Tag: World

Brazil's Hernanes, center, practices during a training session at the Granja Comary training center in Teresopolis, Brazil, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Brazil will face Colombia on July 4 in a quarter-final of the 2014 soccer World Cup. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

BRAZIL BEAT: Celebs welcome at Brazil training

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 12:59 am

Yonhap news agency says North Korea has fired 2 short-range projectiles into ocean

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 12:48 am

Exhausted US players lie on the ground as Belgium's Axel Witsel (6) celebrates at the end of the extra time during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Belgium and the USA at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Belgium held on to beat US 2-1 in extra time.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Belgium holds on to beat US 2-1 in extra time

Raf Casert · July 2, 2014 12:45 am

Fans of the United States national soccer team react, in frustration, as they watch their team's World Cup round of 16 match against Belgium on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Belgium beat the United States 2-1 in extra time to reach World Cup quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Long faces, but chins up for USA fans in Brazil

Joshua Goodman · July 2, 2014 12:22 am

Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates with Angel di Maria after di Maria scored his side's only and winning goal in extra time during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Switzerland at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Argentina defeated Switzerland 1-0 to move on to the quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Messi stays, Howard goes home from World Cup

Graham Dunbar · July 2, 2014 12:20 am

Artist Emin’s messy bed sells for $4.4 million

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 12:08 am

UN: Over 4,000 child soldiers in armed conflicts

Edith Lederer · July 1, 2014 10:50 pm

FILE - This March 10, 2014, file photo shows Former french President Nicolas Sarkozy during the inauguration of the Foundation Claude Pompidou in Nice, southeastern France. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained and is reportedly being questioned by financial investigators in a corruption probe that is rattling Franceâs conservative political establishment. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe

SYLVIE CORBETANGELA CHARLTON · July 1, 2014 10:24 pm

A black flag used by the al-Qaida inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves over the celebrations square in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo)

Militant urges Muslims to build Islamic state

Ryan Lucas · July 1, 2014 10:10 pm

Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela, left, waves flanked by his wife Lorena Castillo after his swearing in ceremony as new president in Panama City, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. President Varela was sworn in at the Rommel Fernandez National Stadium before thousands of supporters and promised to introduce price controls on basic food products, which was a linchpin of his presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Varela inaugurated as Panamanian president

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 10:04 pm

Match-fixer denies predicting World Cup result

GERALD IMRAYJOHN LEICESTER · July 1, 2014 10:00 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2012 file photo, Brazil's Supreme Court President Joaquim Barbosa smiles during his inauguration ceremony at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil. Barbosa, Brazil's first and only black top court justice, is presiding over his last session as president of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Barbosa announced his early retirement one month ago. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil Supreme Court 1st black justice steps down

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 10:00 pm