On Front Lines in Ukraine, Rebels Are Upbeat and Eager to Advance
HORLIVKA, Ukraine — The rebel commander casually led the way down a muddy trench, shoulder high with shaved walls of moist earth, his boots slapping at wooden slabs sunk into…
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Jordan Returns Ambassador to Israel as Tensions Ease at Holy Site
JERUSALEM — Jordan said on Monday that it was sending its ambassador back to Israel, three months after he was recalled in protest of what the Jordanians called Israeli violations…
Lululemon Guru Chip Wilson Is Moving On
The morning sun threw a halo of light on the billboard-size liability waiver standing at the trailhead of Grouse Grind, a steep, dangerous ascent just outside Vancouver, British Columbia. Hikers…
Obama’s Budget: Beyond the Boldness, Nuggets With G.O.P. Appeal
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday released an aggressive $4 trillion budget blueprint for next year that proclaims victory in the long, difficult climb from recession and relies on large…
Obama's Budget Seeks $534 Billion for Pentagon
WASHINGTON — President Obama is asking the new Republican Congress for a base defense budget of $534 billion in 2016, the Pentagon said on Monday in its annual budget release,…
Christie Says Parents Should Have 'Choice' on Vaccinations – First Draft. Political News, Now.
In remarks here, Mr. Christie at first stopped short of recommending that parents immunize their children against measles, or any other illness, calling for “balance” and “choice.” But his remarks…
Russia Details Plans to Bolster Its Economy, but Experts Scoff
MOSCOW — With oil prices down more than 50 percent in the past year and still falling, the ruble having lost more than half its value, a recession looming and…
Trial to Begin for Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Prostitution Case
PARIS — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is to stand trial on Monday on accusations that he participated in a prostitution ring that extended from…
Australian Leader Pledges to Abandon Unpopular Policies
SYDNEY, Australia — Less than two years into Australia’s top job, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is struggling to hold on to his office amid growing speculation that his colleagues may…
2 Members of Sect Executed in China for Deadly Beating at McDonald’s
BEIJING — A Chinese court announced on Monday that two members of a banned religious sect had been executed for the death by beating of a woman at a McDonald’s…
Egypt Sentences 183 to Death Over 2013 Killings of Policemen
CAIRO — An Egyptian court has sentenced 183 people to death over the killing of 15 policemen in violence that engulfed the country after the 2013 ouster of Islamist President…
Hackers Use Old Lure on Web to Help Syrian Government
WASHINGTON — To the young Syrian rebel fighter, the Skype message in early December 2013 appeared to come from a woman in Lebanon, named Iman Almasri, interested in his cause….
Late Seahawks Drive Ends With a Screeching Halt After a Risky Call
GLENDALE, Ariz. — On the same field where a receiver named David Tyree had improbably caught a desperation throw to propel the Giants to Super Bowl victory over the New…
Law Favoring Cuban Arrivals Is Challenged
MIAMI — In the wake of President Obama’s move to rekindle diplomatic ties with Cuba, Cuban-American legislators in Washington and local officials in Florida are calling for reconsideration of a…
Patriots Win Super Bowl XLIX, Defeating Seahawks
Tom Brady throwing during the first half of Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Brady won his fourth Super Bowl.” GLENDALE, Ariz. — The seconds…
Tale of Comebacks Is Tom Brady’s to Tell
Sports of The Times By MICHAEL POWELL GLENDALE, Ariz. — That was merely insane. This was a Super Bowl in which narrative lines kept colliding with one another. Each team…
Media Titans Murdoch and Bloomberg at Play in Politics and News
David Carr THE MEDIA EQUATION When Mitt Romney announced on Friday that he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination for a third time, he cited the desire to “give…
As Tourism Record Is Set, New York City Sees Surge in Chinese Visitors
Mayor Bill de Blasio may have diverged from his predecessor’s path several times in his first year in office, but when it comes to tourists, he has embraced Michael R….
ISIS Tactics Questioned as Hostages Dwindle
AMMAN, Jordan — The extremists of the Islamic State managed to parlay their Japanese and Jordanian hostages into 12 days of worldwide publicity. But other than depleting their supply of…
Departing From Country’s Pacifism, Japanese Premier Vows Revenge for Killings
TOKYO — When Islamic State militants posted a video over the weekend showing the grisly killing of a Japanese journalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacted with outrage, promising “to make…
Rebels Set Sights on Small Eastern Ukraine Town
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers rattled along the snowy streets here in armored personnel carriers with the hatches battened down, their helmeted heads safely below plates of steel. A few…
Explosion Kills at Least 6 on Bus of Lebanese Pilgrims Visiting Shrines in Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon — An explosion on Sunday ripped apart a bus carrying Lebanese pilgrims to Shiite shrines in Damascus, Syria, killing at least six people and wounding 27, official news…
Rebels Agree to Cease-Fire in South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and the rebel commander Riek Machar signed another cease-fire agreement on Monday, edging them closer to a final deal to…
Bill Browder’s ‘Red Notice,’ About His Russian Misadventures
Books of The Times By WILLIAM GRIMES In the early 1990s Bill Browder invested $2,000 in a handful of Polish companies being privatized after the collapse of Communism. Eastern Europe…
The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris Will Display Modern Masterpieces
PARIS — When it opened in October, the Louis Vuitton Foundation museum was such an audacious addition to the landscape here that all eyes were on the architecture and its…
U.S. Considers Supplying Arms to Ukraine Forces, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — With Russian-backed separatists pressing their attacks in Ukraine, NATO’s military commander, Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, now supports providing defensive weapons and equipment to Kiev’s beleaguered forces, and an…
Training Teachers to Take Aim Against Taliban
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunfire rang out as Fatima Bibi squeezed off three shots, hitting her target every time. Then she lowered her Glock pistol, turned to her fellow academics and…
Super Bowl Commercials Go for Heart, Not Just Funny Bone and Jugular
The game plan for the advertising blitz during Super Bowl XLIX was simple: Go straight for the heart. Many of the commercials during NBC’s national broadcast of Sunday’s game sought…
France Offers Support, but No Debt Relief, to Greece
PARIS — French officials said Sunday they would support the new Greek government’s efforts to get the country back on its feet after five years of crushing austerity, but warned…
Ebola Drug Trial Is Halted for Lack of Patients
A clinical trial in Liberia of a drug to treat Ebola has been halted because of a sharp decline in the number of people infected with the virus, and studies…