Narwhals, Tusked Whales of the Arctic, See With Sound. Really Well. - The New York Times
Two male narwhals sparred near Baffin Island, Canada. Researchers found that the whales have exceptional echolocation abilities.Credit...Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures The narwhal is not an aquatic unicorn. It’s not magical, or mythical. It’s just a whale with two teeth, one of which happens to be really long on males. But it’s not just its snaggletooth — which can be up to nine feet long — that mak
Leonard Cohen, Epic and Enigmatic Songwriter, Is Dead at 82 (Published 2016)
Leonard Cohen’s most well-known song has found new life through film, television and other musicians.CreditCredit...Chad Batka for The New York Times Leonard Cohen, the Canadian poet and novelist who abandoned a promising literary career to become one of the foremost songwriters of the contemporary era, died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 82. Mr. Cohen’s record label, Sony Music, con
Abe to Meet Trump to Press Japan’s Case on Security and Trade (Published 2016)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan inspecting troops in Asaka in October.Credit...Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images TOKYO — Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, did not take long to recover from the shock of Donald J. Trump’s victory. By Thursday morning — Wednesday night in the United States — Mr. Abe had called the president-elect and arranged to meet him in New York next week. In hustling to be one o
For Russia and Putin, a Surprise Gift From America (Published 2016)
Portraits of the president-elect, Donald J. Trump, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow on Wednesday.Credit...Alexander Zemlianichenko/Associated Press MOSCOW — The victory of Donald J. Trump declared early on Wednesday was an unexpected bonus for the Kremlin, which had used the long, tortured United States election campaign to prove the global reach of its disruptive disinformation
Donald Trump Used Legally Dubious Method to Avoid Paying Taxes (Published 2016)
Donald J. Trump in Atlantic City in 1990, seeking approval for his Trump Taj Mahal casino.Credit...Associated Press Donald J. Trump proudly acknowledges he did not pay a dime in federal income taxes for years on end. He insists he merely exploited tax loopholes legally available to any billionaire — loopholes he says Hillary Clinton failed to close during her years in the United States Senate. “Wh
Protests Erupt in Morocco Over Fish Vendor’s Death in Garbage Compactor - The New York Times
Demonstrators on Sunday expressed anger at the death of Mouhcine Fikri in Hoceima, Morocco. Mr. Fikri, a fish vendor, was crushed by a trash compactor as he tried to retrieve confiscated merchandise, witnesses said.Credit...Abdeljalil Bounhar/Associated Press MARRAKESH, Morocco — Protests erupted across Morocco over the weekend after the death of a fish vendor who, according to witnesses, was crus
MoMA Will Make Thousands of Exhibition Images Available Online (Published 2016)
Audrey Hepburn and Alfred H. Barr Jr. with a Picasso in 1957.Credit...Photography by Barry Kramer/The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York; 2016 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York But a more complicated story has always been told by the hundreds of thousands of documents and photographs in the museum’s archives, a vast accumulation of historical detail that has been
North Korea, Far From Crazy, Is All Too Rational (Published 2016)
A monitoring station in South Korea marked the epicenter of seismic waves produced, officials said, by a nuclear test in North Korea. It was that nation’s fifth such test.Credit...Ahn Young-Joon/Associated Press Is North Korea irrational? Or does it just pretend to be? North Korea has given the world ample reason to ask: threats of war, occasional attacks against South Korea, eccentric leaders and
Fred Hellerman, Last of the Weavers Folk Group, Dies at 89 (Published 2016)
The Weavers in the early 1950s, clockwise from right: Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Ronnie Gilbert. Fred Hellerman, a singer, guitarist and songwriter and the last surviving member of the Weavers, the quartet that in the 1950s helped usher in the folk music revival, died on Thursday at his home in Weston, Conn. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his son Caleb. With songs like “If I
An Aging Boy Band Calls It Quits, but Japan Can’t Let Go (Published 2016)
The Japanese band SMAP performing with the actress Chiling Lin in Beijing in 2011. The group announced this month that it would be disbanding after decades in the spotlight.Credit...Li Xueshi/Color China Photo, via AP Images TOKYO — For nearly three decades, millions of Japanese have clamored for their every album, lined up with breathless anticipation for their concerts and gathered on Monday nig
Japan's Long-Running, All-Male Pop Group SMAP to Break Up - The New York Times
TOKYO — The on-again, off-again breakup of an all-male Japanese pop group with a strong following in much of Asia is back on: The five members of SMAP will go their separate ways at the end of this year, after performing together for more than two decades. The group's agency, Johnny & Associates, announced Sunday that SMAP would disband, according to Japanese media reports. The agency said its mem
Snowden and WikiLeaks Clash Over How to Disclose Secrets (Published 2016)
They may both support the dissemination of government secrets, but Edward J. Snowden and WikiLeaks seem to disagree on how best to do it. On Thursday, Mr. Snowden, the former government contractor who released a trove of National Security Agency documents and now lives in exile in Russia, credited WikiLeaks, a clearinghouse for similar disclosures, with furthering the cause of transparency but als
Tokyo Elects Yuriko Koike as Its First Female Governor (Published 2016)
“I want to regain the trust of the people of Tokyo,” Ms. Koike said after initial projections were broadcast on Sunday night, alluding to the scandal that prompted her predecessor to resign in June. Ms. Koike was the most right-leaning of the three leading candidates. As a member of Parliament, where she served from 1992 until she resigned her seat in mid-July, she supported conservative causes li
How a Currency Intended to Unite Europe Wound Up Dividing It (Published 2016)
transcript Stiglitz on Europe’s Economic CrisisJoseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate economist, talks with The Times’s Peter Goodman about his book, “The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe.” Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate economist, is here with the Times’s Peter Goodman for his first interview on his new book, “The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Eur
Japan Knife Attack Kills 19 at Center for Disabled (Published 2016)
Emergency services at Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a residential care facility for disabled people in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, about an hour west of Tokyo, on Tuesday.Credit...Yomiuri Shimbun, via European Pressphoto Agency SAGAMIHARA, Japan — A former employee of a center for the disabled in a Tokyo suburb broke into the building and killed 19 people with a knife early Tuesday, local officials sai
Gunman in Munich Kills 9, Then Himself, the Police Say (Published 2016)
transcript Deadly Shooting at Munich MallA gunman opened fire at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum mall in Munich on Friday, killing several people and wounding others. “It is not clear whether is one or many shooters,” a police spokesman said. A gunman opened fire at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum mall in Munich on Friday, killing several people and wounding others. “It is not clear whether is one or many
Could This Be the End of Paul Simon’s Rhymin’? (Published 2016)
Paul Simon, 74, in Vienna, Va. “Showbiz doesn’t hold any interest for me,” he said. “None.”Credit...T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times VIENNA, Va. — Paul Simon says he is ready to give up making and playing music, 61 years after he started as a 13-year-old. “You’re coming towards the end,” he said in an interview this week, discussing the mysterious epiphanies that delivered some of his great
Bill Cunningham, Legendary Times Fashion Photographer, Dies at 87 (Published 2016)
Bill Cunningham, who turned fashion photography into his own branch of cultural anthropology on the streets of New York, chronicling an era’s ever-changing social scene for The New York Times by training his busily observant lens on what people wore — stylishly, flamboyantly or just plain sensibly — died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 87. His death was confirmed by The Times. He had been hospita
Crowds Are Out, Crates Are In as Louvre Takes Flood Precautions (Published 2016)
transcript Louvre Moves Art After FloodsThe Louvre Museum in France has moved the art on its lower floors to protect it from the flooding Seine, which has reached over 18 feet and is expected to get higher. PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 3, 2016) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LOUVRE MUSEUM 2. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE LOUVRE ENTRANCE PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 3, 2016) (AGENCY POOL - ACCESS ALL) 3. STATUES AND BOXES CO
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In the Land of the Robot, Androids Are on the March - The New York Times