Chinese Ex-General, Charged With Corruption, Dies

Chinese Ex-General, Charged With Corruption, Dies
Bits Blog: Facebook Clarifies Rules on What It Bans and Why
ArtsBeat: TV Review: HBO’s ‘The Jinx’ Finale Was Gut-Wrenching, Remarkable Television
On College Basketball: N.C.A.A. Tournament 2015: Villanova, Duke and Wisconsin Join Kentucky as No. 1 Seeds
Leading Role for France as Africa Battles Back
Jaffna Journal: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Minority Grows Impatient With Just Promises
Kerry Suggests There Is a Place for Assad in Syria Talks
Critic’s Notebook: Without Joan Rivers, ‘Fashion Police’ Is Falling Apart
Flights Over Vanuatu Are Expected to Reveal Cyclone Devastation
Putin Says He Weighed Nuclear Alert Over Crimea
On HBO’s ‘The Jinx,’ Robert Durst Says He ‘Killed Them All’
Many Buyers for Santander’s Subprime Loan Bundle
Demonstrator, 20, Is Arrested in the Shooting of 2 Officers in Ferguson
Arab Alliance Rises as Force in Israeli Elections
2 Months After Attack, Paris Kosher Market Reopens
Revival of ‘Ghost Airport’ Stirs Hope in Spain
In Nationwide Protests, Angry Brazilians Call for Ouster of President
Sinosphere Blog: A Rare Look Into One’s Life on File in China
Managers Turn to Computer Games, Aiming for More Efficient Employees
Etsy’s Success Gives Rise to Problems of Credibility and Scale

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Xu Caihou became one of the highest-ranking targets of President Xi Jinping's antigraft campaign after the party announced the investigation into him last June.

Bits Blog: Facebook Clarifies Rules on What It Bans and Why

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 10:12 PM PDT

The world's largest social network is trying to help users better understand what is allowed on the service, and is also issuing a report on government requests to take down content.

ArtsBeat: TV Review: HBO’s ‘The Jinx’ Finale Was Gut-Wrenching, Remarkable Television

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 08:53 PM PDT

HBO pioneered a new kind of appointment television on Sunday night.

On College Basketball: N.C.A.A. Tournament 2015: Villanova, Duke and Wisconsin Join Kentucky as No. 1 Seeds

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 07:48 PM PDT

The unbeaten Wildcats were named the top overall seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament. Virginia and Arizona were denied No. 1 seeds despite their strong cases.

Leading Role for France as Africa Battles Back

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 06:56 PM PDT

France has joined an increasingly violent campaign to combat Al Qaeda's affiliate and other Islamist extremists, and more recently to thwart Boko Haram.

Jaffna Journal: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Minority Grows Impatient With Just Promises

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 06:37 PM PDT

Wounds of Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war that ended in 2009 are still widely apparent, and the Tamil minority is growing impatient with a recently elected government that vowed to hasten the postwar reconciliation process.

Kerry Suggests There Is a Place for Assad in Syria Talks

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 06:14 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry said that he still believed it was important to achieve a diplomatic solution for the conflict in Syria and that the negotiations should involve President Bashar al-Assad.

Critic’s Notebook: Without Joan Rivers, ‘Fashion Police’ Is Falling Apart

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 06:06 PM PDT

After losing two hosts in recent weeks, and in the absence of Ms. Rivers's signature style, the show has come to seem unhinged.

Flights Over Vanuatu Are Expected to Reveal Cyclone Devastation

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 06:00 PM PDT

Aid workers on the ground said the tiny nation's capital had been flattened after the powerful storm tore through the archipelago.

Putin Says He Weighed Nuclear Alert Over Crimea

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:55 PM PDT

President Vladimir V. Putin says in a documentary that he weighed putting Russia's nuclear arsenal on alert because of his concerns about anarchy and Western intervention over Crimea.

On HBO’s ‘The Jinx,’ Robert Durst Says He ‘Killed Them All’

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:46 PM PDT

In the final episode of "Jinx," a six-part HBO documentary about him, Mr. Durst, the scion of a wealthy New York real estate family, seemed to veer toward a confession for the deaths of three people over the course of three decades.

Many Buyers for Santander’s Subprime Loan Bundle

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:27 PM PDT

Despite rising delinquencies and repossessions, Santander Consumer USA had little trouble finding buyers for a $712 million bond deal containing many automobile loans to those with tarnished credit.

Demonstrator, 20, Is Arrested in the Shooting of 2 Officers in Ferguson

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:25 PM PDT

A 20-year-old man was charged with assault in the shooting of the two officers during a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department on Thursday.

Arab Alliance Rises as Force in Israeli Elections

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:03 PM PDT

Israeli Arabs have experienced a political awakening as politicians have formed potent alliances that hold the potential of preventing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from cobbling together a ruling coalition.

2 Months After Attack, Paris Kosher Market Reopens

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 04:27 PM PDT

The market opened for business for the first time since a Frenchman who claimed allegiance to the Islamic State killed four people there on Jan. 9.

Revival of ‘Ghost Airport’ Stirs Hope in Spain

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 03:20 PM PDT

Ryanair will begin flights in September to Castellón four years after construction of what came to symbolize the country's excessive spending.

In Nationwide Protests, Angry Brazilians Call for Ouster of President

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 03:14 PM PDT

Protests throughout the country are calling for Dilma Rousseff to resign after an embarrassing bribery scandal at the national oil company that will not go away.

Sinosphere Blog: A Rare Look Into One’s Life on File in China

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 03:00 PM PDT

There is a largely invisible mechanism of social control that governs hundreds of millions of urban residents in China: the dang'an, or personal file, that documents matters mundane and profane.

Managers Turn to Computer Games, Aiming for More Efficient Employees

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 02:59 PM PDT

BetterWorks is part of a growing office software niche that aims to whip workers into shape through compulsory competition and public scoring.

Etsy’s Success Gives Rise to Problems of Credibility and Scale

Posted: 15 Mar 2015 01:48 PM PDT

The online marketplace and those who buy and sell on it say that imitation handmade goods, and rules restricting how hit vendors can grow to meet demand, are complicating the site's drive for authenticity.