Tag: World

UK’s Cameron hopes defeat abroad helps at home

Gregory Katz · June 28, 2014 1:51 pm

FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, China's Taiwan Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun speaks to media after his visit with officials at the city hall in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The Chinese envoy on a historic visit to Taiwan on Saturday, June 28 canceled two events after protesters threw paint on his motorcade. Zhang skipped visits to a fishing harbor and another village in southern Taiwan, but kept the rest of his schedule despite the continuing protests. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)

Protesters disrupt China envoy’s Taiwan trip

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 1:32 pm

Mexico’s ‘Louse’ lights it up at World Cup

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 28, 2014 1:02 pm

Russia denies involvement in Polish tape scandal

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 11:23 am

Pope Francis meets with President of Madagascar Hery Rajoanarimampianina at the Vatican, Saturday, June 28, 2014. In his first appearance after he canceled a planned visit to one of Rome's main hospitals Friday, the third time this month the 77-year-old has skipped or scaled back an event due to illness or fatigue. (AP Photo/Riccardo de Luca)

Pope tired but smiling amid new health concerns

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 10:28 am

An Indian woman wades through the flood waters in Gauhati, India, Friday, June 27, 2014. Several people were killed due to electrocution and landslides triggered by incessant rains in Indiaâs northeastern state of Assam, according to local reports. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Monsoon floods kill 11 in India, maroon thousands

Wasbir Hussain · June 28, 2014 8:48 am

In this photo taken June 13, 2014, Chalad Worachat lies on the ground during a hunger strike outside the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand. Over the past decades, Chalad has resisted military regimes and dictatorial legislation by staging hunger strikes, five of them. Now the 71-year-old onetime parliamentarian is back on water and honey, despondent that after so many years and so much bloodshed, Thailand has been unable to break out of a vicious cycle of military coups to achieve true democracy. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Clash of values mires Thailand in cycle of coups

Denis Gray · June 28, 2014 8:07 am

AP PHOTOS: Die-hard fans bring color to World Cup

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 6:11 am

Panama court frees captain of seized N Korea ship

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 3:15 am

Mexican forces arrest 83 vigilantes in Michoacan

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 2:06 am

Junta expects next Thai elections in October 2015

Thanyarat Doksone · June 28, 2014 2:01 am

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is seen at the Serhs Hotel in Natal, Brazil, Thursday, June 26, 2014. FIFA banned Suarez from all football activities for four months on Thursday for biting an opponent at the World Cup, a punishment that rules him out of the rest of the tournament. (AP Photo/Vlademir Alexandre)

FIFA, players’ union agree Suarez needs treatment

Graham Dunbar · June 28, 2014 1:29 am