DealBook: China’s Tencent to Buy Stake in JD.com as Part of E-Commerce Push

DealBook: China’s Tencent to Buy Stake in JD.com as Part of E-Commerce Push
Search for Jet Compounds the Mystery
William Clay Ford, Scion of Auto Family, Dies at 88
Staking $1 Billion That Herbalife Will Fail, Then Lobbying to Bring It Down
A Kiev Question: What Became of the Missing?
Australia, Baseball’s Diamond in Rough
El Salvador’s Presidential Election Close at the Wire
In the Details of Passengers’ Lives, Signs of Hope and Prosperity
Mexican Drug Lord, Thought Dead in 2010, Is Reported Killed
2 Star-Crossed Afghans Cling to Love, Even at Risk of Death
After Fukushima, Utilities Prepare for Worst
Credit Suisse Documents Point to Mortgage Lapses
Report Cites ‘Devastating Toll’ on Health of Syria’s Children
Warlord Who Tamped Conflicts as Afghan Vice President Dies
Gerard Mortier, Opera Visionary and Patron of New Work, Dies at 70
Clashes in Ukraine as Rallies Take a Turn
Critic’s Notebook: Charles Marville’s Pictures Show What Was Destroyed
‘No Guarantee’ of Final Nuclear Deal With Iran, E.U. Official Says
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 45 at Checkpoint in Southern Iraq
O’Driscoll Helps Position Irish to Win Six Nations
International Education: Education Programs Try to Close Gaps in Myanmar
Mourinho's Coaching Moves Lift Chelsea Again
The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse
Afghan VP, Ex-Northern Alliance Commander, Dies
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Posted: 09 Mar 2014 11:51 PM PDT

The Chinese Internet company said it would pay $215 million for a 15 percent stake in JD.com as the two firms seek to challenge the dominance of Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce company.

Search for Jet Compounds the Mystery

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:39 PM PDT

Planes and ships from a half-dozen countries joined the search for the plane that vanished with 239 people, including two who apparently used stolen passports to board.

William Clay Ford, Scion of Auto Family, Dies at 88

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:15 PM PDT

Mr. Ford, who never got to run the Ford Motor Company, was the last family member to be a confidant of Henry Ford, the American legend who made the automobile accessible to the masses.

Staking $1 Billion That Herbalife Will Fail, Then Lobbying to Bring It Down

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 08:58 PM PDT

The activist hedge fund manager William A. Ackman bet a billion dollars on the collapse of the nutritional supplement company Herbalife, then launched an extraordinary campaign to hasten that development.

A Kiev Question: What Became of the Missing?

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 08:36 PM PDT

Since protests began in Ukraine last December, 661 people have been reported missing, and the fates of 272 of them remained unknown late last week.

Australia, Baseball’s Diamond in Rough

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 08:20 PM PDT

The Diamondbacks and the Dodgers will play two exhibition games and a two-game, season-opening series in Sydney, but it is not the first time professional American baseball journeyed to Australia.

El Salvador’s Presidential Election Close at the Wire

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:59 PM PDT

With almost all the vote counted, the governing party's candidate, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, was fewer than 6,500 votes ahead of his opponent, Norman Quijano.

In the Details of Passengers’ Lives, Signs of Hope and Prosperity

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:49 PM PDT

The passengers bound for China on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 represented a vivid cross-section of a nation well into an economic transformation: artists and corporate salespeople, foreign businesspeople and technology firm employees.

Mexican Drug Lord, Thought Dead in 2010, Is Reported Killed

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:49 PM PDT

Nazario Moreno González, a leader of a powerful criminal gang now known as the Knights Templar, was likely killed in a shootout with federal forces, Mexican officials said.

2 Star-Crossed Afghans Cling to Love, Even at Risk of Death

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:29 PM PDT

Young people who want to choose their own mates face the harsh reality that strict social traditions still trump new laws and expanded rights — and that honor killings in such cases remain endemic.

After Fukushima, Utilities Prepare for Worst

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:18 PM PDT

Exelon, which operates 17 of the 100 commercial power reactors in the United States, will spend $400 million to $500 million in post-Fukushima fixes.

Credit Suisse Documents Point to Mortgage Lapses

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 06:03 PM PDT

A newly released trove of internal emails and documents, mostly from 2006 and 2007, paint a troubling picture of how Credit Suisse operated as the housing bubble inflated.

Report Cites ‘Devastating Toll’ on Health of Syria’s Children

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 05:03 PM PDT

The civil war has annihilated the country's health care system, leaving children to suffer or die from what may have been treatable illnesses, a report found.

Warlord Who Tamped Conflicts as Afghan Vice President Dies

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 04:50 PM PDT

The death of Vice President Muhammad Qasim Fahim, who played a crucial role in ousting the Taliban, created a rift in the political power structure less than a month before Afghans were to elect a new leader.

Gerard Mortier, Opera Visionary and Patron of New Work, Dies at 70

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 03:32 PM PDT

His bold theatricality and updating of classical works marked his four-decade career as the leader of some of the world's most important opera companies.

Clashes in Ukraine as Rallies Take a Turn

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 03:16 PM PDT

In Sevastopol, a pro-Ukraine rally of hundreds was attacked by pro-Russia supporters, who had their own rally there, while Ukraine celebrated the birth of its greatest poet in the Crimean capital.

Critic’s Notebook: Charles Marville’s Pictures Show What Was Destroyed

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 02:55 PM PDT

Charles Marville, the 19th-century photographer who documented old parts of Paris destined for demolition, turns out to be a man for our time.

‘No Guarantee’ of Final Nuclear Deal With Iran, E.U. Official Says

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 12:19 PM PDT

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said that reaching a final comprehensive deal would be difficult and challenging.

Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 45 at Checkpoint in Southern Iraq

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 12:09 PM PDT

The attack hit a security checkpoint in Hilla, setting fire to more than 30 cars waiting to be searched.

O’Driscoll Helps Position Irish to Win Six Nations

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 12:08 PM PDT

England, France and Ireland look toward the final games next weekend to sort out which will be the European champion.

International Education: Education Programs Try to Close Gaps in Myanmar

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:02 AM PDT

International programs are helping to tackle Myanmar's shortfall in higher education and vocational training after decades of military rule.

Mourinho's Coaching Moves Lift Chelsea Again

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 08:50 AM PDT

Without playing anywhere near its best, Chelsea rolled over Tottenham Hotspur and looks to be the team to beat in the Premier League.

The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:46 AM PDT

For decades, men with intellectual disabilities lived in servitude. No one knew just what they endured.

Afghan VP, Ex-Northern Alliance Commander, Dies

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 05:17 AM PDT

Afghanistan's influential Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban who was later accused with other warlords of targeting civilian areas during the country's civil war, died Sunday. He was 57.