NEWS Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, 52, the top contender to succeed the Castros in Cuba, will need to display the authority of a future president while acting as if he does not want the job. Damien Cave reports from Mexico City.
In the waning hours of his troubled tenure, tens of thousands of believers gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict XVI’s valedictory address. Daniel J. Wakin reports from Vatican City.
The former mayor of Greece’s second city, Salonika, and two of his top aides were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of embezzling almost €18 million, or $23.5 million, in public money — a rare conviction in a case involving the political corruption that has contributed to the country’s dysfunction and economic decline. Niki Kitsantonis reports from Athens.
After Lars Hedegaard, a Danish polemicist, faced an attack for his anti-Islamic views, Muslim groups rallied to defend his right to free speech. Andrew Higgins reports from Copenhagen.
Islamic bonds, or sukuk, have long been popular with investors in the Middle East. Now they are being discovered in Europe and the United States. Sara Hamdan reports from Dubai.
The European Commission on Wednesday blocked the third attempt by Ryanair to acquire Aer Lingus, saying a union of the two Irish airlines would damage competition and raise prices on air routes to Ireland. James Kanter reports from Brussels.
At the Mobile World Congress, the industry’s largest convention in Europe, Samsung appears to be taking a page from Apple. Kevin J. O’Brien reports from Barcelona.
FASHION Fifteen years after much of its fashion manufacturing left for cheaper markets, Spain is trying to rebuild the sector and train new craftsmen. Raphael Minder reports from Madrid.
ARTS Van Cliburn, the American pianist whose first-place award at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow made him an overnight sensation and propelled him to a phenomenally successful and lucrative career, though a short-lived one, died on Wednesday at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 78. Anthony Tommasini reports.
Giuseppe De Nittis was an original and innovative force and responsible for evocative images, persuasively demonstrated by an exhibition of 118 of his works in Italy. Roderick Conway Morris reviews from Padua, Italy.
SPORTS Real Madrid beat its archrival, 3-1, in Barcelona, less than a week after the Catalan club lost in the Champions League. Rob Hughes reports from Barcelona.
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