Palestinians Plan New Tack Against Israel: Soccer Sanctions

Palestinians Plan New Tack Against Israel: Soccer Sanctions
Indonesia, Malaysia to Help Muslim Migrants Stranded at Sea
UBS to Pay More Than $500 Million in Fines for Manipulating Currency and Libor
Snowden Sees Some Victories, From a Distance
David Letterman, Prickly Late-Night Innovator, Counts Down to His Exit
Airbag Recall Widens to 34 Million Cars as Takata Admits Defects
Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
4 Cancer Charities Are Accused of Fraud
6 Chinese Men Indicted in Theft of Code From U.S. Tech Companies
Gay Marriage on Ballot Shows Shift in Irish Attitudes
Torture Claims in Tunisia Await Truth Commission
Happy Rockefeller, Whose Marriage to Governor Scandalized Voters, Dies at 88
Iraq’s Sunni Strategy Collapses in Ramadi Rout
Doctors Link Risky Burials to Ebola Rise in West Africa
In Transit: A Boston Photo Exhibition Focuses on a Disaster in Japan
Prince Charles and Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein Shake Hands
E.C.B. Said to Be Unlikely to Cut Greece Loose
Letter From Nepal: My Long Trek Through Nepal, to Deliver a Stiff Drink
No. 10: How to Leave ‘Late Show With David Letterman’; No. 9: What’s Next?
T Magazine: In London, Creative Types Celebrate an Old Architect’s Restored Apartment

Posted: 20 May 2015 12:13 AM PDT

The Palestinians have placed a proposal to suspend Israel from FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, on the agenda for FIFA's annual congress.

Indonesia, Malaysia to Help Muslim Migrants Stranded at Sea

Posted: 20 May 2015 12:06 AM PDT

Indonesia and Malaysia agreed Wednesday to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants stranded at sea, the first breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis confronting Southeast Asia after weeks of reluctance by the region's nations to take responsibility.

UBS to Pay More Than $500 Million in Fines for Manipulating Currency and Libor

Posted: 19 May 2015 11:55 PM PDT

In its agreement with United States authorities, the Swiss bank said it would also plead guilty to a criminal charge over influencing the Libor, a benchmark interest rate.

Snowden Sees Some Victories, From a Distance

Posted: 19 May 2015 06:54 PM PDT

Edward J. Snowden, exiled in Russia, is globe-hopping via video appearances and enjoying victories in Congress and the courts.

David Letterman, Prickly Late-Night Innovator, Counts Down to His Exit

Posted: 19 May 2015 06:17 PM PDT

David Letterman will close out his influential career on late-night television on Wednesday with his 6,028th episode.

Airbag Recall Widens to 34 Million Cars as Takata Admits Defects

Posted: 19 May 2015 06:08 PM PDT

Takata, the Japanese supplier, and safety regulators nearly doubled the number of vehicles that need to be recalled in the United States.

Los Angeles Lifts Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour

Posted: 19 May 2015 06:04 PM PDT

In a 14-1 City Council vote, the nation's second-largest city approved an increase from $9 an hour over five years, and gave the push to raise wages across the country a major lift.

4 Cancer Charities Are Accused of Fraud

Posted: 19 May 2015 05:49 PM PDT

A network of people controlled the "sham charities" and used a chunk of the more than $187 million in donations on personal expenses, regulators said.

6 Chinese Men Indicted in Theft of Code From U.S. Tech Companies

Posted: 19 May 2015 05:49 PM PDT

The suspects studied in the United States and took jobs at the semiconductor companies Avago Technologies and Skyworks Solutions.

Gay Marriage on Ballot Shows Shift in Irish Attitudes

Posted: 19 May 2015 05:45 PM PDT

Irish voters will decide Friday whether to legalize same-sex marriage, and the referendum's very existence is a measure of the Roman Catholic Church's waning power in the country.

Torture Claims in Tunisia Await Truth Commission

Posted: 19 May 2015 05:29 PM PDT

Thousands have filed claims with the country's newly formed Truth and Dignity Commission, which is scheduled to begin public hearings in June.

Happy Rockefeller, Whose Marriage to Governor Scandalized Voters, Dies at 88

Posted: 19 May 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Her marriage to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York, soon after both had been divorced, raised a political storm in a more genteel time and may have cost him the Republican presidential nomination in 1964.

Iraq’s Sunni Strategy Collapses in Ramadi Rout

Posted: 19 May 2015 02:37 PM PDT

Most Sunnis, after years of upheaval, just want to try to carve out a place in Iraq's society, but the arrival of the Islamic State has made that even harder.

Doctors Link Risky Burials to Ebola Rise in West Africa

Posted: 19 May 2015 12:35 PM PDT

Officials at the World Health Organization said that there had been a nearly fourfold increase during the most recent week of reporting, to about 35 new cases.

In Transit: A Boston Photo Exhibition Focuses on a Disaster in Japan

Posted: 19 May 2015 11:52 AM PDT

A show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chronicles the March 11, 2011, earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear meltdown near Honshu, Japan.

Prince Charles and Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein Shake Hands

Posted: 19 May 2015 10:32 AM PDT

The prince became the first member of the British royal family to meet a leader of Sinn Fein, regarded as the I.R.A.'s political wing, in the Republic of Ireland.

E.C.B. Said to Be Unlikely to Cut Greece Loose

Posted: 19 May 2015 09:29 AM PDT

Members of the central bank's Governing Council are due to meet in Frankfurt to discuss the life support they are providing to Greek banks.

Letter From Nepal: My Long Trek Through Nepal, to Deliver a Stiff Drink

Posted: 19 May 2015 08:55 AM PDT

Two Saturdays ago, I found myself scaling a mountain in Nepal's earthquake-battered Himalayan foothills to deliver a bottle of whiskey to an 80-year-old woman.

No. 10: How to Leave ‘Late Show With David Letterman’; No. 9: What’s Next?

Posted: 19 May 2015 08:04 AM PDT

When David Letterman brings down the curtain on his final "Late Show" broadcast, it is not just his own 33-year history in late-night television that is coming to a conclusion.

T Magazine: In London, Creative Types Celebrate an Old Architect’s Restored Apartment

Posted: 19 May 2015 07:57 AM PDT

A section of Sir John Soane's Museum will open to the public for the first time in 160 years along with an exhibition of new postcard artworks provided by the likes of Manolo Blahnik and Paul Smith.