Displaying items 37-48 of 626
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-53
Next >
-
Van Cliburn was a Cold War cultural ambassador
Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan pianist who died Wednesday at 78, was an unofficial cultural ambassador for the United States during much of the Cold War. His win at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow made him a beloved musical figure...
Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Music, Entertainment, Obituaries, Ronald Reagan
-
Kerry confronts clashing interests in Syria, Iran and Russia
This time will be different. That is the word from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Syrian rebels who have become so frustrated by empty promises of help to overthrow President Bashar Assad that they had threatened to boycott a Thursday meeting in...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Weaponry, Russia, Rome (Italy), Government
-
Bolshoi dancer admits ties to acid attack
MOSCOW — The acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin was shocking when it happened and turned even more bizarre when police said it elicited a confession from a Bolshoi dancer known for playing the Evil Genius in one of the most...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Black Swan (movie), Dance, Entertainment Events
-
Could tiny Cyprus trigger collapse of the Eurozone?
It’s being marketed as a one-time tax -- a civic donation to the nation’s financial stability. But the people of Cyprus know it by another name: expropriation. A government plan to siphon as much as 10% from individual bank deposits to co-...
Tags: European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, Nazi Party, Banking, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013)
-
Moscow hotels rank as the world's most expensive for business travelers
For the ninth consecutive year, Moscow hotels ranked as the most expensive in the world for business travelers, followed by Lagos, Nigeria, and New York City. The ranking, based on an annual survey by U.K.-based Hogg Robinson Group, a travel, expense...
Tags: Travel, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Transportation Industry, Trips and Vacations
-
Russian scientists collect, study pieces of meteor
This post has been corrected and updated. See the notes below for details.MOSCOW -- Russian scientists declared Monday that they have found and established the composition of pieces of the meteor that exploded over the Chelyabinsk region last week, injuring hundreds of people and causing millions of dollars worth of damage....Tags: NASA, Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, Defense Equipment, Emergency Incidents
-
Russian meteor: Could there be an early warning system?
L.A. NOWIf a meteor was heading toward California, would residents have any warning? It all depends on the size of the space rock and the time of day. At night, astronomers can see an object hurtling toward Earth through a telescope....... -
G-20 moves to allay fears of 'currency war'
WASHINGTON -- Top finance officials of the Group of 20 largest economies sought Saturday to allay fears of a currency war, pledging not to target exchange rates to gain a competitive advantage in trade. But the joint statement, issued at the end of a G-...
Tags: Economic Policy, Brookings Institution, Government, Shinzo Abe, Ben Bernanke
-
'A Good Day to Die Hard' has a bad day with the critics
Following in the footsteps of fellow senior action stars Arnold Schwarzenegger ("The Last Stand") and Sylvester Stallone ("Bullet to the Head"), Bruce Willis is back with a new shoot-'em-up of his own, reprising his role as the wisecracking New York...
Tags: The Last Stand (movie), Movies, Entertainment, The Washington Post, Toronto Star
-
A new twist in the Bolshoi Ballet acid attack: Dancers suspected
The already bizarre case of Sergei Filin, the artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet who was attacked with acid last month, has a new twist: Suspicions reportedly are now being turned to some dancers within the famed company. Reports over the...
Tags: Entertainment, BBC, ABC (tv network), Dance, Entertainment Events
-
With Russian Olympics a year off, a head rolls in Sochi
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.MOSCOW -- Exactly a year before the 2014 winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi, President Vladimir Putin fired a highly placed official Thursday after personally inspecting the construction process the day before. Akhmed Bilalov, vice president...Tags: Travel, Media Industry, Christopher Reynolds, Russia, Trips and Vacations
-
Russia set to make Olympic history -- for spending, controversy
The costs and challenges confronting Russia as it tries to convert a Black Sea beach resort into a Winter Olympics venue recall the "hero projects" of the Soviet era, when deluded dictators squandered fortunes trying to reverse the flow of Siberian...
Tags: Polio, FIFA World Cup, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Heavy Engineering
Feb 27, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 27, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 3, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 17, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Feb 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Moscow (Russia) topic gallery.
