Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The logo of BNP Paribas SA sits outside a branch of the bank in Paris, France. French bank BNP Paribas posted forecast-beating third-quarter earnings Tuesday with net profit seeing an 8 percent rise from the same period last year. Earnings were boosted by …

Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images A People’s Liberation Army Air Force Xian H-6M bomber aircraft is displayed at an exhibition in Guangdong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. China has flown bomber jets near the United States territory of Guam and practiced attacks against the island, according to …

Niall Carson | PA Images | Getty Images A Ryanair jet lands at Dublin Airport, as the crisis over pilot shortages and warnings that crews are rejecting cash bonuses to commit to the airline will be addressed. Ryanair posted an 11 percent rise in net profit for the first half …

Photo Cathy Polo (in the red dress) and members of Compagnie Maguy Marin in Ms. Marin’s “BiT” at the Joyce Theater. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times How many dancers does it take to form a human chain (by way of a folk dance) that breaks apart for sexual assault …

Photo A scene from “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” Credit United Feature Syndicate The final season of “Major Crimes” begins on TNT. And the classic “Peanuts” Halloween special streams on ABC.com. What’s Streaming IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN on ABC.com. This quintessential “Peanuts” special captures the melancholy of …

Photo From left, Yvonne Rainer, Simone Forti and Steve Paxton rehearsing their mostly improvised “Tea for Three,” at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times “Ugh, memory lane,” Yvonne Rainer groaned. It was Saturday night at Danspace Project in St. Mark’s Church, and Ms. Rainer …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Newly sworn-in White House Chief of Staff John Kelly looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2017. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Monday said, “the lack of an ability to compromise …

Photo A rendering of the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi, which was scheduled to open in 2013, but has not yet begun construction. Credit TDIC/Zayed National Museum LONDON — Delays in the construction of the Norman Foster-designed Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi means that an agreement with British …

Those uniquely topical dramas explored of-the-moment events through the eyes of two different families. They were vivid slice-of-life works in which meals were prepared and consumed, as the people onstage looked at a changing nation from their own beleaguered corner of it. Mr. Nelson takes a similarly sideways approach in …

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump gestures to South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 21, 2017. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shares Trump’s hard-line stance on tackling Pyongyang, while South Korean President Moon Jae-in has a toned-down approach of engagement. “Korea passing …