World

The women of 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' redraw the frame

NEW YORK - What's inside the frame and what's outside of it are electrifyingly synonymous in French filmmaker Cline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." It's a sumptuous period romance set in 18th-...

Feb 13, 2020

Snoop Dogg apologizes to Gayle King for rant over Bryant

NEW YORK - After days of blistering criticism, Snoop Dogg has finally apologized to Gayle King for attacking her over her interview with former basketball star Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant. ...

Feb 13, 2020

UK Treasury chief quits as Johnson shakes up Cabinet

LONDON - U.K. Treasury chief Sajid Javid unexpectedly resigned on Thursday, throwing a carefully planned shakeup of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government into turmoil. Javid had been ...

Feb 13, 2020

Powell: Economy looks resilient despite risk of China virus

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. economy appears durable, with steady growth and unemployment near a half-century low, but faces risks from the broadening...

Feb 13, 2020

Japan reports 1st death from virus, 44 more cases on ship

TOKYO - Japan announced Thursday its first death from a new virus, hours after confirming 44 more cases on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo as fears of the spreading disease mount in the country. ...

Feb 13, 2020

Ukrainian leader seeks more independence, fires top aide

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's president dismissed his chief of staff on Tuesday in a sign of intensifying rivalries in his entourage and a possible move to distance himself from a powerful billionaire. Pr...

Feb 13, 2020

Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala dies at 78

JOHANNESBURG - The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the group and the government announced Tuesday. Sh...

Feb 13, 2020

Sudanese gov't reaches settlement deal with USS Cole victims

CAIRO - Sudan's transitional government said Thursday it has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the 2000 attack on USS Cole in Yemen, in a bid to have the African country taken off t...

Feb 13, 2020

Philippines notifies US of intent to end major security pact

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines notified the United States on Tuesday it would end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in the country, in the most serious threat under Presid...

Feb 12, 2020

Congressman Lewis to receive NAACP honour at awards show

ATLANTA - The NAACP is honouring John Lewis for his Congressional service and long history as a civil rights activist. The nation's oldest civil rights organization announced Tuesday that it will best...

Feb 12, 2020