6:46pm

CIA shifts Hollywood gaze to its best side

Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty ©Bloomberg

Recent movies and TV shows recast once sinister secret agents as heroes

From ASIA-PACIFIC 10:03pm

Abe lays out vision of Japan power in Asia

‘Japan is back’ declaration could raise hackles in China

From ASIA-PACIFIC 6:19pm

Abe seeks to boost security links with US

New Japanese prime minister meets Obama in Washington

Christopher Caldwell from COMMENT 5:49pm

Partisan bias is only natural

The issue is not the rights or wrongs of a policy so much as its author

Feb 21, 2013

US businesses sanguine about sequestration

Industry lobbying less aggressively to avert budget cuts

Feb 21, 2013

US eyes student loan refinancings

Growing debt load saps consumption

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 21, 2013

Fed minutes raise queries over easing

Bernanke has chance to clarify message in testimony to Congress

The A-List from COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

The deal to avoid a US fiscal crunch

The looming sequestration must be avoided at all costs, says Roger Altman

From COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

EU-US free trade deal could be costly

The wrong signal is being sent at the wrong time, writes Marcel Fratzscher

Gary Silverman Gary Silverman from COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

A false economy that is hard to stomach

Extra germs are on the menu at restaurants too tight to provide health cover

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Feb 21, 2013

Israel grants Golan exploration licence

Approval for US group Genie likely to stir diplomatic tensions

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 21, 2013

China and economy to lead Abe US talks

Japan’s PM looks for backing over monetary policy

Feb 20, 2013

China honey smugglers caught in US sting

Illegal imports evaded $180m of anti-dumping duties

Feb 20, 2013

US moves to fight corporate cybercrime

White House outlines measures to combat trade theft

Feb 20, 2013

800,000 Pentagon staff face unpaid leave

Civilian personnel to be hit if spending cuts take effect

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Feb 20, 2013

ECB faces US pressure over Iran

Congress targets cross-border bank payments

From COMMENT Feb 20, 2013

Shale falls short for US energy security

The nation should not give up on renewable sources, says Bill Richardson

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 19, 2013

China military linked to hacking attacks

PLA unit identified in US cyber security group’s report

Feb 19, 2013

Allen withdraws nomination for Nato post

General tipped to take on US command retire

Feb 19, 2013

Obama takes aim at ‘meat cleaver’ cuts

Dire warning over danger of $1.2tn budget sequester

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