NEWS For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees. Nicole Perlroth reports from San Francisco.
South Korea succeeded in thrusting a satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday, joining an elite club of space technology leaders seven weeks after the successful launching of a satellite by its rival, North Korea. Choe Sang-Hun reports from Seoul.
A promised referendum on whether Britain should stay in the European Union on new terms, or quit the bloc, provoked fresh tensions within the ritish government on Wednesday and more blunt warnings from abroad. Stephen Castle reports from London, and James Kanter from Brussels.
A group of lawyers investigating a violent crackdown in Myanmar in November that left Buddhist monks and villagers with serious burns contends that the police used white phosphorus, a munition normally reserved for warfare, to disperse protesters. Thomas Fuller reports from Bangkok.
As war rages across the border in Syria, the semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq has emerged as a lead backer of Syrian Kurds , hoping another empowered Kurdish entity like itself will emerge should the S! yrian regime fall. Ben Gittleson reports from Erbil, Iraq.
Beset by hard economic times, some say underground restaurants in Spain are providing a needed refuge in a country where even Michelin-starred restaurants have been forced to close under economic pressure. Dan Bilefsky reports from Barcelona.
U.S. citizens’ ability to vote from abroad continued to become easier in last year’s U.S. election, thanks to the combined effects of federal law and Internet resources, according to a new study by the Overseas Vote Foundation, a nonpartisan voter-assistance group. Brian Knowlton reports from Washington.
Two studies of malnourished children offer the first major new scientific findings in a decade about the causes and treatment of severe malnutrition, which affects more than 20 million children around the world and contributes to the deaths of more than a million a year. Merely giving children a cheap antibiotic along with the usual nutritional treatment could save tens of thousands of lives a year, researchers found. Denise Grady reports.
In a legal dispute that had been closely watched by multinational companies and environmental organizations, a Dutch court Wednesday dismissed most of the claims brought by Nigerian farmers seeking to hold Royal Dutch Shell accountable for damage by oil spilled from its pipelin! es. David Jolly and Stanley Reed report.
ARTS Contemporary artists in Indonesia, taking advantage of new liberties, are expressing their feelings in their works and getting noticed far outside of their country. Ginanne Brownell reports from Jakarta.
SPORTS Who governs soccer The laws of the global game remain FIFA’s to impose. But while there is a vacuum of leadership, three of the principal European soccer nations appear to be making their own arrangements. Rob Hughes reports from London.
A year ago, it looked like things migt be turning around for New Zealand’s national cricket team. Then the chaos returned. Emma Stoney reports from Wellington.
