NEWS Ordinary investors are falling in love again with the stock market after nearly five years of bitter separation. More money has poured into stocks worldwide in the first three weeks of January through mutual funds than in any comparable period since 2001. Nathaniel Popper reports from New York.
Cyril Ramaphosa, the man who was once Nelson Mandela’s chosen successor, is returning to government in South Africa, this time as a business tycoon. Bill Keller reports from Johannesburg.
In an unusual display of direct diplomacy, the U.S. Commerce Department is lobbying in Brussels on behalf of the Obama administration against sweeping new privacy controls that could hurt the U.S. technology industry in Europe. Kevin J. O’Brien reports from New York.
Although women in the United States armed forces have routinely shown bravery under fire, the question that is now facing the Pentagon is whether female soldiers can perform ground combat tasks day in and day out now that they are allowed to take part in combat duty. James Dao reports from New York.
As Brazil and Argentina lose some of their luster, are sub-Saharan African nations on the rise? Billionaire dealmakers who have gathered in Davos, Switzerland, want to know. Liz Alderman reports from Davos.
ARTS Portraits by the artist Jusepe de Ribera, hidden up high and in the darkness of a church in Naples, Italy, are, like the city, expressions of the spiritual embedded in the profane. Michael Kimmelman reports from Naples, Italy.
SPORTS At the Australian Open, Andy Murray finally outdueled Roger Federer in a major event and heads to men’s final. Christopher Clarey reports from Melbourne.
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