NEWS Two rockets crashed into southern Beirut suburbs controlled by the militant Shiite group Hezbollah on Sunday, wounding four people. The attack, the first on the group's Beirut stronghold since the hostilities in Syria broke out two years ago, raised anxieties here that the fighting next door was beginning to revive Lebanon's own sectarian conflicts. Anne Barnard reports from Beirut.
In this age of satellite imagery, digital records and the instantaneous exchange of information, most of Greece's land transaction records are still handwritten in ledgers, logged in by last names. No lot numbers. No clarity on boundaries or zoning. No obvious way to tell whether two people, or 10, have registered ownership of the same property. Suzanne Daley reports from Athens.
In an effort to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Secretary of State John Kerry announced a plan on Sunday to invest as much as $4 billion to develop the economy of the West Bank. Michael R. Gordon and Jodi Rudoren report from the Dead Sea in Jordan.
Details of investigations into leaks of classified materials in the United States also hint at the personal and professional costs for those implicated. Ethan Bronner, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane report from Washington.
Computers are helping to reassemble more than 100,000 document fragments collected across 1,000 years that reveal details of Jewish life along the Mediterranean. Jodi Rudoren reports from Tel Aviv.
EDUCATION Singapore is investing in an increasing number of arts events and educational programs. Kristiano Ang reports from Singapore.
ARTS For a year and a half the artist Ai Weiwei and a sculptor friend oversaw a team of people toiling away in secret on one of his most political and personal projects: reconstructing scenes from Mr. Ai's illegal detention in 2011, when he was held for 81 days in a secret prison guarded by a paramilitary unit. What took shape this spring at an industrial space in the Chinese capital were six fiberglass dioramas that depict, at half-scale, his often banal daily existence as a captive of the vast government security apparatus. Edward Wong reports from Beijing.
Protests at the Venice Biennale in 1968 had a dramatic impact on Italian design by inspiring young designers and architects to pursue their political and social ideals. A new book, “The Italian Avant-Garde, 1968-1976,†charts the emergence of the “radical design†movement after the eruption in Venice. Alice Rawsthorn on design.
“Blue Is the Warmest Color†- an emotionally raw and sexually explicit contemporary French drama and critical favorite about a young woman's awakening - won the Palme d'Or on Sunday evening at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Manohla Dargis writes from Cannes, France.
SPORTS With his father, Keke, watching by the side of the track, the German driver Nico Rosberg won Formula One's most prestigious race, the Monaco Grand Prix, on Sunday, 30 years after Keke Rosberg won it. It is the first time a father and son have won the race. Brad Spurgeon reports from Monaco.
Serena Williams, who was upset in the first round last year, overwhelmed Anna Tatishvili on opening day at the French Open, and gave her first interview in French. Christopher Clarey reports from Paris.
