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Japan to Ask Automakers to Recall Vehicles With Faulty Takata Airbags
Stasi Art Seizure Leads to Court Case Involving New Yorkers
Lester Bernstein, Former Newsweek Editor, Dies at 94
Despite Aid Push, Ebola Is Raging in Sierra Leone
Chinese Dissident’s Trial to Begin
Mexican Leader, Facing Protests, Promises to Overhaul Policing
A Tilt Toward NATO in Ukraine as Parliament Meets
Using Doctors With Troubled Pasts to Market a Painkiller
Conflicting Policies on Syria and Islamic State Erode U.S. Standing in Mideast
DealBook: British Hedge Fund Titan Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife $531 Million in Divorce Case
P. D. James, Novelist Known as ‘Queen of Crime,’ Dies at 94
Germany and France Aim to Avert a ‘Lost Decade’
Swiss Unveil Art Amassed by Dealer in Nazi Era
Movie Review: In ‘The Babadook,’ a Frightfully Unwelcome Guest
In Symbolic Vote, E.U. Parliament Passes Measure to Break Up Google
Q&A: A Touring Dancer’s Packing Steps
Panel Details Plan to Give Scotland More Powers
Greeks Go On Strike Over New Austerity Measures

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 09:30 PM PST

Eager to make up for what has been a year of lackluster sales, retailers are offering eye-popping discounts that could increase traffic but also eat away at thinning profit margins.

Japan to Ask Automakers to Recall Vehicles With Faulty Takata Airbags

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 08:39 PM PST

An order from the Transportation Ministry on driver's-side airbags would lead to the recall of an additional 200,000 vehicles in Japan, the transportation minister said.

Stasi Art Seizure Leads to Court Case Involving New Yorkers

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 07:22 PM PST

Between 1973 and 1989, the East German police seized more than 200,000 objects in hundreds of raids, according to experts and archives, and some are reclaiming the art.

Lester Bernstein, Former Newsweek Editor, Dies at 94

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:57 PM PST

Mr. Bernstein, who also wrote for The New York Times and Time magazine, helped arrange America's first televised presidential debates when he was an NBC vice president in 1960.

Despite Aid Push, Ebola Is Raging in Sierra Leone

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:50 PM PST

After calling for an ambulance more than 35 times, a family in Sierra Leone, where Ebola has hit harder than in neighboring countries, waited for three days for help to arrive.

Chinese Dissident’s Trial to Begin

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:19 PM PST

Yang Maodong and another activist were set to go on trial in China on Friday, the latest adversaries of the Communist Party's censorship likely to be convicted and imprisoned for years.

Mexican Leader, Facing Protests, Promises to Overhaul Policing

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:05 PM PST

President Enrique Peña Nieto's plan makes forces answerable to state and federal authorities, though observers questioned the credibility of a president who has had scandals of his own.

A Tilt Toward NATO in Ukraine as Parliament Meets

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 05:54 PM PST

At the convening of a new Parliament in Ukraine, President Petro O. Poroshenko urged the repeal of the country's nonaligned status and a move toward joining NATO.

Using Doctors With Troubled Pasts to Market a Painkiller

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 05:23 PM PST

Five of the 20 physicians who received the most money from Insys, maker of Subsys, a powerful painkiller, recently faced legal or disciplinary action.

Conflicting Policies on Syria and Islamic State Erode U.S. Standing in Mideast

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:45 PM PST

There is a broad sense on all sides that President Obama's policies on Syria and the Islamic State remain contradictory.

DealBook: British Hedge Fund Titan Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife $531 Million in Divorce Case

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:23 PM PST

The divorce award between Chris Hohn and Jamie Cooper-Hohn underscores the immense wealth Mr. Hohn has accumulated at the helm of the Children's Investment Fund.

P. D. James, Novelist Known as ‘Queen of Crime,’ Dies at 94

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 03:33 PM PST

A consummate stylist, the British author and baroness accumulated numerous awards for the 18 crime novels produced during her 49-year writing career.

Germany and France Aim to Avert a ‘Lost Decade’

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:56 PM PST

The French and German economy ministers called for a "New Deal" that would involve investment in Germany and economic overhauls elsewhere in the eurozone.

Swiss Unveil Art Amassed by Dealer in Nazi Era

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:42 PM PST

The collection, including paintings by Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet and Gauguin, was squirreled away by Cornelius Gurlitt in a house in Salzburg, Austria.

Movie Review: In ‘The Babadook,’ a Frightfully Unwelcome Guest

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 12:43 PM PST

"The Babadook," the Australian director Jennifer Kent's debut feature, is a horror movie full of interlocking ambiguities.

In Symbolic Vote, E.U. Parliament Passes Measure to Break Up Google

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 12:37 PM PST

While the vote poses no immediate threat to the company, it symbolizes the growing resentment in Europe toward the American technology titan.

Q&A: A Touring Dancer’s Packing Steps

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 12:35 PM PST

Glenn Allen Sims, who travels with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, shares his suitcase strategies.

Panel Details Plan to Give Scotland More Powers

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 12:19 PM PST

Under new recommendations, the Scottish Parliament would set income tax rates and brackets, and the region would get a larger share of welfare spending and revenue from sales taxes.