NEWS Despite solid credentials, college graduates cannot find permanent jobs that gets them on the path to the taxpaying, property-owning French ideal that was once the norm. Steven Erlanger reports from Lille, France.
“Now we have become a state!†Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, announced Sunday to a crowd of thousands in the courtyard of his headquarters in Ramallah. But at least in the short term, with Israeli elections scheduled for January, things are likely to get tougher for the Palestinians before they get better. Isabel Kershner reports from Ramallah, West Bank.
Global emissions of carbon dioxide were at a record high in 2011 and are likely to take a similar jump in 2012, scientists reported Sunday - the latest indication that efforts to limit such emissions are failing. Justin Gillis and John M. Broder report.
EDUCATION This has been a terrible year for the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, the elite institu te for political studies known as Sciences Po. D.D. Guttenplan reports.
Pearson College, the newest institution of higher education in Britain, based at the headquarters of Pearson, a publishing and educational conglomerate that owns Penguin Books, The Financial Times newspaper and a 50 percent stake in The Economist magazine, promises courses designed with direct involvement of business and industry. D.D. Guttenplan reports from London.
ARTS Design and architecture create atmosphere and mood, often subtly so. Alice Rawsthorn writes from Venice.
SPORTS Nothing in the 140 years of the F.A. Cup, the oldest knockout tournament of them all, could have been more of a grudge match than the one played Sunday between the Milton Keynes Dons and A.F.C. Wimbledon soccer teams. Rob Hughes writes from Milton Keynes, England.
New Zealand's All Blacks are used to rewriting rugby's record books, just not in the way that happened when their unbeaten streak came to a crashing end with a 38-21 loss here to England. Huw Richards reports from Twickenham, England.
