NEWS Europe’s surprising decision early Saturday to force bank depositors in Cyprus to share in the cost of the latest euro zone bailout set off increasing outrage and turmoil in Cyprus on Sunday and fueled fears that the trouble will spread to countries like Spain and Italy. Liz Alderman reports from Nicosia, Cyprus, and Landon Thomas Jr. from London.
The United States has effectively canceled the final phase of a Europe-based missile defense system that was fiercely opposed by Russia and cited repeatedly by the Kremlin as a major obstacle to cooperation on nuclear arms reductions and other issues. DavidM. Herszenhorn reports from Moscow, and Michael R. Gordon from Washington.
With France planning to start withdrawing its troops from Mali next month, Western and African officials are increasingly concerned that the African soldiers who will be relied on to continue the campaign against militants linked to Al Qaeda there do not have the training or equipment for the job. Eric Schmitt reports from Nema, Mauritania.
In his first Sunday appearance from the papal apartment overlooking St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis charmed a huge crowd by infusing the message of the Gospel with personal recollections and a smattering of humor. Elisabetta Povoledo reports from Vatican City.
Britian’s finance minister is expected to continue with his austerity plans when the budget is announced Wednesday, despite the failure of the policies to improve the economy to date. Julia Werdigier reports from London.
By debuting a Spanish-language edition of Forbes in Spain this month, SpainMedia is swimming against a tide that has driven many other Spanish media entrepreneurs out of business amid a recession and credit squeeze. Raphael Minder reports from Madrid.
EDUCATION Some analysts say that foreign shools in the Gulf, locally funded but serving student bodies that are still dominated by foreigners, seem like bubbles cut off from local culture and society. Sara Hamdan reports from Dubai.
ARTS Hella Jongerius researched an elegant palette of carefully chosen shades of blue, brown, gray, aubergine and white for new business-class cabins in KLM’s long haul Boeing 747-400 jets. Alice Rawsthorn writes from Berlin.
Toyo Ito, a Japanese architect who broke from Modernism and designed a library that survived his country’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake, was awarded his profession’s top honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, on Sunday. Robin Pogrebin reports.
SPORTS Marcel Hirscher of Austria raised the Crystal Globe as Alpine ski racing’s overall World Cup champion on Sunday, becoming the first man to win consecutive titles since his countryman Stephan Eberharter 10 years ago. Brian Pinelli reports from Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
The promise that the new rubber compound in the Pirelli tires would mix up the racing order came true, as drivers in the Australian Grand Prix event on Sunday made several pit stops and strategy and tire wear came into play. Brad Spurgeon reports from Melbourne.
Rio Ferdinand, who has batted injuries for years, is returning to national soccer team duty with England, and that won’t make Alex Ferguson’s job any easier with Manchester United. Rob Hughes writes from London.
