SAO PAULO – A Brazilian judge has ordered that the bank accounts of a former president of Brazil’s state-run oil company be made available to prosecutors investigating allegations of overbilling. Judge Roseli Nalin accepted the request made last month by prosecutors for access to the bank accounts Jose Sergio Gabrielli, …

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s biggest supermarket chain on Wednesday apologized and pulled down a website that has been widely criticized of commercializing the centenary of the country’s Veterans’ Day. Woolworths, which brands itself as “The Fresh Food People,” launched the website “Fresh in Our Memories” late Tuesday to commemorate ANZAC …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says Milan’s world’s fair, which opens on May 1, can inspire decision-makers to help save the “health of the planet that God entrusted to the care of the human race.” Francis on Saturday praised Expo’s theme of exploring ways the planet can feed its people. …

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations secretary-general is warning Myanmar that stability in its most sensitive region can’t be achieved unless it addresses the issue of citizenship for minority Rohingya Muslims. Ban Ki-moon told a Myanmar delegation Friday that the U.N. has seen “already troubling signs of ethnic and religious …

KIEV, Ukraine – A Ukrainian military spokesman says two Russian soldiers captured in the war-torn east of the country are on their way to the capital, Kiev. Ukrainian officials said Sunday two Russians were wounded and taken prisoner near the front line in the Luhansk region. Russia has vehemently denied …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There’s a bad smell in parts of the Louisville, Kentucky, area but nobody knows where it’s coming from. Media reports say city crews have been trying for nearly a week to pin down the odor that smells like mildew, but so far they’ve had no luck. Louisville …

DETROIT – An Iraqi man living in Michigan is charged with lying to federal officials about plans to train and fight with the Islamic State group in the Middle East. A federal complaint says Al-Hamzah Mohammad Jawad was detained Tuesday by agents at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, where he was scheduled …

DALLAS – A Texas agency is scrambling to relocate more than 100 sex offenders after two companies backed out of a contract to provide post-prison housing. However, officials say they’re no closer to finding a solution despite inquiring about shuttered jails, holding facilities and numerous other options. The Office of …

‘Hobbit’: Will Peter Jackson Direct? | Mr. Madonna’s Movie Takes In Just $75,000 | Save ‘The Savages,’ ‘Devil,’ ‘Butterfly’ — and Soon | Joss Stone’s Christmas Song; Jingle Ball Report ‘Hobbit’: Will Peter Jackson Direct? Big news Tuesday for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and “Lord of the Rings.” New Line …

Many of the Democrats running for president will speak at the DailyKos convention next week. That is a major mistake. While all of those Democrats lean left, most are not far left, but the Kos is. Very far left. So the candidates will be tarred with that radical brush. And …