Etihad Airways’ Rapid Growth Frustrates Rivals
ABU DHABI — Emerging from the desert like some giant steel squid, the organic forms of Abu Dhabi’s new airport terminal are starting to take shape. The existing airport has…
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If Patients Only Knew How Often Treatments Could Harm Them
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox MARCH 2, 2015 By Austin Frakt and Aaron E. Carroll – Austin Frakt is a health economist with several governmental and academic…
An Uneasy Relationship Between Telecom and Tech
BARCELONA, Spain — For the next four days, a sprawling conference center here will become the global hub for the telecommunications and technology industries. More than 80,000 people — including…
Yankees, Eager to Retire Numbers, Subtract Options for Current Players
TAMPA, Fla. — When Garrett Jones was traded to the Yankees in December, he was hoping to bring with him his good-luck charm of a number, 46. When the Yankees…
Iraq Begins Offensive to Recapture Tikrit From ISIS
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi military, alongside thousands of Shiite militia fighters, began a large-scale offensive on Monday to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State, a battle that…
U.N. Report Faults Russia for Escalating Conflict in Ukraine
GENEVA — The United Nations said Monday that an influx of troops and heavy weapons from Russia had intensified the conflict in eastern Ukraine, undermining prospects for peace and causing…
European Prices Continue to Fall, Fueling Concerns
PARIS — Europe experienced a third straight month of falling prices in February, adding to worries about possible deflation, official data showed on Monday, but the jobless rate ticked down…
Bigger Teams May Miss Playoffs at Cricket World Cup
England is running out of chances, as the Cricket World Cup’s qualifying games wind down. When play resumes Tuesday after an off day, 19 of the 42 pool matches will…
Bigger Teams May Miss Playoffs at Cricket World Cup
England is running out of chances, as the Cricket World Cup’s qualifying games wind down. When play resumes Tuesday after an off day, 19 of the 42 pool matches will…
White House and Netanyahu Are Set to Make Dueling Cases in Washington
WASHINGTON — President Obama and two of his top national security officials will make their case publicly on Monday for a diplomatic agreement with Iran to prevent that nation from…
Most Doctors Give In to Requests by Parents to Alter Vaccine Schedules
A wide majority of pediatricians and family physicians acquiesce to parents who wish to delay vaccinating their children, even though the doctors feel these decisions put children at risk for…
Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years of racial…
Microsoft Presents Low-Cost Phones and Windows 10 for Mobile
At the Mobile World Congress here on Monday, Microsoft for the first time showed off Windows 10 for phones and continued its evolving strategy of delivering low-cost Lumia devices that…
After 7 Months in Jail, U.S. Journalist in Iran Is Allowed to Hire Lawyer
Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent, who has been imprisoned by the Iranian authorities on undisclosed charges for more than seven months, has been allowed to hire a lawyer…
Iraq State TV: Operation to Retake Tikrit Begins
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s state TV says government forces backed by allied Shiite and Sunni fighters have begun a large-scale military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from the Islamic State…
Kerry Is Pushing for Agreement in Iran Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON — They have spent long hours alone together. They exchange private emails. Their walk along the Rhone River in Geneva in January so unnerved hard-line lawmakers in Tehran that…
North Korea Launches 2 Missiles Into Sea to Protest U.S. War Games With South
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea flouted United Nations resolutions on Monday by launching two Scud-type ballistic missiles toward the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, as the United…
India Overhauls Monetary Policy With Inflation Target
MUMBAI — India’s central bank and the finance ministry have agreed, in the biggest change to monetary policy since opening up its economy more than two decades ago, to introduce…
Netanyahu’s Visit Bringing Uninvited Problems for Jewish Democrats
WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner’s unilateral invitation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address Congress on Tuesday has turned a foreign policy issue that has had near…
Julian Fellowes on Twists in the ‘Downton Abbey’ Season Finale
The fifth season finale of “Downton Abbey” tugged at many heartstrings, and we’re not talking about Lord Grantham’s mistaken case of angina. (Stop reading here if you wish to avoid…
China’s Long Food Chain Plugs In
HONG KONG — The smartphone tells the story of a kiwi fruit in China. With a quick scan of a code, shoppers can look up the fruit’s complete thousand-mile journey…
In Los Angeles, Stadiums Battle Heats Up
On Pro Football By KEN BELSON For years, the N.F.L. played cat and mouse with the city of Los Angeles. Every so often a team in, say, Minnesota, would threaten…
Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public
SAN FRANCISCO — For Apple, the hard part — making a smartwatch — is nearly over. Soon it will be time for the harder part: selling the long-anticipated Apple Watch…
Shoestring Legal Aid Group Helps Poor in Rural India
JAGDALPUR, India — On a quiet night last November, the human rights lawyer Shalini Gera was brewing tea in her drab, small-town office, which doubles as an apartment, when her…
News Corp. Set to Rehire Rebekah Brooks, Acquitted Executive
Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s media holdings in Britain, acquitted last year on charges related to the phone hacking scandal, is likely to return to News Corporation…
Recordings Suggest Emirates and Egyptian Military Pushed Ousting of Morsi
Audio recordings of senior Egyptian officials that were leaked Sunday suggest that when Mohamed Morsi was president, the United Arab Emirates gave the Egyptian Defense Ministry money for a protest…
Syria: 19 Christians Have Been Released by the Islamic State, Local Leaders Say
Nineteen of the Assyrian Christians seized by Islamic State militants last week in northeastern Syria have been freed, and they met with church officials in a cathedral in the city…
Data Security Is Becoming the Sparkle in Bitcoin
Some couples opt for a traditional wedding, while others go for the Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas. But David Mondrus and Joyce Bayo may be the first to have incorporated…
Hindu Party In India In Coalition For Kashmir
JAMMU, India — After months of negotiations, India’s governing Hindu nationalist party joined a regional party dominated by Muslims to create a state government in the disputed Kashmir region, the…
Argentine President Denies Cover-Up in Bombing Inquiry
BUENOS AIRES — President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina made an impassioned defense on Sunday of her role in the investigation into the fatal bombing of a Jewish community…