CHONGQING, China — Signs of a slowing economy and recent political upheavals in China add urgency to questions of how much control the state should exert, in business and in the lives of citizens.
BEIRUT — The explosions of two powerful car bombs at a military intelligence building in Syria’s capital early Thursday opened a new, treacherous front in the nation’s struggle.
WASHINGTON — Even as it emerged that Vice President Biden had apologized to President Obama for hastening his endorsement of gay marriage, Mr. Obama’s campaign sought to capitalize on his position.
CAIRO — Two of the leading candidates to become Egypt’s next president traded barbs about their political histories and arguments about the role of religion in public life.
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan, above this month, blamed “errors, sloppiness and bad judgment” for a loss stemming from a hedging strategy that backfired.
Some say that the best hope for international standards would be their enforcement by the United States.
An early-ninth-century workshop of scribes and calendar priests was the first important discovery in the ruins of a largely unexplored Maya city.
CHONGQING, China — The review of police actions appears to be part of a deeper critical look at Bo Xilai’s four-year reign in Chongqing.
Britain and other European Union members fear that a ban on insurers covering Iranian oil ships could have harmful economic effects.
WASHINGTON — Security officials and their critics in Congress are sparring over whether current measures would have detected the latest underwear bomb.
MAYOM WEL, South Sudan — The fighting was supposed to end when South Sudan won its independence, but instead both countries are mobilizing for war.
Two airstrikes on Thursday in southern Yemen killed seven militants, including two top operatives of Al Qaeda, Yemeni officials said.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Watching John Edwards watch himself lie, when a 2008 television interview was played in the courtroom, was the most electric moment yet in his dramatic three-week trial.
“Abuse, cover-up and abuse of whistle-blowers are endemic to any group which has rigid rules that frustrate normal healthy human inclinations,” writes Milton Mankoff.
“Though I don’t like the American war in Iraq and always felt that it was mere aggression, I think USA is doing well in Afghanistan,” writes Nora in France.
Pictures of the Day: Syria and Elsewhere
A young girl put flowers on her grand- mother’s grave in Guatemala City.
If Canada exploits the oil in its tar sands, civilization will be at risk.
Programs for older people are offered in places like the Tuscan hills.
In its rush to build roads and tourist destinations, Georgia has forgotten that the process is as important as the goal.
At some point, even by accident, your child will click on pornography.
To my dear children: No, I didn't leave you my Kindle. But I did leave you access to my e-books.
When Linda Evangelista went to court, she dressed like the successful model she is.
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