China Executes Billionaire Who Ran ‘Mafia-Style’ Criminal Gang

China Executes Billionaire Who Ran ‘Mafia-Style’ Criminal Gang
Suicide Attack Kills at Least 15 in Iraq's Capital
President Xi of China to Make State Visit to Washington
Critic’s Notebook: Grammy Awards: Pharrell Williams, Madonna and Sia Offered Hymns Somber and Strange
Grammy Winners 2015: Beck, Sam Smith, Pharrell and Beyoncé Thrive
Towers of Secrecy: Well Connected at Home, Young Malaysian Has an Appetite for New York
Matured Anchorage Struggles to Shake Haunting Memories
For the Slothful, a Race Is a One-Step Process
Warning System for Solar Storms Is Kept on Earth for Now
Prime Minister Tony Abbott Keeps Hold of Job in Party Vote in Australia
The Media Equation: Brian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public
Police Force in Afghanistan Is Studied for Ties to Taliban
Soccer Stadium Stampede Kills at Least 25 in Egypt
Deadline Nearing, Iran Presses for Progress in Nuclear Talks
Sam Smith and Beck Take Top Grammys
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Supermarket Chain Denies Venezuela’s Charges of Food Hoarding
Egypt Moves Toward Retrial for 2 Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists
As Technology Entrepreneurs Multiply in Vietnam, So Do Regulations

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 12:33 AM PST

Liu Han, 49, his brother Liu Wei, and three associates were executed on Monday, the state news media reported.

Suicide Attack Kills at Least 15 in Iraq's Capital

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:49 PM PST

A suicide bomber set off an explosive vest in a busy Baghdad square crowded with rush-hour commuters early Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

President Xi of China to Make State Visit to Washington

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 10:10 PM PST

President Xi Jinping of China is set to make a state visit to the United States later this year, his first since becoming the top leader of Asia's biggest economy.

Critic’s Notebook: Grammy Awards: Pharrell Williams, Madonna and Sia Offered Hymns Somber and Strange

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:42 PM PST

The 57th annual Grammy Awards packed 23 performances around nine awards presentations.

Grammy Winners 2015: Beck, Sam Smith, Pharrell and Beyoncé Thrive

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:37 PM PST

Sam Smith took home Grammy Awards for best new artist as well as both record and song of the year for "Stay With Me," and Beck was a dark-horse winner for album of the year.

Towers of Secrecy: Well Connected at Home, Young Malaysian Has an Appetite for New York

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 08:01 PM PST

Jho Low, a Malaysian financier who is close to the family of Malaysia's prime minister, was involved in purchasing five luxury real estate properties in the United States costing more than $140 million between 2010 and 2012, The New York Times found in an investigation.

Matured Anchorage Struggles to Shake Haunting Memories

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:53 PM PST

Falling oil prices have come with bitter and frightening memories of the Alaskan city in the mid-1980s, when the wild economic party ushered in by the Trans Alaska Pipeline shut down.

For the Slothful, a Race Is a One-Step Process

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:40 PM PST

The Philly 0.0 Instant Gratification Run finished a step after it started Friday night as each of the estimated 350 participants finished in 1 second.

Warning System for Solar Storms Is Kept on Earth for Now

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:02 PM PST

The planned launching of a spacecraft that is to act as a "tsunami buoy" to warn of potentially catastrophic solar storms was aborted with less than three minutes left in the countdown on Sunday evening.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott Keeps Hold of Job in Party Vote in Australia

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:38 PM PST

Mr. Abbott fought off a challenge to his leadership after lawmakers from his conservative Liberal Party voted against a motion to declare the party's top positions vacant.

The Media Equation: Brian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:35 PM PST

For some time now, there have been two versions of Brian Williams. One is an Emmy-winning, sober, talented anchor on the "NBC Nightly News" and the other is a funny, urbane celebrity.

Police Force in Afghanistan Is Studied for Ties to Taliban

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:32 PM PST

A Taliban commander described how police officers helped Taliban fighters, sometimes selling them ammunition, other times tipping them off to impending police operations, a member of Afghanistan's Parliament said.

Soccer Stadium Stampede Kills at Least 25 in Egypt

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:21 PM PST

Fans said that the police set off the stampede by firing tear gas into a crowd of thousands trying to enter the stadium without tickets.

Deadline Nearing, Iran Presses for Progress in Nuclear Talks

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:20 PM PST

Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, spoke Sunday at a security conference in Munich, where Germany also announced a planned summit meeting on Wednesday to try to resolve the Ukraine crisis.

Sam Smith and Beck Take Top Grammys

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:21 PM PST

Mr. Smith, a British newcomer, won four awards, including for record and song of the year. Other big winners included Beck, who won best album, Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams.