Tag: World

Jackie Chan: It’s time to slow down

Louise Dixon · August 15, 2014 3:21 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken August, 1, 2014, showing a chess board at the Chess Olympiad Norway 2014 in Tromsoe, Norway. The major international chess tournament in northern Norway ended Thursday Aug. 14, 2014, on a grim note, with one player dying in the middle of a game and another found dead in a hotel room. Organizers say a 67-year-old member of the Seychelles team collapsed and died during the final round, and another player from Uzbekistan, was found dead in a hotel room later Thursday. (AP Photo / Rune Stoltz Bertinussen, NTB scanpix, FILE)

2 deaths overshadow end of Chess Olympiad

Karl Ritter · August 15, 2014 3:14 pm

127 victims identified from Ukraine plane disaster

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 2:52 pm

Faithfuls take part in a mass at the 400-year-old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Chinese Catholics on Friday cheered Pope Francisâ visit to neighboring South Korea, saying they hoped his trip to their region would help end the estrangement between Beijing and the Vatican. However, Chinaâs entirely state-run media imposed a virtual news blackout on his visit, ensuring the public at large would know little about Francisâ activities. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China Catholics cheer pope’s South Korea visit

Christopher Bodeen · August 15, 2014 2:41 pm

Spain: Woman arrested with coke in breast implants

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 2:39 pm

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, left, during his official visit to Denmark on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dresling) DENMARK OUT

NATO boss says alliance observed Russian incursion

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 2:27 pm

Polish Air Force C-130 Hercules aircrafts fly over Poland's national flags during a military parade marking Polish Armed Forces Day, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Poland is holding its biggest military parade in years with tanks and soldiers moving through central Warsaw and military aircraft flying overhead. The parade comes on the August 15 holiday that honors a stunning Polish victory against Russian Bolsheviks in 1920. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Poland puts on biggest military parade in years

Vanessa Gera · August 15, 2014 2:07 pm

Hungary: Sanctions on Russia more damaging to West

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 1:42 pm

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up during a meeting with Asian youth at the Solmoe Sanctuary in Dangjin, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Pope Francis urged Catholic youth on Friday to renounce the materialism that afflicts much of Asian society today and reject "inhuman" economic systems that disenfranchise the poor, pressing his economic agenda in one of the region's powerhouses where financial gain is a key barometer of success. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)

Pope’s English on display for first time in SKorea

Nicole Winfield · August 15, 2014 1:20 pm

French President Francois Hollande, gets out from a Super Puma helicopter as he arrives with French officials to a ceremony to pay tribute to the French resistance during World War II, at the Mont Faron memorial in Toulon, southern France, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. France celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of its southern coast, highlighting the participation of African troops to the operation, launched ten weeks after D-Day, that hastened the German defeat and the end of the World War II. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

France marks 70 years since Allies freed south

MICHEL EULERSYLVIE CORBET · August 15, 2014 1:14 pm

New fighting hits South Sudan

Jason Straziuso · August 15, 2014 1:11 pm

Indian policewomen salute as they march in the rain during a parade to mark Independence Day in Jammu, India, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. India celebrates its 1947 independence from British colonial rule on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indian PM urges an end to violence against women

Muneeza Naqvi · August 15, 2014 12:41 pm