NEWS A new set of classified documents disclosed Sunday suggested that Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has provided a trove of documents to The Guardian newspaper, had obtained a wider range of materials about government surveillance than had been known, including one document revealing how U.S. and British intelligence agencies had eavesdropped on world leaders at conferences in London in 2009. Scott Shane and Ravi Somaiya report.
The Turkish authorities widened their crackdown on the anti-government protest movement on Sunday, taking aim not just at the demonstrators themselves, but also at the medics who treat their injuries, the business owners who shelter them and the foreign news media flocking to cover a growing political crisis threatening to paralyze the government of Prıme Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Tim Arango, Sebnem Arsu and Ceylan Yeginsu report from Istanbul.
Privacy guardians in Europe want the ability to erase some online material, known as “the right to be forgotten,†but archivists and historians object. Eric Pfanner reports from Serraval, France.
Car bombings and attacks across Iraq killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 100 on Sunday, security officials said, the latest in a wave of sectarian violence that has erupted across the country in recent months. Duraid Adnan reports from Baghdad.
A record seven million students will graduate from universities and colleges across China in the coming weeks, but their job prospects appear bleak â€" the latest sign of a troubled Chinese economy. Keith Bradsher reports from Hong Kong and Sue-Lin Wong from Beijing.
Three of Europe’s top military contractors urged the region’s governments on Sunday to support a joint program to develop a reconnaissance drone to reduce dependence on U.S. and Israeli manufacturers. Nicola Clark reports from Paris.
Three months into his papacy, Pope Francis took his first significant step on Saturday toward making changes at the troubled Vatican Bank, naming a trusted prelate to fill a key vacancy in an indication that the pope intends to keep a close watch on the institution. Rachel Donadio reports from Rome.
EDUCATION Universities in Japan are pushing to increase female enrollment in science and technology, despite a culture that pushes most women toward the humanities. Miki Tanikawa reports from Tokyo.
ARTS A lawsuit has exposed a fight between two organizations with diverging ideas of how to preserve the legacy of Anne Frank, who wrote her famous diary as a young girl in hiding from the Nazis. Scott Sayare reports from Amsterdam.
While conservative foes did their best to marginalize Norman Potter, today the British designer and poet is seen as a romantic figure by young designers. Alice Rawsthorn writes from Bristol, England.
SPORTS The golfer Justin Rose of England held off Phil Mickelson down the stretch at Merion Golf Club to win the U.S. Open, his first major championship. Karen Crouse reports.
The Brazilian soccer player Neymar, just 21, is expected to dazzle and restore an element of the footwork of the gods of Jogo Bonito as Brazil marches toward the World Cup. Rob Hughes writes from London.
