Getty Images In this handout photo from the U.S. Navy, a strike force of Republic of Korea and U.S. warships patrol May 3, 2017 in the western Pacific Ocean, led by the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Asked by reporters traveling with him about the three carriers in Pacific …

Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty Images The logo of Swiss bank UBS at its headquarters in London on May 5, 2017. The Swiss bank UBS reported a net income below market expectations, but 14 percent higher than the same period last year. The number is nonetheless above the bank’s …

In August, The New York Times described the excitement surrounding the sale of the Rolex, which had for years been shrouded in mystery and was at one point considered lost. In the Times article, watch dealers and consultants who had been anticipating the sale estimated that the watch would go …

Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images Construction cranes work beside the statue of Mao Zedong in Yunnan Province, China. The further consolidation of power in China under President Xi Jinping could help the country achieve its economic rebalancing and reform goals, Moody’s said in a report released Friday. The …

Photo Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall in December 2016. See listing below. Credit Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera. ENSEMBLE SIGNAL at Zankel Hall (Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m.). This new-music group from Brad Lubman have made a real specialty …

Stefan Postles | Getty Images Australian politician Barnaby Joyce at Parliament House on June 1, 2015 in Canberra, Australia. Australia’s High Court ruled Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a decision that has cost the coalition government its one-seat parliamentary majority. Joyce was …

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker walks past end frames for shipping containers at the Singamas Container Holdings factory in Qidong, China, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. Profits earned by China’s industrial firms in September surged 27.7 percent from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Friday, …

Still reading? O.K. In “M. Butterfly,” our not-so-bright Gallimard — a French embassy official stationed in Beijing in the 1960s — falls head over heels for Song, who he thinks is a woman but is really a fetching young dude in Suzie Wong drag. That Gallimard (and his real-life prototype, …

No one can quite say why hip-hop took hold here so early, compared with other Chinese cities. Local rappers say the Chengdu dialect, with its bouncy rhythm and irregular tones, is versatile in a way that is especially well suited to rap music. Continue reading the main story “I use …

“These last couple weeks have unmoored the industry,” Ms. Silverstein said in a somber tone during her opening remarks. But the revelations about Mr. Weinstein and others, she quickly added, should be seized upon as a “real opportunity” to push for systemic change. Continue reading the main story “A global …