Judge Postpones Oscar Pistorius Defense Hearings

Judge Postpones Oscar Pistorius Defense Hearings
Facing Rising Seas, Bangladesh Confronts the Consequences of Climate Change
Serra Da Capivara National Park Journal: Discoveries Challenge Beliefs on Humans’ Arrival in the Americas
Soul-Searching as Japan Ends a Man’s Decades on Death Row
Obama Seeks to Calm Saudis as Paths Split
U.S. Investigates Brothers From Ecuador With Ties to Campaigns
Former Prime Minister Announces Candidacy for President of Ukraine
President Obama Meets With Pope Francis
Movie Review: ‘Mistaken for Strangers’ Follows the Band the National’s Tour
Recordings, Posted Online, Rattle Officials in Turkey
Russian Businessman’s Death Remains Mystery, Coroner Says
Tweets About Music to Get a Billboard Chart
Vote by U.N. General Assembly Isolates Russia
Matter: Enlisting a Computer to Battle Cancers, One by One
U.N. Approves Investigation of Civil War in Sri Lanka
All Nippon Airways Splits $16.6 Billion Aircraft Order
Soccer Tourism: World Comes Out for Clásico
Ukraine's Tymoshenko to Run for President
In Southern England, a Rare Old Rectory
Sitting Atop Greener and Cooler Acres in a Dubai Desert
Video: Times Minute | The Papal Visit
Critic’s Notebook: New Music by Shakira, Juanes, Enrique Iglesias and Wisin

Posted: 28 Mar 2014 12:54 AM PDT

The double amputee track star had arrived at the courthouse after weeks of prosecution testimony depicting him as irascible, spoiled and jealous.

Facing Rising Seas, Bangladesh Confronts the Consequences of Climate Change

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:09 PM PDT

Though countries like Bangladesh have contributed little to the industrial pollution driving climate change, they will suffer the most from the devastating consequences.

Serra Da Capivara National Park Journal: Discoveries Challenge Beliefs on Humans’ Arrival in the Americas

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 06:33 PM PDT

Archaeologists say humans reached what is now northeast Brazil as early as 22,000 years ago, upending a prevailing belief of 20th-century archaeology in the United States that people arrived in the Americas about 13,000 years ago.

Soul-Searching as Japan Ends a Man’s Decades on Death Row

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 06:27 PM PDT

It took the courts nearly half a century to conclude that the evidence against him was likely fabricated by police investigators and to order the retrial he sought.

Obama Seeks to Calm Saudis as Paths Split

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 06:01 PM PDT

Saudi Arabia's leaders are feeling increasingly compelled to go their own way in dealing with Iran, Syria, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood.

U.S. Investigates Brothers From Ecuador With Ties to Campaigns

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 05:38 PM PDT

The fugitives have been investigated to determine whether any of the millions the men were accused of pilfering in their home country made it to the United States.

Former Prime Minister Announces Candidacy for President of Ukraine

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 05:28 PM PDT

Yulia V. Tymoshenko, the polarizing former prime minister, has long harbored presidential ambitions and will be the most widely known contender in the election.

President Obama Meets With Pope Francis

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 05:09 PM PDT

President Obama and Pope Francis on Thursday skirted social issues that have generated tension between some Roman Catholic leaders and the president.

Movie Review: ‘Mistaken for Strangers’ Follows the Band the National’s Tour

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:02 PM PDT

A scruffy documentary of the band the National's 2010-11 European tour is less about the music than about left-field interviews with bemused band members.

Recordings, Posted Online, Rattle Officials in Turkey

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:56 PM PDT

A recording was posted on YouTube in which officials were heard discussing a plot to establish a justification for military strikes in Syria.

Russian Businessman’s Death Remains Mystery, Coroner Says

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:41 PM PDT

A British coroner said Thursday that he could not say whether Boris A. Berezovsky, a businessman and power broker, died of suicide or homicide.

Tweets About Music to Get a Billboard Chart

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:48 PM PDT

Twitter and Billboard plan to create the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts: continuously updated lists of the songs being discussed and shared the most on Twitter in the United States.

Vote by U.N. General Assembly Isolates Russia

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:21 PM PDT

A resolution on Ukraine rejecting Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula as illegal passed overwhelmingly.

Matter: Enlisting a Computer to Battle Cancers, One by One

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:06 PM PDT

Once you decode a tumor's genome, what's next? Oncologists hope that IBM's Watson will help them find drugs for patients' particular brain cancer mix.

U.N. Approves Investigation of Civil War in Sri Lanka

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:46 AM PDT

The agency voted to open an independent international investigation of possible war crimes in Sri Lanka's brutal civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels.

All Nippon Airways Splits $16.6 Billion Aircraft Order

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:34 AM PDT

Boeing won about 80 percent of the order with All Nippon Airways of Japan and kept Airbus from encroaching further on its sales of large wide-body jets.

Soccer Tourism: World Comes Out for Clásico

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:55 AM PDT

The crowd for Sunday's Clásico in Madrid included thousands of foreign fans who bought tickets to the game on the secondary market and spent large sums for travel and accommodations.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko to Run for President

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:17 AM PDT

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, one of her country's most polarizing political figures, announced Thursday that she will run for presidential elections set for May 25.