The May 2011 liaison between Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo, then a maid at New York's Sofitel, led to the Frenchman's resignation as head of the International Monetary Fund and effectively ended his political career, which had included presidential aspirations. But Diallo's fortunes, too, seem to have turned.
Although Bolivian President Evo Morales is known for making sexist remarks, he changed his tune on Monday when he painfully admitted that "women are more intelligent" than men.
A TransAsia plane, flying from Taipei to a Chinese island, crashed minutes after take off. The number of dead has risen to 25 and could continue to rise. Taiwanese officials have begun investigating the airline, which has had previous accidents.
The United Nations has formally denounced the murders of Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, a Mexican journalist recently found killed weeks after his disappearance, and Kenji Goto, a Japanese freelancer assassinated by Islamist extremists in Syria.
The Puerto Rican government is reportedly broke, and the debt owed by the U.S. commonwealth is more than two times the $73 billion publicly estimated by government officials.
A bystander was killed on Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded in Alexandria, Egypt's second largest city. Meanwhile, authorities defused two more explosive devices at Cairo International Airport.
"Under Cane," a short documentary captured by photographer and filmmaker Ed Kashi for La Isla Foundation, showed the lives of numerous individuals touched by the disease that killed thousands, particularly in Nicaragua. More than 20,000 individuals, mostly male, have died from chronic kidney disease after working on the fields. Said to be an epidemic, the disease is spreading rabidly among sugarcane harvesters.
The Cuban government on Monday published a series of 21 photographs of Fidel Castro in an apparent effort to quell rumors about the health of the 88-year-old revolutionary leader.
Vinicius Lages Tourism Minister for Brazil has expressed that he is not worried that Rio de Janeiro’s recent increase in violence might keep potential visitors from attending the 2016 Olympic Games.
The former Korean Air executive was charged with various crimes, including assault and violating aviation safety laws following a December incident in which she attacked a flight attendant who served nuts improperly.
The United States has dismissed recent allegations by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that accuse U.S. Vice President Joe Biden of conspiring to overthrow his government as "patently false" and a ploy to distract attention away from Maduro's abuse of power.
Mexican farmers are producing more opium to feed a growing heroin addiction in the United States. Mexican farmers are producing more opium to feed a growing heroin addiction in the United States.
One of Venezuela’s most well-known drugstore chains, Farmatodo, has come under government scrutiny. The company’s top executives have been imprisoned as the government blames them for the long lines and food shortages plaguing the nation.
A former Nazi death camp guard will go on trial in Germany in April. A former Nazi death camp guard will go on trial in Germany in April. According to the BBC, Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz," faces 300,000 charges of accessory to murder.
The U.S. company Uber Technologies Inc. has tightened background screening of drivers in India. The U. S. company Uber Technologies Inc. has tightened background screening of drivers in India.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund and one-time contender for the French presidency, on Monday went on trial for sex charges. Prosecutors accuse Strauss-Kahn of aggravated pimping and involvement in a prostitution ring operating out of luxury hotels.
