Tag: World

HOLD TO GO WITH STORY 'INDIA CONGRESS FAMILY POLITICS' BY NIRMALA GEORGE- In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, Indiaâs Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, front, and his sister Priyanka Vadra campaign in Gandhiâs home constituency of Amethi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The charisma of four generations of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has steered the 128-year old Congress party has lost its shine, and the party appeared headed for its most crushing defeat ever when results from India's general elections are declared on May 16. During his campaign, Gandhi has tried to whip up some fire into his speeches, but the crowds are far from impressed. What has caught their attention and is drawing them to election rallies is the presence of Vadra who addresses party workers and public rallies with ease and a comfort-level that many have compared to that of her grandmother, Indira Gandhi. (AP Photo)

Indian voters show discontent with Gandhi dynasty

Nirmala George · May 16, 2014 9:37 am

Why there’s bad blood between China and Vietnam

Christopher Bodeen · May 16, 2014 9:09 am

Australians divided on tough budget medicine

Rod McGuirk · May 16, 2014 8:36 am

Indian policemen on duty watch election results on television at a counting station in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. India's main Hindu nationalist party was making early gains Friday as officials began counting votes following the country's massive national election, with the opposition looking to end the ruling Congress party's decade-long reign. The Election Commission was expected to announce the results later in the day. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s opposition headed for election landslide

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2014 6:42 am

Pro-Russian men hold their weapons atop a vehicle as they arrive to support their comrades at a checkpoint outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 15, 2014. On Thursday, Ukraine's acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, claimed the Ukrainian army destroyed an insurgent base in the city of Slovyansk and another one in nearby Kramatorsk, about 150 kilometers (95 miles) west of the Russian border. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Steelworkers join police patrols in east Ukraine

NATALIYA VASILYEVAVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · May 16, 2014 5:40 am

Lupita Nyong'o attends the IFP and Calvin Klein Women In Film Party at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

CANNES WATCH: Adams, MJ films sold; Jenner wows

The Associated Press · May 16, 2014 5:09 am

An election official shows an electronic voting machine to a polling agent during counting of votes in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. India's main Hindu nationalist party was making early gains Friday as officials began counting votes following the country's massive national election, with the opposition looking to end the ruling Congress party's decade-long reign. The Election Commission was expected to announce the results later in the day. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Vote counting underway in India national election

Ashok Sharma · May 16, 2014 5:01 am

Unidentified Bangladeshi relatives wail near bodies of victims on the banks of the River Meghna after a ferry carrying more than 100 passengers capsized and sank after being hit by a storm in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 15, 2014. According to an official eight bodies have been recovered and there was confusion about the number of missing people. (AP Photo/Sony Ramany)

Bangladesh ferry capsizes; at least 22 dead

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2014 4:06 am

A member of the Homeless Workers Movement carries a Brazilian flag past burning tires during a protest against money spent on the World Cup near Itaquerao stadium which will host the international soccer tournament's first match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Brazilians are angry at the billions spent to host the World Cup, much of it on 12 ornate football stadiums, one-third of which critics say will see little use after the big event. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil police clash with anti-World Cup protesters

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 16, 2014 2:33 am

Lupita Nyong'o attends the IFP and Calvin Klein Women In Film Party at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

CANNES WATCH: Lupita Nyong’o stuns at Calvin Klein

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2014 2:14 am

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo released by Anna Wu, American businessman Vincent Wu poses with an American flag as he waits to welcome China's then-Vice President Xi Jinping on his visit to Los Angeles, Calif. A Chinese court sentenced Vincent Wu on Thursday, May 15, 2014 to 20 years in prison on charges of heading a mob that kidnapped rivals and operated illegal casinos, and rejected his claim that he was tortured by police. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Anna Wu, File)

China jails US businessman 20 years in mob trial

Gillian Wong · May 16, 2014 1:59 am

Dominican leader’s bill would naturalize thousands

EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ · May 16, 2014 1:06 am