NEWS North Korea on Wednesday blocked South Koreans from crossing the part of their heavily armed border that leads to an industrial park that the two nations have operated for eight years. Choe Sang-Hun reports from Seoul.
The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a pioneering treaty aimed at regulating the enormous global trade in conventional weapons, for the first time linking sales to the human rights records of the buyers. Neil MacFarquhar reports from the United Nations.
Some American lawmakers worry that a pathway to citizenship could encourage illegal immigration, but in some parts of Mexico there seem to be few people left to come. Damien Cave reports from El Cargadero, Mexico.
China said Tuesday that four more people in the coastal part of the country had been infected with a new strain of bird flu, which is believed to have killed two Shanghai residents last month and left one person in critical condition. David Barboza reports from Shanghai.
Egyptians whose businesses rely on foreign visitors and tourism say problems with security and rising prices have caused alarm. Kareem Fahim reports from Al-Bairat, Egypt.
That representatives of Serbia and Kosovo were sitting at the same table for talks was an achievement in itself. But whether the two sides could reach an agreement to overcome ethnic enmities in the former Serbian province â€" and clear the way for their eventual membership in the European Union â€" remained uncertain Tuesday. Dan Bilefsky reports from Paris.
Michalis Sarris, the Cypriot finance minister who negotiated Cyprus’s bailout agreement with international creditors, resigned on Tuesday, citing the beginning of a government inquiry into the collapse of the country’s banking industry. Liz Alderman and James Kanter report.
Data protection agencies in Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands said on Tuesday that they were moving to take action against Google over its privacy policy, which the company introduced last year. They joined the French regulator, which had initiated a European Union inquiry on behalf of its counterparts across the 27-nation bloc. Eric Pfanner reports.
ARTS In London, supporting casts offer gifts to be savored in “The Audience†and “The Winslow Boy.†Matt Wolf reviews from London.
The stark and sparse revival of “Gloriana†at the Staatsoper in Hamburg retells the sad romance of Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. George Loomis reviews from Hamburg.
SPORTS The Indian Premier League may have revolutionized the economics of cricket by making top players rich beyond any previous dreams, but regional politics continue to hamstring its aspirations to attract the world’s best talent to India. Huw Richards reports.
Paolo Di Canio is probably the most dangerously beguiling personality associated with English and Italian soccer over the past two decades. Rob Hughes writes from London.
