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With Palestinian Debt Rising, Israeli Utility Briefly Reduces Power to West Bank
The move came amid a worsening crisis in the Palestinian Authority after Israel began to withhold more than $100 million in monthly tax revenue it collects on the authority’s behalf.Science
Marine Life Study Suggests Bigger Is Better for Successful Evolution
Scientists at Stanford found that the maximum body size for marine animals has increased by a factor of 100,000 over 542 million years.Science
According to the Words, the News Is Actually Good
An algorithm used to analyze millions of articles and books, and billions of tweets, determined that we are naturally upbeat, at least in how we express ourselves.World
Mauritania: Antislavery Activists Begin Hunger Strike Over Prison Conditions
Three jailed Mauritanian antislavery activists began a hunger strike on Monday to protest “squalid conditions” and abuse by the prison authorities, their campaign group said in a statement.Health
Food Habits Getting Worse Around the World
Some poor and middle-income countries with relatively healthy diets are being targeted by Western food companies with increased advertising.U.S.
Obama Seeks New Protections for Retirement Savings in Speech to AARP
President Obama called for rules to protect investors from brokers more concerned with their own profits than those of their clients.Business Day
Sony Names Thomas Rothman to Succeed Amy Pascal
Mr. Rothman, once chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, will become chairman of Sony’s motion picture group.Science
Mice Brain May Give Insight Into Diseases of Human Mind
When injected with human DNA, mice embryos grew brains that were 12 percent larger than those of embryos injected with the same genes from chimpanzees.Science
I’ve Just Seen a (DNA-Generated) Face
To test the accuracy of DNA-based facial sketches, two Times journalists had scans made and people were asked to guess who the faces belonged to.Business Day
Greece’s Leaders Face a Revolt at Home as They Try to Appease Creditors
The new Greek government’s attempt to modify an austerity program was a climb down for the Syriza party, which had vowed to get rid of it.Greece Did OK
Now that the
dust has settled a bit, we can look calmly at the deal — if it really
is a deal that survives through tomorrow, which some people doubt. And
it’s increasingly clear that Greece came out in significantly better
shape, at least for now.
The main action,
always, involves the Greek primary surplus — how much more will they
need to raise in revenue than they can spend on things other than
interest? The question these past few days would be whether the Greeks
would be forced into agreeing to aim for very high primary surpluses
under the threat of being pushed into immediate crisis. And they
weren’t.
One way to see this is through careful parsing of the language, as done here.
That’s quite useful. But I’d argue that in an important sense we’re
past that kind of word-chopping. Instead, we need to think about what
happens substantively from here out.
Right now, Greece has
avoided a credit cutoff, and worse yet an ECB move to pull the plug on
its banks, and it has done so while getting the 2015 primary surplus
target effectively waived.
The next step will
come four months from now, when Greece makes its serious pitch for lower
surpluses in future years. We don’t know how that will go. But nothing
that just happened weakens the Greek position in that future round.
Suppose that the Germans claim that some ambiguously worded clause
should be interpreted to mean that Greece must achieve a 4.5 percent of
GDP surplus, after all. Greece will say no, it doesn’t — and then what? A
couple of years ago, when all the VSPs of Europe believed utterly in
austerity, Greece might have faced retaliation thanks to wording issues;
not now.
So Greece has won relaxed conditions for this year, and breathing room in the run-up to the bigger fight ahead. Could be worse."
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After Surge in Young Migrants on Long Island, Groups Team Up to Bolster Services
A partnership of New York groups and a state agency said it would invest about $500,000 to provide legal, mental health and educational support to children who recently arrived from Central America.Opinion
Walmart Gives a Raise
Though every little bit helps, the move to lift its minimum hourly wage is only a small improvement.Sports
Columbia Hires Ex-Penn Coach Al Bagnoli, Surprising Its Ivy Peers
Three months after he retired with nine Ivy League titles at Penn, Bagnoli abruptly joined Columbia as its new head football coach.Style
Independents Find Niche in the Market
Even as problems in China, Russia and Europe hurt the three biggest luxury groups, independent watchmakers are thriving.Opinion
Bold Plans for New York Courts
The state’s chief judge has come up with innovative ideas and programs to close the “justice gap.”World
German Who Posed as Hitler Returns to Position in Anti-Immigrant Group Pegida
Lutz Bachmann, who was reinstated through a secret ballot, led several thousand people on a peaceful march through the eastern city of Dresden.The old closed German culture has survived.
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Indictment of New York Officer Divides Chinese-Americans
The filing of manslaughter charges against Officer Peter Liang in the shooting death of an unarmed black man has pulled Chinese-Americans into a politically charged debate.The Upshot
More New Jobs Are in City Centers, While Employment Growth Shrinks in the Suburbs
A striking reversal in a trend that dominated the 20th century could have big implications for how people live and work in the decades ahead.Business Day
World Surf League Takes Web-First Approach to Drawing Viewers
As more viewers move online and audiences become more global, professional sports leagues have all adopted streaming as an important way to attract younger fans around the world, and surfing leads the way.Science
Video: ScienceTake | The Turtle’s Point of View
Scientists studying the behavior of endangered leatherback sea turtles put video cameras on their shells.Turtles and Tortoises; Cameras; Endangered and Extinct Specie
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What We’re Reading
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Damon Darlin, Matt Apuzzo and others.Business Day
Redesigned 20-Euro Note Introduced by E.C.B.
The bill will enter general circulation in November and features a transparent hologram intended to defeat counterfeiters.N.Y. / Region
Sheldon Silver’s Lawyers Criticize U.S. Attorney
Lawyers for the former New York State Assembly speaker accused the prosecutor Preet Bharara of a “media firestorm” undercutting the presumption of innocence.Business Day
How Loopholes Turned Dish Network Into a ‘Very Small Business’
Through sleight of hand and aggressive use of partners, Dish created an unfair advantage in its successful bid for wireless spectrum.N.Y. / Region
Prosecutor in Garner Case Defends His Record as He Runs for Congress
Daniel M. Donovan Jr. is the unofficial favorite to replace Representative Michael G. Grimm this spring, despite criticism of his handling of the inquiry into the chokehold death of Eric Garner.U.S.
Defense Chief Vouches for U.S. Strategy on ISIS
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Monday that the United States now needed to better use the assistance of other countries in the international coalition that has come together to fight the Islamic State.
U.S.
Lawmaking Is Art Professor’s Unfinished Work
After caring for a sister, teaching for 40 years and serving as a legislator, Representative Alma Adams, a Democrat from North Carolina, is not ready to stop.It is not work I want to do.
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