Mystery of Missing Mushrooms Leaves French Blaming Roma

Mystery of Missing Mushrooms Leaves French Blaming Roma
After Challenges, China Appears to Backpedal on Air Zone
In Acid-Attack Trial, Dancers Trade Stage for Stand
Some Still Like It Hot
Party Claims It Identified Top C.I.A. Spy in Pakistan
Grief and Heroism as Survivors Struggle in the Philippines
Books of The Times: ‘Seven Deadlies,’ Parables by Gigi Levangie
Protesters Take Drive to Oust Government Beyond Bangkok
Moscow Says Louis Vuitton Doesn’t Go With Red Square
Rise in Unprotected Sex by Gay Men Spurs H.I.V. Fears
Unprotected Sex Among Gay Man on the Rise, Health Officials Say
Front Row: Norma Kamali Is Playing Dress-Up With Sweatshirts
Memo From South Asia: A Region Totters Toward Democracy, Gathering Momentum
Berlusconi Expelled From Senate in Italy
Qatar Lets Soccer Player Leave After Two Years
Airlines Clear Final Merger Obstacle
No Pecan Pie? Thank China, Rain and Pigs
Listening Post: Chinese Claim Forces Obama to Flesh Out His Asia Strategy
Afghan Attacks Raise Worries on Safety of Aid Workers
Dispute Over Immigration Widens Between Britain and E.U.
Lens Blog: Finding Comfort and Food on Lines
Pakistan Chooses Moderate to Take Over as Army Chief

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:16 PM PST

Competition between established French companies and outside mushroom pickers has brought with it darker undercurrents of hostility and discrimination.

After Challenges, China Appears to Backpedal on Air Zone

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 06:02 PM PST

China said it would respond to foreign aircraft in its new air defense zone according to "how big the threat" was, after a flight by American B-52s through the airspace.

In Acid-Attack Trial, Dancers Trade Stage for Stand

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:34 PM PST

Dancers took the stand in the trial over an acid attack that nearly left the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director blind.

Some Still Like It Hot

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:24 PM PST

As a new crop of cross-dressing actors, including Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club," appears in drag, a fresh look at some of the best in the genre, then and now.

Party Claims It Identified Top C.I.A. Spy in Pakistan

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 02:12 PM PST

The political party of former cricket star Imran Khan apparently revealed the name in an escalation of its campaign to end American drone strikes in the country.

Grief and Heroism as Survivors Struggle in the Philippines

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 01:28 PM PST

Acts of heroism abound in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan, often with a special emphasis on ensuring the survival of children.

Books of The Times: ‘Seven Deadlies,’ Parables by Gigi Levangie

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 12:54 PM PST

In "Seven Deadlies," Gigi Levangie offers satirical parables about teenagers obsessed with junk food, boy bands and making money.

Protesters Take Drive to Oust Government Beyond Bangkok

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 12:43 PM PST

Antigovernment demonstrators massed at over a dozen municipal buildings across Thailand on Wednesday and occupied a ministry building for a third day.

Moscow Says Louis Vuitton Doesn’t Go With Red Square

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 12:17 PM PST

The designer has built a temporary, two-story replica of a traveling trunk, but to some officials, it is not temporary enough.

Rise in Unprotected Sex by Gay Men Spurs H.I.V. Fears

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 11:54 AM PST

The number of men who told federal health investigators that they had had unprotected anal sex in the last year rose nearly 20 percent from 2005 to 2011.

Unprotected Sex Among Gay Man on the Rise, Health Officials Say

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 11:40 AM PST

The findings by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that fighting the AIDS epidemic may become more difficult.

Front Row: Norma Kamali Is Playing Dress-Up With Sweatshirts

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 11:05 AM PST

Ms. Kamali and her sweatshirt are back on the scene.

Memo From South Asia: A Region Totters Toward Democracy, Gathering Momentum

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 10:55 AM PST

Although elections remain far from trouble-free in countries like the Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan, that they are happening at all is encouraging.

Berlusconi Expelled From Senate in Italy

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 10:10 AM PST

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's once-powerful former prime minister, was stripped of his seat on Wednesday, leaving him without elective office for the first time in about two decades.

Qatar Lets Soccer Player Leave After Two Years

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 09:43 AM PST

Zahir Belounis, the French-Algerian player who had been unable to leave the emirate because of its labor laws, has been told he will finally be granted an exit visa.

Airlines Clear Final Merger Obstacle

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 08:25 AM PST

The approval of American Airlines' reorganization plan by Judge Sean H. Lane puts an end to a rocky period for the proposed merger of American and US Airways.

No Pecan Pie? Thank China, Rain and Pigs

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 08:03 AM PST

A rare collision of ill-timed rain, wild animals, and a growing love affair between China and the pecan has led to the worst supply in years, and grocery store prices are up by about 30 percent.

Listening Post: Chinese Claim Forces Obama to Flesh Out His Asia Strategy

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 07:43 AM PST

The Chinese declaration of an "air defense identification zone" led the United States to jump off the fence in a territorial dispute between China and Japan that has mushroomed into a dangerous standoff.

Afghan Attacks Raise Worries on Safety of Aid Workers

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 06:02 AM PST

Six Afghan workers employed to carry out a literacy project by a French charity were killed in an ambush on their car in Faryab Province, the second fatal attack on relief workers in two days.