Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto vows big changes with the economic reforms he’s pushing and they’ve already taken more than a little change from the pockets of mega-mogul Carlos Slim, who lost the title of the world’s richest man.... Read more»
If Dante had ever been to Juarez he would have placed it squarely in the seventh circle of hell, the one housing “violence” and “ringed by a river of boiling blood.”... Read more»2
Separating fact from fiction has become a national pastime in the case that began as an inheritance dispute between France’s wealthiest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, and her daughter but gradually escalated into a full-blown political scandal, embroiling President Nicolas Sarkozy.... Read more»
We should be grateful that South Africa 2010 turned out to be an alluring celebration of game and country. Hell, by Sunday the vuvuzelas had begun to sound like late Miles Davis.... Read more»2
At least 74 people have been killed in the terror bombings in Uganda on Sunday. Al Shabaab, the Somali ally of Al Qaeda, have claimed responsibility for the deadly explosions, which targetted people watching the World Cup final Sunday night.... Read more»
Spain became the eighth nation to win the World Cup by scoring a goal against the Netherlands in extra time. In a fitting end to a low-scoring World Cup, the Spaniards had to wait until six minutes from the end of the 30-minute overtime to score the final’s only goal.... Read more»
Sergio Ramos, the rampaging defender who wanted to be a bullfighter but his mother wouldn’t let him, might not appear at first glance to be the Spanish soccer team’s most articulate spokesman.... Read more»1
Vincent Van Gogh once said, “Orange is the color of insanity.” This week his compatriots are proving the painter right. The Netherlands is going orange mad and just about the whole country is draped in the color of the Dutch royal house ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final.... Read more»
More and more Israelis and Palestinians acknowledge (or fear) that it’s too late to effectively divide the land as the Israeli and Palestinian populations grow and merge geographically.... Read more»
The reporter who came in from the cold: Charged as a spy by the KGB in 1986, author Nicholas Daniloff shares his take on the recent spy swap and what it means.... Read more»
Update: The spy scandal of a decade came to a swift close on Thursday, when the 10 suspects plead guilty in a U.S. court to working as undercover agents for Russia. What you need to know about the spy scandal of the decade.... Read more»
The World Cup 2010 semifinals displayed contrasting styles of soccer and produced two worthy finalists in Spain and the Netherlands who appear poised to produce an exhilarating climax to the tournament on Sunday.... Read more»1
If an American soldier is under attack in Afghanistan, when are they allowed to shoot back?... Read more»
And the underachievers did it. Spain, a country that has long regaled the world with beautiful football, has finally reached a World Cup final after defeating 1-0 a German scoring machine that ran out of ammunition.... Read more»
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has figured out at least this much: Mexican drug dealers are, to average folks, much scarier than Mexican dishwashers. So Brewer, who is running for election, has decided to make one the face of the other — all Mexicans being interchangeable, after all.... Read more»1
Brotherly love: Never before has there been a German national team as “multikulti” (multicultural) and reflective of Germany’s post-Wall demographics as this year’s World Cup squad.... Read more»1
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