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Royal Opera to sell Hockney painting to help it stay afloat

LONDON - Britain's Royal Opera House is selling a David Hockney painting of its former chief to help it stay afloat as coronavirus-related restrictions keep many U.K. performing arts venues shuttered....

Oct 5, 2020

Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld movie theatres to close

LONDON - Shares in the company that owns the Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theatres fell as much as 58% after it said it will temporarily close the venues because delays to the latest James ...

Oct 5, 2020

Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for Spike Lee films, killed

ATLANTA - Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for his roles in Spike Lee films, has been shot and killed in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Police responded to a call around 1:45 a.m. Saturday and found t...

Oct 5, 2020

U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery

STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...

Oct 5, 2020

Microsoft plans $1 billion data centre venture in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Microsoft has announced plans to build three data centres in greater Athens, providing a badly needed investment of up to $1 billion to the Greek economy which has been hammered by th...

Oct 5, 2020

EU top official self-isolating after contact with virus case

BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says she has placed herself in isolation after being in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. In a message posted on Twitte...

Oct 5, 2020

Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award

STOCKHOLM - The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology and medicine. A panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm will announce the...

Oct 5, 2020

What we know, and what we don't, about Trump's diagnosis

A White House physician's comments on Sunday about the health of President Donald Trump amid his coronavirus diagnosis added a new layer of confusion even as the doctor sought to clarify contradictory...

Oct 4, 2020

Mali releases 180 jihadists in likely prisoner exchange

BAMAKO, Mali - Malian authorities have released 180 Islamic extremists from a prison in the capital and flown them to the country's north, an official confirmed late Sunday, fueling speculation that a...

Oct 4, 2020

Toomey won't run for U.S. Senate again, source says

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania will not seek re-election in 2022, according to a person with direct knowledge of Toomey's plans. Also, Toomey will not run for govern...

Oct 4, 2020