NEWS Multinational companies are racing to invest in factories and other operations to cash in on rising consumer demand in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy and most populous nation, with an estimated 251 million people. Joe Cochrane reports from Jakarta.
With a definitive vote by the lower house of Parliament, France on Tuesday became the world’s 14th nation, and the third in just two weeks, to approve marriage rights for same-sex couples. Scott Sayare reports from Paris.
Nearly four years into Nigeria’s bloody struggle with Islamists in its impoverished north, a new threat has emerged with deadly implications, this time for Westerners as well as Nigerians: local militants who openly claim to be inspired and trained by Al Qaeda and its affiliate in the region. Adam Nossiter reports from Abuja, Nigeria.
Israel declared Tuesday that it had found evidence that the Syrian government repeatedly used chemical weapons last month, arguing that President Bashar al-Assad was testing how the United States and others would react and that it was time for Washington to overcome its deep reluctance to intervene in the Syrian civil war. David E. Sanger and Jodi Rudoren report from Tel Aviv.
A $285 million project to remake Mont-St.-Michel into an island is touching the commercial heart of the town, confusing tourists and angering residents. Steven Erlanger reports from Mont-St.-Michel, France.
The Communist Party in Vietnam is divided into factions even as a better informed public is finding its voice. Thomas Fuller reports from Ho Chi Minh City.
Israel and the Palestinians agreed on Tuesday to renewed involvement by Unesco, the United Nations cultural agency, in the Old City of Jerusalem. The agreement was a small but significant breakthrough in the often highly politicized workings of the agency. Steven Erlanger reports from Paris.
The British finance minister said that London, taking a lesson from the euro zone crisis, would be unlikely to form a currency union with Scotland should it vote to be independent. Stephen Castle reports from London.
A daughter’s attention to her father’s legacy has turned a local bakery in Alsace into a global enterprise. Hannah Olivennes reports from Niedermorschwihr, France.
ARTS Berlioz’s opera “Béatrice et Bénédict†is enjoying a lively new production at the Theater an der Wien. George Loomis reviews from Vienna.
SPORTS The All England Lawn Tennis Club, which stages Wimbledon, announced Tuesday that it would raise overall prize money by 6.5 million pounds for this year’s championships to a total of 22.6 million pounds, or $34.4 million. That represents a 40 percent pay raise over 2012. Christopher Clarey reports.
Bayern Munich made a brutally efficient case that it is the team to beat in the Champions League this season, humbling visiting Barcelona, 4-0, on Tuesday in the first leg of their semifinal at Allianz Arena. Andrew Das reports.
