New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

The Saturday Profile: With Citizenship, Japan Embraces Columbia Scholar

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:10 PM PDT

This year, when Donald Keene, 90, a New York native and retired professor, became a citizen of Japan, he gained what eludes many Westerners who live there: acceptance.

Campaigns Have Strategy for Disagreeing Couples

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 07:57 PM PDT

Discussions between spouses are considered as persuasive as television ads for undecided voters in the presidential campaign's final weekend.

U.N. Official Decries China Treatment of Tibetans

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:32 PM PDT

Navi Pillay, the United Nations' high commissioner for human rights, said China's suppression of the rights of Tibetans had driven them to "desperate forms of protest" like self-immolation.

Observatory: Surrounded by Humans, Elephant in South Korea Learns to ‘Speak’

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 04:57 PM PDT

Researchers think that Koshik, who lives at a zoo in South Korea, started imitating human speech out of a need to socialize.

Petraeus’s Lower C.I.A. Profile Leaves Benghazi Void

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:15 PM PDT

The Benghazi crisis has been the biggest challenge in the first civilian job held by David H. Petraeus, who has gotten high marks in a markedly different culture from that of the military.

Military to Deliver Fuel to Storm-Ravaged Region

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:16 PM PDT

With lines at Northeast gas stations persisting, the government turned to the Pentagon for help and eased limits on foreign tankers.

Green Blog: A Hard Look at U.S. Reactor Hardware After Fukushima

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:40 AM PDT

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's staff will recommend that some older American reactors be required to install filtered vents.

C.I.A. Played Major Defensive Role in Libya Attack

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:02 PM PDT

"The Republicans are exploiting on the public's total lack of understanding for how intelligence is gathered to make an issue out of a non-issue," writes Single Mom.

Would You Buy on the Waterfront?

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:06 PM PDT

"I would buy about a mile inland and wait for it to become waterfront," writes Todd.

New York City Marathon Will Not Be Held Sunday

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:29 PM PDT

Lobbied by runners, politicians and the public after Hurricane Sandy, officials and organizers decided not to hold the New York City Marathon for the first time since 1970.

Erdogan Says He Plans a Trip to Gaza Soon

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:50 PM PDT

A visit by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would antagonize the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the West.

A Promising Drug With a Flaw

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 07:18 PM PDT

The anticlotting drug Pradaxa, on the market only two years, is growing in popularity for its ease of use, but it has been associated with hemorrhaging, and it has no antidote to reverse its blood-thinning effects.

Movie Review: ‘A Late Quartet,’ Directed by Yaron Zilberman

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 11:40 AM PDT

"A Late Quartet" follows the upheavals that threaten a fictional elite string quartet in New York as its members quarrel, cheat, get even and jockey for power.

Arizona Latinos Urged to Oust Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:44 PM PDT

Religious groups and labor unions are among those working to persuade Latinos to vote against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, 80, who has pursued illegal immigrants.

FiveThirtyEight: The Simple Case for Saying Obama Is the Favorite

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 03:51 PM PDT

The FiveThirtyEight model represents a complicated analysis of the polls, but simplicity is on its side in finding that President Obama is the Electoral College favorite.

Art Review: ‘Extravagant Inventions,’ Roentgen Furniture at the Met

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 10:56 AM PDT

"Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens," at the Met, displays more than 60 pieces of the creative work of Abraham and David Roentgen.

Judith Berkson’s New Opera, ‘The Vienna Rite’

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Judith Berkson uses her classical and Jewish musical heritage to inform "The Vienna Rite," which focuses on Salomon Sulzer.

Sony, Sharp and Panasonic Report Significant Losses

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PDT

Sony, Sharp and Panasonic have all reported significant losses, their boom years ended by global crisis and their own poor decisions.

Modest Jobs Growth in Final Report Before Election

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:06 PM PDT

In the last assessment before the election, the Labor Department said the economy added 171,000 positions in October. The unemployment rate edged up to 7.9 percent.

Hardship Strains Emotions in New York

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 07:57 PM PDT

The region approached a breaking point on Friday as the collective spirit that prevailed in the first few days after Hurricane Sandy gave way to angry complaints of neglect and unequal treatment.