Tag: World

In this May 22, 2014 photo, coffee producer Alexander Illescas shows a coffee leaf that has damage from the coffee rust fungus in Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala. The airborne disease strikes coffee plants, flecking their leaves with spots and causing them to wither and fall off. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Coffee rust reaches new heights in Central America

MOISES CASTILLOMARCOS ALEMAN · May 31, 2014 6:07 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, right, Saturday, May 31, 2014 in Singapore. Hagel traveled to Singapore to attend the 13th Asia Security Summit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel: Russia aggressive actions galvanized NATO

Lolita Baldor · May 31, 2014 5:18 am

(140530) -- YINGJIANG, May 30, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers try to clear off a road after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Wupai Village of Kachang Township in Yingjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 30, 2014. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yingjiang County at 9:20 a.m. Beijing Time (0120 GMT) Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was in Yingjiang County, the Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong. It was measured at 25 degrees north latitude and 97.8 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 12 km, according to the center. Twenty-nine people were injured, including five in serious condition. (Xinhua/Gong Jianxin) (lfj)

45 hurt in China quake along Myanmar border

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 4:08 am

6 US men detained in Honduras for weeks

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 3:34 am

CORRECTS IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT TO AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE INSTEAD OF A TOWED PINGER LOCATOR - An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) sits on the wharf at naval base HMAS Stirling in Perth, Australia, ready to be fitted to the Australian warship Ocean Shield to aid in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Sunday, March 30, 2014. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which oversees the search, said the ship will be equipped with a black box detector â the U.S. Navy's Towed Pinger Locator â and the AUV, as well as other acoustic detection equipment. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Relatives press for new Malaysia plane search plan

ARITZ PARRAROD McGUIRK · May 31, 2014 3:00 am

North Korea gives SKorean missionary life sentence

JUNG-YOON CHOIFOSTER KLUG · May 31, 2014 1:36 am

UN teams up with top sailors to research oceans

Edith Lederer · May 31, 2014 1:07 am

A woman stops to take a selfie with Thai soldiers stand guard near Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 30, 2014. An anti-coup activist called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai junta: Elections could take more than 1 year

Thanyarat Doksone · May 31, 2014 12:41 am

North Korea sentences South Korea missionary to hard labor for life for alleged “hostile acts”

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 11:47 pm

UK supermarket criticized for KKK-like design

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 11:35 pm

A ray swims over a bed of coral at the Inbursa Aquarium in Mexico City, Friday, May 30, 2014. Mexican magnate Carlos Slim inaugurated the underground aquarium, one of the biggest in Latin America. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Magnate Carlos Slim opens aquarium in Mexico

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 11:06 pm

A Ukrainian soldier take a rest at a checkpoint outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Friday, May 30, 2014.The Ukrainian Acting Defence Minister said on Friday that troops had ousted separatists from southern and western parts of the Donetsk region and north of the Luhansk region. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

East Ukraine quiet raises leadership questions

Peter Leonard · May 30, 2014 9:55 pm