New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

Critic’s Notebook: Laying Out Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:32 PM PST

The idea is to create areas of Western-style modernity that would bring change slowly without antagonizing powerful conservative forces within the country.

At Least 5 Die as S. Korean Ship Sinks Off Antarctic

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:42 PM PST

As a South Korean fishing boat sank in freezing waters, five members of the crew were killed and 17 were missing.

Suit Against Austrian Banker Is Denounced

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:10 PM PST

A lawyer for Sonja Kohn on Sunday dismissed the civil complaint as "ridiculous."

South Korean Fishing Boat Is Sinking

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:17 PM PST

South Korea's Coast Guard said that a fishing boat with 42 sailors aboard was sinking in the Antarctic Ocean.

With New Violence, More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:20 PM PST

Thousands of Iraqi Christians from Baghdad and Mosul have fled to northern Iraq amid a campaign of targeted violence against them.

News Analysis: As China Rolls Ahead, Fear Follows

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST

Some economists worry that inflation, government debt and asset bubbles could stall China next year.

Who Needs Ice? Synthetic Surface Extends Season

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:00 PM PST

Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, celebrated the recent opening of what manufacturers call the first full-size synthetic hockey rink in North America.

Sincerest Form of Flattery: Some Joke!

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST

The Web's effect on comedy copycats is an almost infinite library to steal from.

Banks Cut Exposure to Europe’s Debt Woes

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:29 PM PST

The experience of banks around the world could ease fears that Europe's sovereign debt woes will provoke a crisis.

Germany Signals Support for Euro-Zone Members

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:30 PM PST

The German finance minister said no country would ever be ejected from the euro zone.

Incoming Chief of Insead Sees the Strengths of Europe

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:27 PM PST

Dipak C. Jain will take over Insead, a premier business school in France, in a time of economic turmoil. But he thinks that there are some things Europe has that Asia does not.

Getting Ahead in India Means Getting Out of Town

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:51 PM PST

A rising number of students in India's rapidly expanding younger population want, and can pay for, a better education abroad.

After Death, the Remix

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:45 PM PST

"Michael," the first full Michael Jackson album of unreleased material since his death, displays the risks of tampering with music after a singer's passing.

Japan Plans Military Shift to Focus More on China

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:30 PM PST

Japan is about to release guidelines reducing forces pointed toward Russia in favor of units that can respond to China.

6 Americans Killed by Bomb at a New U.S.-Afghan Outpost

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:20 PM PST

A van packed with explosives detonated beside a small outpost in southern Afghanistan, killing six Americans and wounding more than a dozen Afghan and American soldiers.

Attacks Kill at Least 15 in Iraq

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:46 PM PST

Suicide attacks struck a government compound in the Sunni heartland of western Iraq and a Shiite procession northeast of Baghdad on Sunday.

After Attack Hits Sweden, Focus Turns to Suspect

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:33 PM PST

Sweden's intelligence service began to focus on ominous recordings sent to media and the police and on a disaffected Iraqi Swede as it investigated two explosions from Saturday.

A Secretive Banking Elite Rules Trading in Derivatives

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:48 PM PST

In theory, clearinghouses exist to safeguard the integrity of the multitrillion-dollar derivatives market. In practice, they also defend big banks' dominance.

6 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:48 AM PST

A suicide attacker detonated a minibus packed with explosives near the gates of a military base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing six NATO troops and two Afghan soldiers, officials said.

The Texas Tribune: Profit Outweighs Risk in Juárez Factories

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 02:08 AM PST

Since June 2009, more than 24,000 manufacturing jobs have been added in Ciudad Juárez, despite tens of thousands of residents fleeing the violence there.