Bomb Blast Hits U.N. Convoy in Mogadishu; 3 Dead

Bomb Blast Hits U.N. Convoy in Mogadishu; 3 Dead
Jean Béliveau, N.H.L. Great and Ambassador for Hockey, Dies at 83
Sinosphere Blog: China Slips in Corruption Perceptions Report
Australia Bids Farewell to Hughes in Hometown Funeral
Video: From Particle Physics to the Pentagon
Matthew and Grace Huang, Cleared in Daughter’s Death, Are Set to Leave Qatar
Report Says Cyberattacks Originated Inside Iran
A Gay Mayor in Poland? No Big Deal
With Russia on Brink of Recession, Putin Faces ‘New Reality’
Cue the ‘Chariots of Fire’ Theme, With Burps
Bits Blog: China, a Fish Barrel for Cybercriminals
Egypt Sentences Nearly 200 to Die in Mass Trial Over Killings of Police
Obama Is Said to Pick Ashton Carter, Physicist and Ex-Deputy, as Defense Secretary
At N.I.H., Obama Stresses Need to Keep Funding Fight Against Ebola
Netanyahu Fires Ministers and Calls for Elections
New Concerns Over Response to Ebola Crisis
NASA Sees Capsule Test as a Step Toward Mars
Hackers Pirate Sony Films and Leak Studio Salaries
Verrua Savoia Journal: A Village Has What All of Italy Wants: The Internet
House Republicans Ready Plan to Avoid a Government Shutdown

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 11:50 PM PST

A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a U.N. convoy near Mogadishu's airport, killing three people.

Jean Béliveau, N.H.L. Great and Ambassador for Hockey, Dies at 83

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 11:32 PM PST

Mr. Béliveau, one of the greatest centers in the league's history, was an icon in Canada, and he led the Canadiens to 10 Stanley Cups in his playing career.

Sinosphere Blog: China Slips in Corruption Perceptions Report

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:57 PM PST

Beijing's campaign against graft has netted thousands of officials, but the perception of China as a deeply corrupt country is only rising, according to a watchdog group.

Australia Bids Farewell to Hughes in Hometown Funeral

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:47 PM PST

Australia bid an emotional farewell to cricketer Phillip Hughes at a funeral in his hometown on Wednesday with a live coast-to-coast broadcast allowing a nation to unite in celebration and remembrance of the life of a sportsman cut down in his prime.

Video: From Particle Physics to the Pentagon

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:54 PM PST

Ashton B. Carter, the probable choice for defense secretary, is a theoretical physicist and former deputy secretary.

Matthew and Grace Huang, Cleared in Daughter’s Death, Are Set to Leave Qatar

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:39 PM PST

Officials offered assurances that the couple would be allowed to leave the country after an appellate court exonerated them in the 2013 death of their 8-year-old girl.

Report Says Cyberattacks Originated Inside Iran

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:32 PM PST

A security firm identified Iranian hackers as the source of coordinated attacks against more than 50 targets in 16 countries, many of them corporate and government entities.

A Gay Mayor in Poland? No Big Deal

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:02 PM PST

The victory of a gay candidate amounts to a sea change in conservative Poland, where the Catholic Church wields enormous political power.

With Russia on Brink of Recession, Putin Faces ‘New Reality’

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:53 PM PST

Plunging oil prices, capital flight and a devalued ruble present a challenge to a president who an economist says "has always been lucky."

Cue the ‘Chariots of Fire’ Theme, With Burps

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:49 PM PST

More than 150 runners will compete on Wednesday in Austin, Tex., in the beer mile world championships, which combines sprinting with chugging beers, one before each quarter-mile.

Bits Blog: China, a Fish Barrel for Cybercriminals

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:19 PM PST

The naïveté of new Internet users, and an emphasis on bolstering the web's growth, have left China's more than 600 million Internet users vulnerable to cybercrime.

Egypt Sentences Nearly 200 to Die in Mass Trial Over Killings of Police

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:18 PM PST

A court in Giza issued a death sentence to a group of people accused of being supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and charged in the killings of 11 officers last August.

Obama Is Said to Pick Ashton Carter, Physicist and Ex-Deputy, as Defense Secretary

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:03 PM PST

President Obama has settled on Mr. Carter, the Pentagon's former chief weapons buyer, but is waiting for him to be vetted before making a formal announcement, officials said.

At N.I.H., Obama Stresses Need to Keep Funding Fight Against Ebola

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:57 PM PST

President Obama on Tuesday praised researchers for their progress in developing a potential vaccine for Ebola and called on Congress to pass $6.2 billion in emergency funds to fight the virus.

Netanyahu Fires Ministers and Calls for Elections

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:54 PM PST

The move by Israel's prime minister comes after days of intense political bickering with centrists in his coalition.

New Concerns Over Response to Ebola Crisis

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:49 PM PST

Doctors Without Borders, which responded early to the outbreak in West Africa, said local doctors, nurses and charity workers were still carrying an inordinate burden.

NASA Sees Capsule Test as a Step Toward Mars

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:22 PM PST

If the Orion test flight succeeds Thursday, it will be the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972 that NASA has launched an astronaut capsule to soar beyond low Earth orbit.

Hackers Pirate Sony Films and Leak Studio Salaries

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:05 PM PST

The breach exposed two things the movie industry loathes — the piracy of films and details about executive compensation — and sent a ripple of dread across Hollywood.

Verrua Savoia Journal: A Village Has What All of Italy Wants: The Internet

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:02 PM PST

Italy has one of the lowest rates of Internet usage in Europe, but a professor's experiment is proving that wireless connection can make a difference in one hilltop village.

House Republicans Ready Plan to Avoid a Government Shutdown

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:58 PM PST

Speaker John A. Boehner and his deputies were counting votes for a two-part plan that includes a rebuke of the president on immigration.