China Fines Japanese Auto Parts and Bearings Firms for Price Rigging

China Fines Japanese Auto Parts and Bearings Firms for Price Rigging
ISIS Video Purports to Show Beheading of James Foley
DealBook: Overstock to Allow International Customers to Pay in Bitcoin
An Obstacle to Honoring an Archbishop Is Removed
Shooting Accounts Differ as Holder Schedules Visit to Ferguson
Listening Post : Obama Holds to Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline
In Russia, Scenes From Ferguson Are Played as Nothing Shocking: It’s America
German Leader Emerges as Key Figure in Ukraine Talks
Pieve Santo Stefano Journal: In Italy, the City of Diaries Honors Personal Memories
Rockets From Gaza and Israeli Response Break Cease-Fire
Perry, Fighting Charges, Hires High-Profile Legal Team
Plenty of Room at the Top of Ukraine’s Fading Rebellion
Ski Town May Face Winter Without Popular Path to Slopes
Saudi Prince Is Identified as Target of Paris Heist
Steve Ballmer Quits Microsoft Board, Citing His Outside Duties
Court Orders Release of Hunger-Striking Indian Activist
Critic’s Notebook: Barbara Hannigan Sings and Conducts at the Lucerne Festival
Next Leader May Echo Maliki, but Iraqis Hope for New Results
In Retaking of Iraqi Dam, Evidence of American Impact
‘Kreutzer Sonata Variations’ Has a Scorned Wife’s Rebuttal
Relief Official Urges Groups to Step Up Ebola Efforts
Public Editor's Journal: Why The Times Didn’t Cover an Amnesty International Report on Torture
Pakistanis Seeking Prime Minister’s Resignation Protest in Capital
DealBook: Standard Chartered Settles Money Laundering Case
A Week of Outcry and Confrontation in Ferguson

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 10:26 PM PDT

A regulator fined 10 of 12 companies a total of $200 million, a record for China. The fines coincided with deteriorating relations between Tokyo and Beijing.

ISIS Video Purports to Show Beheading of James Foley

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:42 PM PDT

The terrorist group ISIS said it executed James Foley in retaliation for American airstrikes in Iraq.

DealBook: Overstock to Allow International Customers to Pay in Bitcoin

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:33 PM PDT

The move by popular retailers like Overstock to accept Bitcoins for international transactions could lead to more widespread adoption of the virtual currency.

An Obstacle to Honoring an Archbishop Is Removed

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:56 PM PDT

The archbishop, a champion of the poor and critic of government repression in El Salvador, was gunned down in 1980.

Shooting Accounts Differ as Holder Schedules Visit to Ferguson

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:50 PM PDT

Witnesses to the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., have given investigators sharply conflicting accounts, as a county grand jury prepared to hear evidence in the case.

Listening Post : Obama Holds to Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:49 PM PDT

The president was rejecting a growing chorus of arguments in Washington that the chaos in Iraq should prompt him to reconsider his timetable for withdrawing the last soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.

In Russia, Scenes From Ferguson Are Played as Nothing Shocking: It’s America

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:40 PM PDT

Events in Missouri are the latest opportunity for news media and the government to portray the United States as a hypocritical critic of speech restrictions.

German Leader Emerges as Key Figure in Ukraine Talks

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:06 PM PDT

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is emerging more and more as a pivotal leader on the Ukraine conflict as she dances delicately between opposing forces.

Pieve Santo Stefano Journal: In Italy, the City of Diaries Honors Personal Memories

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:57 PM PDT

Having collected more than 7,000 personal memoirs, Italy's Pieve Santo Stefano has become known as the City of Diaries.

Rockets From Gaza and Israeli Response Break Cease-Fire

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:55 PM PDT

Three rockets fired from Gaza struck southern Israel, breaking a cease-fire, drawing Israeli retaliation and prompting Israel to recall its delegation from talks aimed at ending the latest conflict.

Perry, Fighting Charges, Hires High-Profile Legal Team

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:47 PM PDT

Gov. Rick Perry, who is facing a felony indictment, appeared at the Travis County Courthouse to be photographed and fingerprinted.

Plenty of Room at the Top of Ukraine’s Fading Rebellion

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:35 PM PDT

In what separatist officials call the "Ukrainianization" of the leadership, almost all the original Russian leaders of the rebellion have resigned and gone home, replaced by Ukrainians of dubious qualifications.

Ski Town May Face Winter Without Popular Path to Slopes

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:22 PM PDT

One of Utah's most popular ski resorts is facing eviction in a legal dispute that may not be settled by the time winter kicks in.

Saudi Prince Is Identified as Target of Paris Heist

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:13 PM PDT

While French police have refused to release his identify, the French news media reported that it was Prince Abdul Aziz, 41, who was ambushed by gunmen in a Hollywood-style robbery.

Steve Ballmer Quits Microsoft Board, Citing His Outside Duties

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:10 PM PDT

The tech company's former chief executive said new responsibilities, including ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, have made him too busy to serve.

Court Orders Release of Hunger-Striking Indian Activist

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:41 PM PDT

Irom Sharmila began refusing to eat almost 14 years ago to protest a law that gives impunity to armed forces serving in the insurgency-racked state of Manipur.

Critic’s Notebook: Barbara Hannigan Sings and Conducts at the Lucerne Festival

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 03:02 PM PDT

The soprano Barbara Hannigan, now performing at the Lucerne Festival, has developed a specialty of singing as she conducts, often enrapturing audiences.

Next Leader May Echo Maliki, but Iraqis Hope for New Results

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 02:54 PM PDT

During the American occupation, Haider al-Abadi, a Shiite chosen to be Iraq's next prime minister, resisted the idea of reconciliation with Sunnis, but some hope he can break the mold of recent leaders and govern in an inclusive way.

In Retaking of Iraqi Dam, Evidence of American Impact

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 02:51 PM PDT

The scene around the strategically important Mosul Dam bore testament to the deadly effect American airstrikes were having on the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

‘Kreutzer Sonata Variations’ Has a Scorned Wife’s Rebuttal

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 02:36 PM PDT

Tolstoy's spouse, Sophia, wrote two novellas in reply to his story "The Kreutzer Sonata," works that will be included in "The Kreutzer Sonata Variations," from Yale University Press.

Relief Official Urges Groups to Step Up Ebola Efforts

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 02:35 PM PDT

Dr. Joanne Liu, the president of Doctors Without Borders, called the outbreak in West Africa a "complete disaster" of a scale not yet known.

Public Editor's Journal: Why The Times Didn’t Cover an Amnesty International Report on Torture

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 02:08 PM PDT

The Times's foreign editor, Joseph Kahn, responded to reader complaints.

Pakistanis Seeking Prime Minister’s Resignation Protest in Capital

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 01:49 PM PDT

Thousands of opposition supporters headed toward a fortified zone in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, to press for the prime minister's resignation.

DealBook: Standard Chartered Settles Money Laundering Case

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 01:20 PM PDT

The British bank will pay a $300 million fine and suspend some dollar-clearing activities for high-risk clients — two years after it paid a combined $667 million to state and federal authorities over anti-money laundering failures.