NEWS North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday morning that appeared to reach as far as the Philippines, an apparent success for the country’s young and untested new leader, Kim Jong-un, and a step toward the nation’s goal of mastering the technology needed to build an intercontinental ballistic missile. Choe Sang-hun reports from Seoul, and David E. Sanger from Washington.
Soldiers carried out a late-night arrest of Mali’s prime minister at his home in Bamako, forcing his resignation early Tuesday and casting new doubt on plans to chase out radical Islamists who control much of this troubled West African nation. Adam Nossiter reports from Bamako.
On Tuesday, the European Parliament adopted a uniform patent system for Europe. If the plan goes into effect as expected by early 2014, it would try to remedy the country-by-country approach whose time and costs have long been an impediment to innovation across the European Union. James Kanter reports from Brussels.
The competing business dealings of former high-ranking United States officials in Kosovo may present a special ethical quandary. So many former American officials have returned to Kosovo for business — in coal and telecommunications, or for lobbying and other lucrative government contracts — that it is hard to keep them from colliding. Matthew Brunwasser reports from Pristina, Kosovo.
According to the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, an independent Scotland would have to apply for membership in the European Union. Stephen Castle reports from London.
Three weeks into an impasse over who won a leadership vote in France’s center-right opposition party, François Fillon — who was declared the loser, though he has refused to concede — proposed on Tuesday that a new election be held next spring in which he most likely would not run. Nicola Clark reports from Paris.
ARTS An all-female version of “Julius Caesar” in at the Donmar Warehouse packs a believable wallop, while two other London shows stretch credibility to breaking point and beyond. Matt Wolf on theater.
A disappointing and oddly chosen “Lohengrin’’ opens the season at La Scala, while in Rome, a fine Verdi opera is presented in regal style by Riccardo Muti. George Loomis reviews.
SPORTS There would be lots of hurdles if the 2020 European Championship soccer tournament were to be expanded to six host countries, but previous events have shown that soccer is capable of overcoming such challenges. Rob Hughes reports from London.
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