Sports of The Times: Back Home, Still Taking on the World
Sports of The Times: Back Home, Still Taking on the World |
- Sports of The Times: Back Home, Still Taking on the World
- DealBook: BlackBerry Faces Dwindling Options for a Deal
- Bits Blog: Elon Musk Unveils Plans for Hyperloop High-Speed Train
- Arms Shipments Seen From Sudan to Syria Rebels
- Judge Rejects New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy
- Russia Steps Up Raids Against Migrants
- World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 56 in Northeast
- Prague Journal: On the Crony Safari, a Tour of a City’s Corruption
- Sinkhole Swallows Part of a Building at a Resort in Florida
- Rebel Chief in Syria Visits Assad’s Home Region
- DealBook: Still Trailing Rivals, BlackBerry Seeks a Way Out
- In Move for Economy, Mexican President Seeks Foreign Investment in Energy
- Family Seeks Compensation for British Businessman’s Mysterious Death in China
- Syria’s Risks Shape Trip by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Observatory: New Studies Suggest an ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ Link
- By Degrees: Timing a Rise in Sea Level
- In 400, Frantic Surge and Stunned Favorite
- Bulger Guilty in Gangland Crimes, Including Murder
- Egypt Delays Plans to Clear Morsi Backers From Camps
- Contraction Shows Signs of Slowing for Greece
- 5 Uighurs Sentenced in China for Attack
- Powerful Typhoon Rakes Northern Philippines
- War Crimes Suspect, 98, Dies Awaiting Trial
- India Ink: Water Wars in India’s South
- Israel Names Palestinian Prisoners to Be Released
| Sports of The Times: Back Home, Still Taking on the World Posted: 12 Aug 2013 07:54 PM PDT Clint Dempsey, the United States national team captain, will try to raise his level of play and Major League Soccer's after playing in the English Premier League since 2007. 
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| DealBook: BlackBerry Faces Dwindling Options for a Deal Posted: 12 Aug 2013 07:45 PM PDT As BlackBerry weighs a potential sale, analysts and industry executives said that a sale of the entire smartphone maker is increasingly unlikely, and almost certainly at least a year too late. 
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| Bits Blog: Elon Musk Unveils Plans for Hyperloop High-Speed Train Posted: 12 Aug 2013 07:09 PM PDT The hypothetical project is called the Hyperloop, a high-speed train that would be able to take people to San Francisco from Los Angeles in 30 minutes. That's a speed of almost 800 miles an hour. 
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| Arms Shipments Seen From Sudan to Syria Rebels Posted: 12 Aug 2013 06:27 PM PDT Syrian rebels have found an unlikely source for arms in Sudan, whose government sold the weapons to Qatar, which arranged delivery through Turkey, Western officials and the rebels said. 
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| Judge Rejects New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:54 PM PDT The federal judge planned to designate a monitor for the New York Police Department after she found that police officers routinely stopped people without any objective reason to suspect them of wrongdoing. 
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| Russia Steps Up Raids Against Migrants Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:51 PM PDT The raids have reportedly ensnared nearly 1,500 foreigners, including detainees being held in a Moscow tent camp in conditions that Human Rights Watch called inhuman. 
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| World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 56 in Northeast Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:22 PM PDT Gunmen killed 44 worshipers in a mosque in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, a day after 12 people were shot dead in a village nearby, officials said. 
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| Prague Journal: On the Crony Safari, a Tour of a City’s Corruption Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:03 PM PDT Visitors to Prague can take a bus tour showcasing the country's culture of lawlessness and corruption, and nibble on cookies labeled "presidential pardon." 
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| Sinkhole Swallows Part of a Building at a Resort in Florida Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:31 PM PDT No one was injured when the 60-foot-wide hole opened at the Summer Bay Resort late Sunday night. 
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| Rebel Chief in Syria Visits Assad’s Home Region Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:28 PM PDT In a video, the commander of the Free Syrian Army said he was visiting the province that is home to President Bashar al-Assad to see the "accomplishments" of rebels, who have seized villages in the area. 
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| DealBook: Still Trailing Rivals, BlackBerry Seeks a Way Out Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:18 PM PDT The company said that it was exploring a joint venture or a potential sale of itself, as the faded smartphone maker continues to cast about for a solution to its woes. 
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| In Move for Economy, Mexican President Seeks Foreign Investment in Energy Posted: 12 Aug 2013 03:07 PM PDT President Enrique Peña Nieto proposed opening his country's historically closed energy industry to private companies so that they might pump for oil. 
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| Family Seeks Compensation for British Businessman’s Mysterious Death in China Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:58 PM PDT Neil Heywood's wife and mother are pressing for payment from the family of the woman convicted in his poisoning. 
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| Syria’s Risks Shape Trip by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:49 PM PDT Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is visiting Israel and Jordan to discuss what further American aid could help contain the Syria conflict. 
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| Observatory: New Studies Suggest an ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ Link Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:29 PM PDT Two studies have found that Y Chromosome Adam and Mitochondrial Eve, originally thought to have been thousands of years apart, may have lived at the same time in the same region. 
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| By Degrees: Timing a Rise in Sea Level Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:28 PM PDT Along with how high oceans may swell, researchers are also trying to determine how fast. 
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| In 400, Frantic Surge and Stunned Favorite Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:18 PM PDT Christine Ohuruogu of Britain made up three strides in the final 70 meters Monday to beat Amantle Montsho of Botswana in the world track and field championships. 
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| Bulger Guilty in Gangland Crimes, Including Murder Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:02 PM PDT James (Whitey) Bulger, the mobster who terrorized South Boston in the 1970s and '80s as leader of the Winter Hill Gang, faces a sentence of life in prison. 
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| Egypt Delays Plans to Clear Morsi Backers From Camps Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:01 PM PDT The delay came as the government extended the detention of the ousted president and appointed a judge to investigate him, pointing to a potential criminal prosecution. 
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| Contraction Shows Signs of Slowing for Greece Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:58 AM PDT The economy has been shrinking since the third quarter of 2008, but the latest economic figures provided a glimmer of hope. 
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| 5 Uighurs Sentenced in China for Attack Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:23 AM PDT Two Uighurs were sentenced to death and three others were given prison sentences for what a court called a "terror attack" that killed 15 people. 
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| Powerful Typhoon Rakes Northern Philippines Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:11 AM PDT Typhoon Utor smashed into the eastern coast of the island of Luzon at 3 a.m. Monday, churned through the island and departed Monday afternoon, weakening as it entered the South China Sea. 
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| War Crimes Suspect, 98, Dies Awaiting Trial Posted: 12 Aug 2013 07:33 AM PDT Laszlo Csatary had been accused of whipping and beating Jews and helping send them to the Auschwitz death camp in World War II. 
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| India Ink: Water Wars in India’s South Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:38 AM PDT The two south Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are battling over a 112-year-old reservoir. 
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| Israel Names Palestinian Prisoners to Be Released Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:29 AM PDT The move to free 26 prisoners is part of a deal for the resumption of peace talks, set to begin Wednesday, but neither side seemed enthused about the announcement. 
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