New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News


Earthquake and Aftermath Push Japan Into a Recession

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:34 PM PDT

A contraction in the first quarter of 3.7 percent on an annual basis was worse than economists had expected.

In Two Current Cases, Scrutiny Falls on the Women

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:34 PM PDT

The behavior of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn brings attention to the women involved.

U.S. Was Warned on Vents Before Failure at Japan’s Plant

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:08 PM PDT

Five years before emergency vents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant failed to work, an American engineer told regulators that their design was flawed.

Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:16 PM PDT

Employment rates for new graduates have fallen sharply, as have starting salaries for those who can find work.

Anger Lingers in Iraqi Kurdistan After a Crackdown

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:40 PM PDT

Demands in mid-February for a change in the way Iraq's Kurdish region is governed were met with gunfire and arrests.

Private Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:14 PM PDT

As Arizona and other states look to resolve budget problems, research suggests private prisons can cost about the same as state-run ones.

Focus Is on Obama as Tensions Soar Across Mideast

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:18 PM PDT

American and Israeli officials are struggling to balance national security interests against the need to adapt to a transformative movement in the Arab world.

Clinton Aims to Improve Ties With Latin America

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:25 PM PDT

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.

China Reports AIDS Mortality Is Cut by Two-Thirds

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:40 PM PDT

An online report said that free antiretroviral drugs had drastically reduced AIDS mortality in China.

Cannes Film Festival: Alain Cavalier’s ‘Pater’: Private Musings of a Public Sort

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:30 PM PDT

The French director and actor returned to the Cannes Film Festival with a study in power, longing and intimacy.

Interactive Feature:: The Hiroshima Files

Posted: 18 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT

Two months after an atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, President Harry S. Truman commissioned a study of the damage done to the city.

India’s Anti-Poverty Programs Are Big but Troubled

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:30 PM PDT

India spends more on programs for the poor than most developing countries, but it has failed to eradicate poverty because of widespread corruption, the World Bank said.

Cast Adrift in the Milky Way, Billions of Planets, All Alone

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:42 PM PDT

Astronomers reported that for each of the Milky Way's 200 billion stars, there are at least two Jupiter-size planets, many on their own or only distantly bound to a star.

ArtsBeat: Cannes Q. and A.: Nanni Moretti on Tackling Big Game

Posted: 18 May 2011 09:54 AM PDT

The Italian director has not shied away from controversy, and his new film, about a new Pope suffering from existential panic attacks, is no exception.

Gates Says No Sign That Top Pakistanis Knew of Bin Laden

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:49 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he thought "somebody" inside Pakistan knew of Osama bin Laden's presence, but not the country's leaders.

China’s Rich Try to Fly Around Red Tape

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:18 PM PDT

With the military jealously guarding its control of the airspace, wealthy Chinese hobbyists fly clandestinely.

A Favorite Emerges for Helm of I.M.F.

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:20 PM PDT

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.

Sex-Assault Case Puts Focus on Police Unit, Not Quite as Seen on TV

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:27 PM PDT

Real detectives, like the ones investigating the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges, do not solve cases in the span of an hourlong television show.

Jordan Takes Slower Path of Dialogue

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:43 PM PDT

Even as street protests have waned in Jordan, debate on previously ignored social issues -- from domestic violence to education -- has blossomed, via Facebook, Twitter and other Internet communities.

A Mississippi Town’s Holdouts Wait Out the Flood at the Bar

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:50 PM PDT

In Mississippi, warnings about Eagle Lake caused an exodus. The 15 residents who remained gather daily at a bar called Strick's for beer, burgers and, inevitably, talk about the levees.