Karl Ritter

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Swedish politician says he’s Mitterrand’s son

Karl Ritter · August 11, 2014 5:18 pm

FILE- This April 26, 2013 file photo shows the West Hercules drilling rig in the Skaanevik fjord in western Norway. Norway's government controlled Statoil oil company reported Thursday Aug. 7, 2014, that it has not found any commercial quantities of oil and gas at the northernmost wells it has drilled in the Arctic region, ending the exploration campaign for this year without indicating if drilling would resume next year. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Statoil, FILE)

Norway’s Statoil comes up dry at Arctic wells

Karl Ritter · August 7, 2014 4:41 pm

Julian Assange's lawyer Tomas Olsson, center, talks to media prior to a public court hearing in Stockholm on Wednesday July 16, 2014. The court will determine if a 4-year old arrest warrant against Julian Assange the WikiLeaks founder for alleged sexual assault should be dropped. (AP Photo/Roger Vikstrom) ** SWEDEN OUT **

Swedish court upholds detention order on Assange

Karl Ritter · July 16, 2014 6:18 pm

Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, recipient of the Golden Glove trophy, stands next to Argentina's Lionel Messi after he receive the Golden Ball trophy following Germany's 1-0 victory over Argentina after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Messi’s World Cup ends on a bitter note

Karl Ritter · July 14, 2014 12:49 am

5 memorable World Cup chants

Karl Ritter · July 1, 2014 12:21 pm

Brazil's Neymar fights for the ball with Chile's Francisco Silva during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Saved by the woodwork, Brazil lives another day

Karl Ritter · June 28, 2014 9:45 pm

This image made available by the Norwegian Military on Thursday, June 5, 2014 shows a Norwegian vessel passing through the Bosporus in Istanbul Turkey, on March 2, 2014. The mysterious ship the size of a large passenger ferry left a Romanian wharf, glided through the narrow Bosporus that separates Europe and Asia, and plotted a course toward Scandinavia. About a month later, at the fenced-in headquarters of Norway's military intelligence service, the country's spy chief disclosed its identity. It was a $250 million spy ship, tentatively named Marjata, that will be equipped with sensors and other technology to snoop on Russia's activities in the Arctic beginning in 2016. (AP Photo/Norwegian Military)

Cold War-style spy games return to melting Arctic

Karl Ritter · June 11, 2014 7:00 pm

FILE - In this March 5, 2014 file photo, Argentina's Lionel Messi appears to vomit during an international friendly soccer game against Romania on the National Arena stadium in Bucharest, Romania. Messi has vomited at least a half-dozen times with Argentina and club team Barcelona, mystifying doctors and fans alike. (AP Photo, File) ROMANIA OUT

Messi’s bouts of nausea puzzle world of football

Karl Ritter · June 10, 2014 11:15 pm

A glance at military spending in Europe

Karl Ritter · June 3, 2014 7:17 pm

Rescue workers carry the dead body of a miner outside the coal mine in Soma, Turkey, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. An explosion and fire at the coal mine killed at least 232 workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 people were inside the coal mine at the time of the accident. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

What makes mining in Turkey so dangerous?

Karl Ritter · May 14, 2014 4:56 pm

Ramon Pichs Madruga, Co-Chairman of the IPCC Working Group III, Ottmar Edenhofer, Co-Chairman of the IPCC Working Group III, and Rejendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, from left, pose prior to a press conference as part of a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, April 13, 2014. The panel met from April 7, 2014 until April 12, 2014 in the German capital. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Cost of fighting warming ‘modest,’ says UN panel

Karl Ritter · April 13, 2014 9:43 pm

Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chairman of the IPCC Working Group III, Jochen Flasbarth, state secretary of the German Enviroment Ministry, Rejendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC, and Jochen Schuette, state secretary of the German Science Ministry, from left, pose for the media prior to a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Berlin, Germany, on April 7. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

UN climate report balances science and politics

Associated Press, Karl Ritter · April 12, 2014 4:00 am