Tag: World

Energy and Environment

North Korea pushes farmers for more

Eric Talmadge · July 15, 2014 11:08 am

Kerry says he’ll consult with Obama, Congress about possible extension of nuclear talks

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 10:52 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry cites ‘very real gaps’ in Iran nuclear negotiations

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 10:51 am

Hamas police reports Israeli air strike, first since Egypt-proposed start of de-escalation

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 10:50 am

Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, wearing a red T-shirt in center, is stopped by security guards as he throws a plastic hammer towards Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, third from right, during a meeting on proposing electoral reforms at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The chief executive has submitted a report to the National People's Congress Standing Committee on political reform, saying that the majority of Hong Kong people are eager to have universal suffrage in the chief executive election in 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong asks Beijing for greater democracy

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 10:44 am

The Queen's Swan Marker David Barber holds a cygnet before releasing it back into the River Thames, after it was counted and checked during the annual "Swan Upping" census on a stretch of the river between Staines and Windsor in southern England, Monday, July 14, 2014. On Monday the swan uppers were beginning an annual five-day journey to count the population of the waterway's swans, which have theoretically belonged to the monarch since the 12th century. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Science meets ceremony in UK’s royal swan count

Jill Lawless · July 15, 2014 10:27 am

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks, during a visit to the 2014 Farnborough Airshow, in Hampshire, England, Monday July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Rain, Pool)

Philip Hammond to be new UK foreign minister

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 9:57 am

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2009 file photo twelve-year-old Rebecca Goudge, second from right, and neighbors nine-year-olds Dean, left, and Kirk Mercuri, right, and their sister Alison, 11, walk around the wreckage of Goudge's home in Kinglake, northeast of Melbourne, Australia. The fire, which killed 119 people, was the largest of a series of blazes that tore through the southern Australian state of Victoria in 2009, leaving 173 people dead and destroying more than 2,000 homes in just over a single day. Survivors of one of Australia's deadliest wildfires are expected to be awarded nearly 500 million Australian dollars ($470 million) in a class action settlement reached on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, the largest such compensation in the nation's history. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Record settlement reached in Aussie wildfire suit

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 9:43 am

Children from Donetsk orphanage gather to speak to journalists in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Monday, July 14, 2014. The Donetsk People's Republic want to take about 130 orphans living in a Donetsk orphanage and send them to Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine orphans become pawns in civil conflict

Balint Szlanko · July 15, 2014 9:38 am

Netanyahu says Israel will intensify the Gaza campaign if Hamas rejects cease-fire

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 9:17 am

N. Korean Catholics asked to attend Pope’s mass

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 5:16 am

Kerry opts against a Mideast mediation trip

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 5:16 am