A Year After Sinking, South Korea Will Try to Salvage Sewol Ferry

A Year After Sinking, South Korea Will Try to Salvage Sewol Ferry
Hong Kong Presents Plan for Elections, Offering Little to Democrats
Saudis Announce Halt to Yemen Bombing Campaign
Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ the Broadway Musical
Trader Arrested in Manipulation That Contributed to 2010 ‘Flash Crash’
In Atomic Labs Across U.S., a Race to Stop Iran
Xi Jinping Plans to Fund Pakistan
Mandera Journal: Kenya Envisions a Border Wall That Keeps Shabab Violence Out
Study Finds Low Cost in Reducing Methane Emissions
Senate, Clearing Hurdle, Sets a Thursday Vote on Loretta Lynch
India, Seeking a Boost, Plans to Put Its ‘Idle Gold’ to Work
One Israeli Soldier, 23 Namesakes and a Day of Remembrance
Egyptian Court Sentences Mohamed Morsi to 20 Years in Prison
Yahoo Shows Growth in Mobile Advertising, but Results Miss Estimates
Former SS Member, on Trial in Germany, Says He Was ‘Morally Complicit’ at Auschwitz
Paltry Pay: Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Hammered
Teva Offers to Acquire Generic Drug Maker Mylan for $40 Billion
Migrant Boat Captain Steered Toward Tragedy in Mediterranean, Authorities Say
Robert Finn, Missouri Bishop Convicted of Shielding Pedophile Priest, Resigns
South African Army Deployed in Areas Hit by Anti-Immigrant Violence

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 01:21 AM PDT

The overloaded ferry capsized off South Korea last April, killing more than 300 people, most of them high school students.

Hong Kong Presents Plan for Elections, Offering Little to Democrats

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 11:12 PM PDT

The local government wants lawmakers and the public to accept the proposal as the best that Beijing will allow, but pro-democracy forces call it a betrayal.

Saudis Announce Halt to Yemen Bombing Campaign

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 07:28 PM PDT

The Saudi Defense Ministry said the objectives in its bombing of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, which threatened to ignite a broader regional conflict, had been achieved.

Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ the Broadway Musical

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 07:00 PM PDT

The stage adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel and David Lean's film stars Tam Mutu and Kelli Barrett.

Trader Arrested in Manipulation That Contributed to 2010 ‘Flash Crash’

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 06:10 PM PDT

Prosecutors said Navinder Singh Sarao manipulated futures contracts in a way that helped prompt the Dow to plunge 600 points in May 2010.

In Atomic Labs Across U.S., a Race to Stop Iran

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 06:06 PM PDT

A classified replica of Iran's nuclear facilities in Tennessee is but one part of an extensive crash program within nine U.S. atomic laboratories to block Tehran's nuclear progress.

Xi Jinping Plans to Fund Pakistan

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 06:00 PM PDT

President Xi Jinping of China had announced plans to contribute $46 billion for energy and infrastructure projects, an influx that could be a huge benefit to the Pakistani economy.

Mandera Journal: Kenya Envisions a Border Wall That Keeps Shabab Violence Out

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 05:16 PM PDT

After attacks by the Shabab, an extremist Somali group, killed hundreds in Kenya, plans for a security barrier are stirring intense debate in a town where the two sides of the border are highly interconnected.

Study Finds Low Cost in Reducing Methane Emissions

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 05:06 PM PDT

Researchers say that stopping leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is a major untapped opportunity for combating climate change.

Senate, Clearing Hurdle, Sets a Thursday Vote on Loretta Lynch

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 04:49 PM PDT

A long-delayed vote for a new attorney general has been scheduled for Thursday, after senators announced a compromise on legislation that had entangled Ms. Lynch's nomination.

India, Seeking a Boost, Plans to Put Its ‘Idle Gold’ to Work

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 04:42 PM PDT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would like to monetize the roughly 20,000 tons of gold thought to be in private hands, 2,500 tons of it in major Hindu temples.

One Israeli Soldier, 23 Namesakes and a Day of Remembrance

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 04:18 PM PDT

At least 23 babies have been named for Gil'ad, a lieutenant in the Israeli Army who was killed in 1973. On Wednesday, members of the Gil'ad generation will gather to remember him.

Egyptian Court Sentences Mohamed Morsi to 20 Years in Prison

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 02:41 PM PDT

Mr. Morsi, the deposed president, was sentenced after being convicted of charges stemming from a night of bloody street fighting between his supporters and opponents in 2012.

Yahoo Shows Growth in Mobile Advertising, but Results Miss Estimates

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 01:56 PM PDT

The results reflect the slow progress by Yahoo's chief executive, Marissa Mayer, in reviving the company.

Former SS Member, on Trial in Germany, Says He Was ‘Morally Complicit’ at Auschwitz

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 01:45 PM PDT

Oskar Gröning, 93, is charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 prisoners at the Nazi death camp in 1944.

Paltry Pay: Why American Workers Without Much Education Are Being Hammered

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 01:44 PM PDT

Employers' bargaining power and practices, and the forces of automation and globalization — a double whammy — are sending salaries sinking.

Teva Offers to Acquire Generic Drug Maker Mylan for $40 Billion

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 01:44 PM PDT

The unsolicited offer of $82 a share would scuttle Mylan's proposed acquisition of Perrigo in a shake-up of the generic drug industry.

Migrant Boat Captain Steered Toward Tragedy in Mediterranean, Authorities Say

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 01:19 PM PDT

Survivors said the captain made "wrong maneuvers" and collided with a rescue ship, precipitating a capsize that the authorities say killed more than 800.