The Green Bay Packers are heading to the playoffs, and cornerback Jaire Alexander wanted to show his excitement for it during a live broadcast outside Lambeau Field on Monday morning following the team’s win over the Chicago Bears that secure their spot. But here’s the hilarious catch: The reporter, Emily …
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PANAMA CITY – Panamanian officials say former Vice President Felipe Virzi has been detained while prosecutors investigate him for alleged corruption in connection with a costly irrigation project that was never completed. The 71-year-old Virzi was one of two vice presidents during the 1994-99 government of President Ernesto Perez Balladares …
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – The wedding of a second former Guantanamo Bay detainee to a woman in Uruguay has been postponed one week. Irina Posadas, an Uruguayan woman who converted to Islam, said her wedding to 34-year-old Syrian Omar Abdelhadi Faraj, scheduled for Saturday, would be postponed one week. Posadas said …
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SKHIRAT, Morocco – The United Nations representative to Libya has presented the latest draft agreement for a unity government to delegations from the rival governments of the chaotic North African country. Bernardino Leon told the attendees in a resort town south of Morocco’s capital on Monday that he expected this …
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BERN, Switzerland – Switzerland’s Justice Department says one of the seven soccer officials arrested in Zurich appealed for bail during the extradition process. The justice office says Switzerland’s “Federal Criminal Court will rule on whether or not he will have to remain in custody for the entire length of the …
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TOKYO – A fire appeared to have been put out Thursday at one of Pyongyang’s best hotels, according to witnesses in the North Korean capital. No official confirmation of a fire was available from North Korean authorities and the extent of possible damage or injuries at the Koryo Hotel was …
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TEHRAN, Iran – A senior Iranian official says authorities with access to classified information will be banned from using smartphones. Gen. Gholam Reza Jalali, who heads an Iranian military unit in charge of combatting sabotage, is quoted by the semiofficial ISNA news agency as saying Saturday that instructions for the …
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BRUSSELS – The European Union is set to extend economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. An EU diplomat said Wednesday that European ambassadors decided to prolong “the most serious package of our sanctions” before they expire next month. EU …
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CAIRO, Egypt– It was a bit strange being back. And different. But immensely satisfying. The last time I was in Cairo was in late January and early February, the heady first days of the revolution here. It was all fighting in the streets and clashes between citizens and authorities. Egyptians …
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Exclusive: Auditors are the boring but vital front-line warriors in any battle against waste, corruption and inefficiency—and at the United Nations, where tens of billions of dollars are spent each year, they are often under-qualified, overstretched, impeded and ignored by their bosses, according to a report by an elite inspection …
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