Yahoo Courts Mobile App Makers with New Tools
The company announced a new suite of tools Thursday for mobile app developers, including better analytics and modules that let app makers show ads sold by Yahoo and promote their…
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Government Survives Vote of Confidence in France
PARIS — France’s Socialist government survived a confidence vote in the National Assembly on Thursday, two days after it forced through a contentious package of economic measures without a ballot….
For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure
CHIPPING CAMPDEN, England — About a decade ago, Kazuo Ishiguro was 50 pages into a new novel when, uncharacteristically, he was paralyzed by doubt. The novel, a mythic tale set…
Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art
“Profetino,” left, attributed to Donatello, and “Profetino,” attributed to Nanni di Banco are part of the “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces From Florence Cathedral” exhibition at the…
Muslim Leaders in U.S. Seek to Counteract Extremist Recruiters
STERLING, Va. — Imam Mohamed Magid tries to stay in regular contact with the teenager who came to him a few months ago — at his family’s urging — to…
Trappings of Chinese New Year Left at Sea by West Coast Port Dispute
Mung beans, sticky rice and banana leaves. Confetti and little red envelopes for gift money. Essential items for the start of Chinese New Year celebrations on Thursday were in short…
France Crosses a Threshold in Examining Strauss-Kahn’s Personal Life
PARIS — As the trial of Dominique Strauss-Kahn comes to a close on Friday, some here are breathing a sigh of relief after cringing, gasping and giggling uncomfortably for weeks…
Tsarnaev’s Lawyers in Boston Bombing Trial Ask for Change of Venue
BOSTON — A three-judge federal appeals panel on Thursday sharply questioned lawyers in the marathon bombing case, challenging assumptions about the ability of prospective jurors to be impartial as the…
A New Theory on How Neanderthal DNA Spread in Asia
Carl Zimmer MATTER In 2010, scientists made a startling discovery about our past: About 50,000 years ago, Neanderthals interbred with the ancestors of living Europeans and Asians. Now two teams…
New Rules Spur a Humbling Overhaul of Wall St. Banks
Nearly seven years after the financial crisis, banks are still churning out profits and wrestling with regulators. Yet Wall Street, by many important measures, appears to be in the middle…
Obama Calls for Expansion of Human Rights to Combat Extremism
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday called on nations around the world to expand human rights, religious tolerance and peaceful dialogue as they struggle to combat a spate of terrorism…
Izakaya in the East Village
Izakaya opened in October in the East Village, with a narrow dining room that is calm and white but not austere, thanks to mismatched chairs and a snaking shelf of…
As Walmart Gives Raises, Other Employers May Have to Go Above Minimum Wage
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox FEB. 19, 2015 – The giant question now is not whether there will be some meaningful wage gains in 2015; beyond the…
After Attacks, Denmark Hesitates to Blame Islam
COPENHAGEN — Arrested for stabbing a 19-year-old passenger on a commuter train in November 2013, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein blamed his brutal, random and nearly fatal attack on the effects…
Walmart Says It Will Raise Some Workers’ Pay as It Reports a Rise in Profit and Shoppers
Walmart, the United States’ largest employer, said Wednesday that it would increase wages for a half-million employees as it reported its first rise in shopper traffic in more than two…
A Broken Heart, a Child’s Life
Credit Tamir Kalifa Credit Oksana Yushko Credit Jason Lam/International Center of Photography Credit Bharat Choudhary Baby Rose was born on Aug. 22, 2008, with a heart defect that would disrupt…
Nearly 40 Percent of Wal-Mart’s US Workers to Get Pay Raises
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is spending $1 billion to make changes to how it pays and trains U.S. hourly workers as the embattled retailer tries to reshape the…
E.C.B. Governing Council Was Unanimous in Backing Government Bond Purchases
FRANKFURT — Members of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council were unanimous in their belief that government bond purchases were a legitimate tool of monetary policy, even if some thought…
Leaders Speak by Telephone to Try to Impose Ukraine Cease-Fire
MOSCOW — With the accord they brokered last week to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine seemingly in tatters, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France spoke by telephone…
Greece Asks for 6-Month Extension of Loan Agreement
ATHENS — Greece on Thursday asked for a six-month extension of its loan agreement, as the country tries to hammer out an agreement before a Friday deadline imposed by eurozone…
Behind the Relaunch of the New York Times Magazine
Welcome to the new New York Times Magazine. For the past four months, as we’ve been putting out the magazine you read every weekend, we’ve also been busying ourselves behind…
Britain Scrambles Jets to Intercept Russian Bombers
LONDON — The British Royal Air Force scrambled warplanes to intercept two Russian bombers off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England, the Ministry of Defense said on Thursday, as…
Two Deals Bring Attention to Banking’s Safra Family
In London, 30 St. Mary Axe — a pickle-shaped office tower known as the Gherkin that was designed by Norman Foster — was on the brink of changing hands for…
North Koreans Toil in Slavelike Conditions Abroad, Rights Groups Say
SEOUL, South Korea — When the North Korean carpenter was offered a job in Kuwait in 1996, he leapt at the chance. He was promised $120 a month, an unimaginable…
No Bitterness From Victoria Azarenka After Surprise Split With Coach
On Tennis By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY In a time of increased shuffling in the coaching ranks of professional tennis, the partnership between Victoria Azarenka and her longtime coach Sam Sumyk ended…
U.S. to Monitor Air Quality in India and Other Countries
HONG KONG — The United States says it will expand air-quality monitoring at some overseas diplomatic missions, following several years of reporting pollution data in China. – The move angered…
Faulted for Avoiding ‘Islamic’ Labels to Describe Terrorism, White House Cites a Strategic Logic
WASHINGTON — President Obama chooses his words with particular care when he addresses the volatile connections between religion and terrorism. He and his aides have avoided labeling acts of brutal…
Jeb Bush Tries to Distance Himself From Brother in Foreign Affairs Speech
Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida talked about Iran and Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech to Congress and said his foreign policy positions were his own, not his family’s. CHICAGO —…
Obama Urges Global United Front Against Extremist Groups Like ISIS
WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Americans and more than 60 nations on Wednesday to join the fight against violent extremism, saying they had to counter the ideology of the…
‘Out of My Mouth Comes Unimpeachable Manly Truth’
On a cold, sunny New Year’s Eve in 2014, I am sitting at the edge of my king-size bed at the Four Seasons hotel in New York, munching through a…