New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

Data From Raid Links Bin Laden to Newer Terror Plots

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:47 PM PDT

Seized documents prompted Obama administration officials to issue a warning that Al Qaeda last year had considered attacks on American railroads.

Colombia’s Resurgent Capital Backslides Amid Crime and Congestion

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:50 PM PDT

Bogotá's hard-won accomplishments are being eclipsed by traffic chaos, attacks on tourists, and a corruption scandal that has resulted in the mayor's suspension.

Celebrating a Death: Ugly, Maybe, but Only Human

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:03 PM PDT

Raucous rallies that broke out in New York and Washington after news of Osama bin Laden's killing were a matter of "pure existential release," a social psychologist said.

High & Low Finance: Inevitability Of a Default In Greece

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Europe needs to act to keep a Greek default from destroying its financial system, then accept the reality.

Pentagon Breaks Silence on Pakistani Role

Posted: 05 May 2011 05:19 PM PDT

A top Pentagon official said Thursday that Obama administration officials "do not have any definitive evidence at this point" that Pakistan knew where Osama bin Laden was living.

Global Warming Reduces Expected Yields of Harvests in Some Countries, Study Says

Posted: 05 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT

The climatic stress to agriculture in some countries may be a factor in the food price increases that have caused worldwide stress in recent years, researchers suggest in a new study.

Voices From the Storm: Tornado Leaves Couple With Nothing, but Not for Long

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:37 PM PDT

One good Samaritan after another has come to the rescue of Regina and Jerry Wayne Walker after last week's tornado in rural Alabama.

Body in Jet Wreckage Is Retrieved From Sea Bottom

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

The body, which was still strapped in its seat on the Air France plane that crashed on June 1, 2009, was raised early Thursday from a debris field 3,900 meters below the surface of the Atlantic.

C. S. Choules, 110, Veteran of World War I

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Claude Stanley Choules, 110, became a pacifist, refusing to march in parades commemorating wars like the one that made him famous.

Crude Oil Falls Below $100 a Barrel

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:10 PM PDT

Oil prices plummeted by almost 9 percent on Thursday as traders worried that American drivers were beginning to balk at the price of gasoline.

Diner's Journal: Sixty Chefs in the Palace, and Still 'Just Average'

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Many of the world's big-name chefs, including Daniel Humm, gathered at Versailles to prepare a $1,270-a-head dinner.

Lens: Chechnya From Many Angles

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Three founders of Verso Images Collective document the capital of Chechnya with online guidance from Yuri Kozyrev and the Objective Reality Foundation.

Movie Review | 'Thor': Have Golden Locks, Seeking Hammer

Posted: 05 May 2011 03:04 PM PDT

"Thor," directed by Kenneth Branagh, is a programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination.

Motorsports: News Corp. Considering Bid for Formula One

Posted: 05 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT

The two have gone public, saying they were "in the early stages of exploring the possibility of creating a consortium" to buy the auto racing circuit from CVC Capital Partners.

Hamas Leader Calls for Two-State Solution, but Refuses to Renounce Violence

Posted: 05 May 2011 12:21 PM PDT

A day after celebrating a pact for Palestinian unity, Khaled Meshal declined to swear off violence or agree that a Palestinian state would produce an end to the conflict with Israel.

Once Feared Egypt Official Gets 12 Years and Fine

Posted: 05 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

The sentencing of Habib el-Adli, the once-feared former interior minister, ended the first in a series of corruption trials of top figures in the government of Hosni Mubarak.

In Singapore, Political Campaigning Goes Viral

Posted: 05 May 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Rather than attempting to suppress online political organizing, as China and Vietnam have done, the country is taking a gamble on making it part of the legal campaign system.

Afghans Rally to Oppose Karzai and Taliban Deal

Posted: 05 May 2011 08:58 AM PDT

The gathering, which drew 10,000 people, was an frontal attack on the current government's policies, equating Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Stadium Upgrades Squeezing Out Brazil’s Poorer Fans

Posted: 05 May 2011 09:11 AM PDT

The culture and history of Brazilian fandom is being swept away by commercialization, activists says, as the country's soccer stadiums are modernized.

In Europe, Disquiet Over Bin Laden and U.S.

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Some in Europe are asking whether "justice" was done, and whether American troops tried to capture him alive.