Tag: World

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 4, 2014, a sales person walks past commemorative plates featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping and former supreme leader Mao Zedong at a souvenir stall in Beijing, China. Xi's recent ouster of one of China's top military figure and forceful style of leadership had prompted suggestions he might be trying to roll back the consensus-oriented leadership of the past two decades and restore rule by a dominant strongman. But experts say collective leadership is here to stay because the ruling party is wary of returning to the turbulence China endured under the former supreme leader Mao Zedong. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Analysis: Purge displays Chinese leader’s ambition

Gillian Wong · July 3, 2014 8:04 am

Virus strikes hard in Haiti’s crowded shantytowns

David McFadden · July 3, 2014 5:45 am

In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014 photo, Hyogo Prefectural assemblyman Ryutaro Nonomura cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan. A video clip of Nonomura accused of dubious spending has gone viral, leaving many outraged and puzzled. The video shows Nonomura, 47, bursting into tears, uttering nonsensical phrases and banging on the desk. One site for the video drew nearly 640,000 views, as of Thursday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Video of Japan politician weeping goes viral

Yuri Kageyama · July 3, 2014 5:21 am

Chinese president arrives in Seoul for visit that snubs North Korea, bolsters trade with South

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2014 3:11 am

UN soccer match pits ambassadors vs. journalists

Edith Lederer · July 3, 2014 2:39 am

Malaysian to return to NZ to face sex charge

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2014 2:17 am

Japan says it will lift some sanctions on North Korea

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2014 1:56 am

Mexican marines capture alleged drug gang leader

Eduardo Castillo · July 3, 2014 1:39 am

Toy warehouse in Sao Paulo burns in huge blaze

Washington Examiner · July 3, 2014 12:59 am

China bans Ramadan fast in Muslim northwest

Didi Tang · July 3, 2014 12:57 am

The U.S. cargo vessel MV Cape Ray leaves the Gioia Tauro port, southern Italy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Cargo containers carrying hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons were loaded onto a U.S. cargo ship Wednesday for destruction at sea, one of the final phases of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapon stockpile. The chemicals had crossed the Mediterranean aboard the Danish ship Ark Futura, which steamed into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro as the sun rose Wednesday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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US ship sails off to destroy Syrian weapons at sea

FRANCESCO SPORTELLINICOLE WINFIELD · July 3, 2014 12:51 am

A Palestinian holds a Molotov cocktail during clashes with Israeli border police in Jerusalem on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. The suspected abduction of an Arab teen followed by the discovery of a body in Jerusalem on Wednesday ignited clashes between Israeli police and stone-throwing Palestinians, who saw it as a revenge attack for the killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians say Israeli extremists killed teen

Josef Federman · July 3, 2014 12:45 am