Tag: World

Valentine’s in Brazil comes early because of WCup

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 10, 2014 10:40 pm

Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari directs his players during a training session of the Brazilian national socccer team at the Granja Comary training center in Teresopolis, Brazil, Monday, June 9, 2014. Brazil plays in group A of the 2014 soccer World Cup. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Police say Brazil coach’s nephew killed in crash

Tales Azzoni · June 10, 2014 9:48 pm

6 killed in Mexico City in apparent revenge attack

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 9:30 pm

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Mirna Mack Foundation, Guatemalan anthropologist Myrna Mack is seen in an unknown location. Mack, who worked with a group that had accused the army of human rights violations, was killed on Sept. 11, 1990 by attackers in broad daylight on the sidewalk outside her downtown office in Guatemala City. Police announced on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 that two men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with her murder. (AP Photo/Fundacion Mirna Mack, File)

3 men nabbed in Guatemalan anthropologist’s death

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 9:26 pm

Mexico debates whether to debate during World Cup

Eduardo Castillo · June 10, 2014 9:07 pm

Colombia, No. 2 rebel group announce peace process

LIBARDO CARDONAFRANK BAJAK · June 10, 2014 8:41 pm

Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Islamic militants overran parts of Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul on Tuesday, driving security forces from their posts and seizing the provincial government headquarters, security bases and other key buildings. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pressed parliament to declare a state of emergency. (AP Photo)

Militants overrun most of major Iraqi city

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · June 10, 2014 8:17 pm

A circus performer wears a tiger costume during a protest against a new city law banning the use of animals in circuses in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Performers marched through the center of the city Tuesday chanting, "The circus loves animals." (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Circuses send in the clowns over Mexico animal ban

Mark Stevenson · June 10, 2014 8:02 pm

Homes are surrounded by floodwater in the Cateura neighborhood, seen from Lamabare Hill in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Thousands of people living along the Paraguay River have been affected by flooding after the river overflowed its banks. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Thousands flee floods in World Cup host city

Stan Lehman · June 10, 2014 7:55 pm

Israel chooses veteran hard-liner as president

Tia Goldenberg · June 10, 2014 7:39 pm

A turtle named "Cabecao," or Big Head, swims in a pool in Praia do Forte, Brazil, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. The turtle, Brazil's answer to German octopus Paul who started the psychic animal craze during the 2010 World Cup, predicted Tuesday that the host nation will beat Croatia in the opening game of the World Cup on Thursday. (AP Photo/Lucio Tavora, Agencia A Tarde)

Brazil’s animal oracle predicts home win

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 7:39 pm

Stetsons rest on the caskets of the three slain Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers during a regimental funeral at the Moncton Coliseum on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Moncton, New Brunswick. The officers, Dave Joseph Ross, Douglas James Larche, and Fabrice Georges Gevaudan were gunned down Wednesday, June 4, 2014, after responding to a report of a man with firearms in a residential neighborhood in the northwest area of Moncton. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan)

Thousands attend funeral for 3 Mounties officers

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 7:35 pm