Malaysia to Send Team to Jet Crash Site in Ukraine

Malaysia to Send Team to Jet Crash Site in Ukraine
Obama Enlists 9 Allies to Help in the Battle Against ISIS
Hope for Japan, Decades After a Disturbing Loss
DealBook: As Its Initial Offering Nears, Alibaba Gets Ready for a Splashy Debut
Ukraine Deal Imposes Truce Putin Devised
Fox Sports Develops Champions League Highlights Channel
Indian Leader’s School Visit Draws Fire
At U.S. Open, Faster-Paced Wheelchair Tennis Is on Display
Jet Carrying Contractors Is Ordered to Land in Iran
Strikes Killed Militant Chief in Somalia, U.S. Reports
Two Vaccines to Protect Against Ebola Could Be Available Within Weeks
The Saturday Profile: Since Nazi Occupation, a Fist Raised in Resistance
Caroline Wozniacki in U.S. Open Final as Peng Shuai Is Overcome by Heat
A Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work
Russia and Estonia Differ Over Detention
Cookbooks: Review: ‘Plenty More’ and ‘A Change of Appetite’
Mooncakes Are a Must as Chinese Festival Nears
‘Station Eleven’ Joins Fall’s Crop of Dystopian Novels
Well: Couscous Salads, Big Bowls and Casseroles
Some Chinese Tourists Visit New York but Sleep in New Jersey
NATO Approves New Reaction Force for Eastern Europe
U.S. Job Growth Slips in August After Months of Bigger Gains
T Magazine: Animal Traffic
Sinosphere Blog: In Crackdown on Corruption, Even Mooncakes Are Not Exempt
Elena Ferrante’s ‘Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay’

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:24 AM PDT

Malaysia aims to send a search team to the crash site in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 before winter sets in to gather physical evidence to prove that it was shot down, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday.

Obama Enlists 9 Allies to Help in the Battle Against ISIS

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 06:53 PM PDT

President Obama escalated the U.S. response to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Friday, recruiting at least nine allies to help crush the organization and offering the outlines of a strategy that echoes the war on terror.

Hope for Japan, Decades After a Disturbing Loss

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 06:27 PM PDT

Kei Nishikori is the first Japanese man to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal since Jiro Satoh, who threw himself off a ship a year after playing in a semifinal at Wimbledon in 1933.

DealBook: As Its Initial Offering Nears, Alibaba Gets Ready for a Splashy Debut

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 06:19 PM PDT

The company, which runs two huge online marketplaces in China, plans to kick off a long-awaited roadshow for potential investors on Monday.

Ukraine Deal Imposes Truce Putin Devised

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 06:04 PM PDT

Whether the cease-fire between Ukraine's government and separatists lasts will probably be determined by the outcome of negotiations over the political future of the southeastern region.

Fox Sports Develops Champions League Highlights Channel

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:56 PM PDT

Fox Sports plans to broadcast the group stage of the UEFA Champions League with Multimatch 90, a channel similar to the NFL RedZone that will show up to eight games at a time as they are played simultaneously.

Indian Leader’s School Visit Draws Fire

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:56 PM PDT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who rarely speaks to reporters, answered children's questions on Friday as part of a nationwide broadcast to mark Teacher's Day. His opponents said the event highlighted the heavy-handedness of his government.

At U.S. Open, Faster-Paced Wheelchair Tennis Is on Display

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:39 PM PDT

With better chairs and more mobile athletes, the pace of wheelchair tennis is getting quicker, and players are using harder shots with more spin.

Jet Carrying Contractors Is Ordered to Land in Iran

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:30 PM PDT

The United States attributed the episode to a bureaucratic issue and not a larger political incident. The plane was later allowed to depart Iran, and by Friday night, had landed in Dubai, officials said.

Strikes Killed Militant Chief in Somalia, U.S. Reports

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:28 PM PDT

The Pentagon said it had confirmed that airstrikes Monday killed the leader of the Shabab, the Somalia militant network affiliated with Al Qaeda.

Two Vaccines to Protect Against Ebola Could Be Available Within Weeks

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:19 PM PDT

The vaccines would first be given to health care workers most at risk of exposure to the disease in West Africa, the World Health Organization said.

The Saturday Profile: Since Nazi Occupation, a Fist Raised in Resistance

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:16 PM PDT

In 1941, Manolis Glezos and a friend ripped the Nazi flag down from the Acropolis in Athens. Now 92, he continues to take to the ramparts as a leftist member of the European Parliament.

Caroline Wozniacki in U.S. Open Final as Peng Shuai Is Overcome by Heat

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 04:11 PM PDT

Wozniacki beat Peng in a semifinal match when Peng retired because of a heat-related illness with the score, 7-6 (1), 4-3. Wozniacki will face Serena Williams in the final.

A Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 03:54 PM PDT

A legal battle over the work of the photographer Vivian Maier could hide it away for years.

Russia and Estonia Differ Over Detention

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 02:08 PM PDT

Estonia accused Russia of kidnapping an intelligence officer, while Moscow suggested he was a spy, heightening tensions already strained over Ukraine.

Cookbooks: Review: ‘Plenty More’ and ‘A Change of Appetite’

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 01:36 PM PDT

Yotam Ottolenghi and Diana Henry have mastered the art of combining familiar and global flavors in ways that entice.

Mooncakes Are a Must as Chinese Festival Nears

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 01:23 PM PDT

Like fruitcakes in the West, mooncakes are a seasonal gift that everyone loves to hate, with an estimated $2 billion in annual sales in China.

‘Station Eleven’ Joins Fall’s Crop of Dystopian Novels

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 01:14 PM PDT

Just when it seemed that enthusiasm for dystopian novels might have peaked, a new crop of such books is stirring excitement.

Well: Couscous Salads, Big Bowls and Casseroles

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT

An annual summer pantry clean-out inspires three new grain salads, and Israel couscous pasta and an eggplant and tomato gratin.

Some Chinese Tourists Visit New York but Sleep in New Jersey

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 11:14 AM PDT

With the number of Chinese tourists to New York soaring, New Jersey has become an unlikely base camp for many of them.

NATO Approves New Reaction Force for Eastern Europe

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 10:16 AM PDT

The decision to form the force was meant to send a message to Russia that NATO's principle of collective security is sacrosanct.

U.S. Job Growth Slips in August After Months of Bigger Gains

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 09:42 AM PDT

With only 142,000 jobs added, August was the first month since January in which the economy failed to add at least 200,000 jobs. Unemployment fell slightly to 6.1 percent.

T Magazine: Animal Traffic

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 09:07 AM PDT

The trade in illegal wildlife is a $19 billion annual business with ties to the Russian mob and Islamic extremists, and there's one place the world turns to investigate the crime: a federal forensics lab (and curiosity cabinet) in a hippie town in Oregon.

Sinosphere Blog: In Crackdown on Corruption, Even Mooncakes Are Not Exempt

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 08:45 AM PDT

No longer just a symbol of auspicious reunions, the mooncake has become an emblem of the corruption that the Chinese government under Xi Jinping is eager to stop.

Elena Ferrante’s ‘Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay’

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 07:52 AM PDT

The third novel in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series tracks a long and complicated friendship.