Hitler.
In Cannes, the director Spike Jonze discusses an animated short he co-directed, inspired by handbags.
The artist Tania Bruguera is sharing a tiny Queens apartment with 11 people.
Graduates’ rates of employment have fallen sharply, as have starting salaries.
A political sex scandal stirs a debate over French views of bad behavior.
Joe Drape makes the case for the Derby champion winning the Preakness.
Must music always take a back seat to message in political anthems?
The recovery in Amsterdam has outpaced the Dutch economy.
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