Amazon Challenges Etsy With Strictly Handmade Marketplace

Amazon Challenges Etsy With Strictly Handmade Marketplace
Dunedoo Journal: Coal Mining’s Promise Falls Through for Remote Australian Town
Fiat Chrysler and U.A.W. Reach Contract Accord to Avert Strike
Yemen Airstrike Said to Kill 23 at a Wedding
First Draft: Hillary Clinton Opposes Obama’s Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
For Afghans in Kunduz, Taliban Assault Is Just the Latest Affront
Obama Issues Rare Apology Over Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan
Russian Cruise Missiles Help Syrians Go on the Offensive
In Europe-U.S. Clash on Privacy, a Longstanding Schism
Yemen Airsrike Said to Kill 23 at a Wedding
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for DNA Studies
A Semantic Downgrade for U.S.-Russian Talks About Operations in Syria
Volkswagen U.S. Chief Knew of Potential Emissions Problems in 2014
Ending an Albania-Serbia Game and Inciting a Riot, With a Joystick
Violence Spreads in Israel, Despite Security Crackdown
White House Spokesman on Obama’s Apology
Gunman at Oregon College Killed Himself in Classroom, Police Say
Germany Faces Few Mass Shootings Amid Tough Gun Laws
David Cameron, at Conservatives’ Conference, Puts His Focus on Political Center
Fashion Review: A Statement Ending at Louis Vuitton and Valentino

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 12:12 AM PDT

Amazon's new service, Handmade at Amazon, will offer artisans a broader market and rules that ensure products are not factory-produced.

Dunedoo Journal: Coal Mining’s Promise Falls Through for Remote Australian Town

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 11:49 PM PDT

Dunedoo, 200 miles northwest of Sydney, expected a coal mine to be an economic engine, but the price of coal plunged and now the town is barely hanging on.

Fiat Chrysler and U.A.W. Reach Contract Accord to Avert Strike

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 11:47 PM PDT

The deal is subject to approval by a vote of 36,000 hourly workers and 4,000 salaried union members, and it will be presented local union leaders on Friday.

Yemen Airstrike Said to Kill 23 at a Wedding

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 10:55 PM PDT

The attack was the second airstrike on a wedding in Yemen in a little over a week, and it added to growing criticism over the coalition's air campaign.

First Draft: Hillary Clinton Opposes Obama’s Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 07:46 PM PDT

Mrs. Clinton said that she does not support the 12-nation trade pact, while liberals in the Democratic Party have vehemently opposed it.

For Afghans in Kunduz, Taliban Assault Is Just the Latest Affront

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 06:09 PM PDT

For years, residents of the strategic northern province have been at the mercy of corrupt or inept government and an abusive police force.

Obama Issues Rare Apology Over Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 06:07 PM PDT

Five days after the U.S. bombed an Afghan hospital, the president's personal apology appeared to do little to satisfy the leader of the doctors group.

Russian Cruise Missiles Help Syrians Go on the Offensive

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 06:06 PM PDT

The Russian-backed ground offensive followed a missile assault, reflecting what one official called a new phase of the Syria alliance.

In Europe-U.S. Clash on Privacy, a Longstanding Schism

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 05:53 PM PDT

The two sides say they are close on data sharing, but there is no timetable and their objectives are profoundly different.

Yemen Airsrike Said to Kill 23 at a Wedding

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 05:53 PM PDT

The attack was the second airstrike on a wedding in Yemen in a little over a week, and it added to growing criticism over the coalition's air campaign.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for DNA Studies

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 05:47 PM PDT

This week's three Nobels reflect the globalization of science, which in the last century the United States often dominated.

A Semantic Downgrade for U.S.-Russian Talks About Operations in Syria

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 04:22 PM PDT

The Pentagon dropped "deconfliction" from its lexicon, and rejected the notion that the United States and Russia were coordinating their side-by-side military efforts in Syria.

Volkswagen U.S. Chief Knew of Potential Emissions Problems in 2014

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 03:13 PM PDT

Michael Horn, the chief executive of Volkswagen Group of America, is expected to apologize for the company's trickery before Congress on Thursday.

Ending an Albania-Serbia Game and Inciting a Riot, With a Joystick

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 02:32 PM PDT

Ismail Morina, a drone operator, guided a nationalist Albanian flag into a stadium in Belgrade. Nearly a year later, Albania and Serbia are set to meet again.

Violence Spreads in Israel, Despite Security Crackdown

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 01:23 PM PDT

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a trip to Germany planned for Thursday as attacks against Israelis were reported beyond Jerusalem and the West Bank.

White House Spokesman on Obama’s Apology

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 01:22 PM PDT

Josh Earnest, the White House spokesman, said President Obama offered his condolences to Dr. Joanne Liu, chief of Doctors Without Borders, for the United States' bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan.

Gunman at Oregon College Killed Himself in Classroom, Police Say

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 12:02 PM PDT

Christopher Harper-Mercer returned to the room at a community college in Roseburg, Ore., where he had killed his teacher and others, and then shot himself, the police said.

Germany Faces Few Mass Shootings Amid Tough Gun Laws

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 11:52 AM PDT

There are 1.5 million German gun owners with some 5.5 million weapons, but gun-related crimes are much less common in Germany than in the United States.