Maurice Sendak at his Ridgefield, Conn., home with his German Shepherd, Herman, in 2006.Credit...Joyce Dopkeen/The New York Times Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche,
Israel's middle-of-the-night political earthquake has left prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the head of a big, broad coalition and almost unassailable for the next 17 months. He has outflanked both the resurgent Labour party and the extreme right, hatched plans to deal with awkward domestic issues, and restated an apparent willingness to enter peace talks without actually committing to a singl
Relatives seek answers about “kidnapped” family members, as China moves to grant more legal rights to detainees. China is set to pass a landmark criminal procedure law to provide more rights to detainees, including rendering all evidence collected under torture unusable, granting suspects immediate access to a lawyer, and obliging authorities to tell families within 24 hours of a relative’s detent
Sometimes I think being American means never having to say you’re sorry. On Wednesday, May 2, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a federal appeals court in San Francisco, unanimously dismissed a lawsuit against former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo by Jose Padilla, the US citizen picked up at O’Hare Airport and held in military custody as an “enemy combatant” for three and a half y
A woman arrived at a Damascus polling place on Monday. Many Syrians boycotted and mocked the parliamentary elections.Credit...Joseph Eid/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian government held parliamentary elections on Monday, calling them an important step toward reform, while virtually ignoring public demands for sweeping democratic change that have rocked the country f
日中双方の新聞記者交換に関するメモ(にっちゅうそうほうのしんぶんきしゃこうかんにかんするメモ)は、日中国交正常化前の日本と中華人民共和国の間における記者の相互常駐に関する協定であり、日中記者交換協定、記者交換取極[1]とも呼ばれていた。 1964年の日中LT貿易にて結ばれ、のちに1972年の日中国交正常化により失効した後、新たな記者交換取極が交わされた[1]。 1952年(昭和27年)、日本は、台湾の中華民国との間「日本国と中華民国との間の平和条約」(日華平和条約)を締結した。これにより、ともに中国における正統な政府であることを主張する中国国民党政府と1949年(昭和24年)中華人民共和国建国を宣言し北京を首都とする中国共産党政府のうち、日本は中華民国政府を「中国の正統な政府」と認めて国交を結んだ。 その後、紆余曲折を経て、1962年(昭和37年)に日本と共産党政府との間で「日中総合貿易に
Network closes bureau after authorities refused to renew correspondent’s press credentials and visa. Al Jazeera English has closed its bureau in Beijing after the Chinese authorities refused to renew its correspondent’s press credentials and visa, or allow a replacement journalist. The channel expressed its disappointment at the situation and said it would continue to request a presence in China.
Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday at the Israeli Parliament, which had decided to dissolve.Credit...Ronen Zvulun/Reuters JERUSALEM — The chairman of the opposition in the Israeli Parliament agreed early Tuesday morning to join the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a surprise move that staves off early elections and creates a new unity coalition with a huge legislative majority, according
BEIJING — Al Jazeera, the satellite broadcasting network, was forced by the Chinese authorities to close its China news operations of its English-language channel on Monday, the first such action in almost 14 years and the strongest sign yet of fraying relations between the ruling Communist Party and the overseas journalists who cover it. The network’s correspondent Melissa Chan was scheduled to l
Chen, China and AmericaThe disputed story of a blind activist raises difficult questions for both superpowers AT RARE moments the future of a nation, even one teeming with 1.3 billion souls, can be bound up in the fate of a single person. Just possibly China is living through one of those moments and Chen Guangcheng is that person. A blind activist from Shandong province, Mr Chen emerged from pove
The French are revolting. The Greeks, too. And it’s about time. Both countries held elections Sunday that were in effect referendums on the current European economic strategy, and in both countries voters turned two thumbs down. It’s far from clear how soon the votes will lead to changes in actual policy, but time is clearly running out for the strategy of recovery through austerity — and that’s a
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