What's Next for Jon Stewart? Blogging. Or Maybe Not.
Mr. Stewart, rarely visible on the city’s live comedy scene these days, was an impressive booking when he was announced in January; but it became even more fortuitous when he…
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What's Next for Jon Stewart? Blogging. Or Maybe Not.
Mr. Stewart, rarely visible on the city’s live comedy scene these days, was an impressive booking when he was announced in January; but it became even more fortuitous when he…
Bol Bol, 6-Foot-10 Son of Manute, Adjusts to High School Basketball
Bol Bol, right, with his teammates from Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kan., before a home game. Bol, the son of the former N.B.A. player Manute Bol, is…
Caracas Mayor Arrested on Sedition Accusation, Plunging Venezuela into New Crisis
CARACAS, Venezuela — A new political crisis convulsed Venezuela on Friday over the arrest of the Caracas mayor, one of the country’s top opposition figures, accused by President Nicolás Maduro…
Venezuela Opposition Urges Release of Mayor Accused of Coup Plot
CARACAS — Venezuelan opposition leaders on Friday demanded the release of a Caracas mayor arrested after what they called false accusations that he was involved in a U.S.-backed coup plot…
Chip Maker to Investigate Claims of Hacking by N.S.A. and British Spy Agencies
LONDON — Gemalto, a French-Dutch digital security company, said on Friday that it was investigating a possible hacking by United States and British intelligence agencies that may have given them…
Gérard Faggionato Moves to David Zwirner as London Galleries Feel the Pinch
LONDON — Gérard Faggionato, a prominent Mayfair dealer who for 22 years has run his own gallery specializing in postwar and contemporary art, is joining the sales team of the…
Gérard Faggionato Moves to David Zwirner as London Galleries Feel the Pinch
LONDON — Gérard Faggionato, a prominent Mayfair dealer who for 22 years has run his own gallery specializing in postwar and contemporary art, is joining the sales team of the…
Raul Rodriguez, Who Showered Rose Parade With Bouquets on Wheels, Dies at 71
Raul Rodriguez, who designed more than 500 floral floats for the Tournament of Roses Parade and conceived dazzling confections for other private and public celebrations around the world, died on…
Raul Rodriguez, Who Showered Rose Parade With Bouquets on Wheels, Dies at 71
Raul Rodriguez, who designed more than 500 floral floats for the Tournament of Roses Parade and conceived dazzling confections for other private and public celebrations around the world, died on…
Eurozone Ministers Hold Emergency Talks on Greece
BRUSSELS — Eurozone finance ministers are meeting here on Friday for the latest round of emergency talks aimed at breaking the deadlock with Greece, a day after Germany rejected a…
Tech Investors Create a Billion-Dollar-Baby Boom
What a difference a year makes. Less than 12 months after investors valued Snapchat, the red-hot messaging app, at about $10 billion, the start-up is again in the market for…
Tech Investors Create a Billion-Dollar-Baby Boom
What a difference a year makes. Less than 12 months after investors valued Snapchat, the red-hot messaging app, at about $10 billion, the start-up is again in the market for…
Tech Investors Create a Billion-Dollar-Baby Boom
What a difference a year makes. Less than 12 months after investors valued Snapchat, the red-hot messaging app, at about $10 billion, the start-up is again in the market for…
Q. and A.: Barnett Rubin on China's Role in Afghanistan
“We will support the Afghan government in realizing reconciliation with various political factions including the Taliban,” Mr. Wang told reporters in Islamabad, according to Reuters. That follows on other initial…
Tech Investors Create a Billion-Dollar-Baby Boom
What a difference a year makes. Less than 12 months after investors valued Snapchat, the red-hot messaging app, at about $10 billion, the start-up is again in the market for…
Fears Persist That Violence Against Albinos in Tanzania Will Grow
The boy was just a year old when five men with machetes snatched him from his home. Two days later, the police found his body with the arms and legs…
Ask Well: Sick With Two Kinds of Flu?
Yes. The first word that influenza experts use to describe the illness is “unpredictable.” In a normal flu season, at least three strains circulate. Flus mutate every year as they…
On Vietnamese Television, Tradition Meets Satire Every Lunar New Year’s Eve
HANOI, Vietnam — The Kitchen Gods were asked by the emperor’s assistant: “What curves gently?” The gods wore flowing robes fit for mandarins in a 17th-century royal court. But they…
On Vietnamese Television, Tradition Meets Satire Every Lunar New Year’s Eve
HANOI, Vietnam — The Kitchen Gods were asked by the emperor’s assistant: “What curves gently?” The gods wore flowing robes fit for mandarins in a 17th-century royal court. But they…
Activists Trying to Draw Attention to Killings in Syria Turn to ISIS Tactic: Shock Value
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The killings have been both deliberately lurid and strangely intimate. Designed for broadcast, they have helped the Islamic State militant group build a brand of violence that…
Mariam Ghani, a Brooklyn Artist Whose Father Leads Afghanistan
Mariam Ghani’s apartment is a map to her layered identity. Books rise from floor to ceiling, black binders of redacted Guantánamo Bay interrogations sharing shelf space with critical theory and…
Review: ‘Wild Tales’ Explores the Blurred Limits of Morality
The Times critic Manohla Dargis reviews “Wild Tales.” As high-spirited as its title suggests, “Wild Tales” opens on a savage note and ends, well, that’s for you to find out….
Review: ‘Wild Tales’ Explores the Blurred Limits of Morality
The Times critic Manohla Dargis reviews “Wild Tales.” As high-spirited as its title suggests, “Wild Tales” opens on a savage note and ends, well, that’s for you to find out….
Saudi King Unleashes a Torrent of Money as Bonuses Flow to the Masses
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — European leaders are still battling over austerity. The United States Congress is gearing up for another fight over the budget. But in Saudi Arabia, there are…
In Turkey, Even Snow Can Be Tainted by Politics
ISTANBUL — “You are free to throw snowballs at this window,” the signs say in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of Istanbul, and not because the shopkeepers here…
India Deploys Expert Teams to Study Rise in Flu Cases
JAIPUR, India — Indian officials this week scrambled to cope with a rise in cases of the flu, which they say has sickened thousands of people and caused the deaths…
Malaria in Widening Area Resists Drug, Study Finds
BANGKOK — The world’s best drug for treating malaria, a medicine that is the key to saving millions of lives in Africa and beyond, is losing its efficacy in a…
Giuliani: Obama Had a White Mother, So I'm Not a Racist – First Draft. Political News, Now.
Mr. Giuliani’s remarks — made at a New York fund-raising event for Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin on Wednesday night and first reported by Politico — set off an uproar….
In Online Videos, Israeli Candidates Pursue ‘Likes’ and Votes
Rival political parties strike a variety of tones, from humor to somberness, in a series of online videos ahead of Israel’s March 17 elections. JERUSALEM — With a month to…