NEWS The conflict that ended in a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel seemed like the latest episode in a periodic showdown. But there was a second, strategic agenda unfolding, according to U.S. and Israeli officials: The exchange was something of a practice run for any future armed confrontation with Iran. David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker report from Washington.
In China, officials at state-run schools demand steep payoffs from parents who want their children to get an academic edge. Dan Levin reports from Beijing.
Russia is using international events like the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi to show the world it is “normal,” a Russian official said Thursday, even as it uses such high-profile projects to direct critical investment to modernizing outdated Soviet-era infrastructure. David Jolly reports from Paris.
Norbert Reithofer, who became the BMW chief executive in 2006, has delivered consistent profit through two crises and is becoming something of an icon of the revival of German industry. Jack Ewing reports from Munich.
The British Broadcasting Corporation sought to overcome its worst crisis in years on Thursday by appointing a former BBC news executive, Tony Hall, as its new director general, urging him to rebuild public trust shredded by a scandal over botched reporting of sexual abuse. John F. Burns and Alan Cowell report.
ARTS Krzysztof Pastor, the director of the Polish National Ballet, sees the work “Artifacts” as an important moment for his company, which has existed, in one form or another, since 1785. Roslyn Sulcas reviews from Warsaw.
SPORTS While English teams have struggled in the Champions League, seven clubs from Germany and Spain advanced past the group stages. Rob Hughes reports from London.
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