NEWS In his State of the Union address, President Obama pledged to fight for a higher minimum wage, more government investment in schools and clean energy, and deficit reduction through spending cuts and tax increases. Mark Landler reports from Washington.
Whether or not Xi Jinping gets tough on North Korea could tell the United States what kind of leader he will be, and what kind of relationship he envisions with Washington. Jane Perlez reports from Beijing.
“It wasn’t one thing, but a whole combination of them” that caused Pope Benedict XVI to resign, a Vatican expert said. Scandals have battered the papacy relentlessly. Rachel Donadio reports from Vatican City.
Created five years ago to focus on training the armed forces of dozens of African nations and strengthening social, political and economic programs, the U.S. Pentagon’s Africa Command now finds itself on a more urgent mission: confronting a new generation of Islamist militants who are testing the United States’ resolve to fight terrorism without being drawn into a major conflict. Eric Schmitt reports from Niamey, Niger.
Seven top industrial nations, including the United States and Germany, pledged on Tuesday to let foreign exchange markets determine the value of their currencies. The statement eased fears in Japan, where officials had been under fire from some officials in Europe and the United States who said they were unfairly bringing down the yen’s value. James Kanter reports from Brussels and Annie Lowrey from Washington.
The Spanish Supreme Court ruled unexpectedly Tuesday that the previous government had gone too far in its pardon of Alfredo Sáenz, the chief executive of Banco Santander, reinstating his criminal record and throwing into question his continued tenure at the bank. Raphael Minder reports from Madrid.
Giuseppe Orsi of the the Italian state-controlled defense group Finmeccanica was arrested in an investigation centered on the sale of helicopters to the Indian government. David Jolly reports.
Ryanair, based in Dublin and Europe’s largest budget airline by number of passenger, said it had been informed at a meeting Tuesday with officials of the European Commission that Brussels “intends to prohibit” the airline’s nearly €700 million, or $942 million, bid for Aer Lingus. The company said its proposed concessions and remedies did not go far enough to allay antitrust concerns. Nicola Clark reports from Paris.
ARTS Valery Gergiev, the Russian conductor, is preparing to open the Mariinsky 2, his new theater for opera and ballet in St. Petersburg. Alison Smale reports.
FASHION In New York, collections are either beautiful expressions of a designer’s vision or forgettable shows suitable for those continuous loops in city cabs. Suzy Menkes reviews the shows.
SPORTS Wrestling, one of the earliest and most elemental Olympic sports, was dropped from the Summer Games on Tuesday in a stunning and widely criticized decision by the International Olympic Committee. Jeré Longman reports.
Jürgen Klopp has built a soccer club in Dortmund that consistently wins on an affordable payroll, so it is no surprise that many think he may soon head to one of the bigger clubs in Europe. Rob Hughes writes from London.
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