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Biden expanding summer food program for 34M schoolchildren

The Biden administration is expanding a program to feed as many as 34 million schoolchildren during the summer months, using funds from the coronavirus relief package approved in March. The Agricultur...

Apr 26, 2021

Thailand imposes fines of up to $640 for not wearing masks

BANGKOK - Authorities in Thailand are imposing fines of up to 20,000 baht ($640) for people who fail to wear face masks in public in 48 provinces, as the government struggles to cope with a new wave o...

Apr 26, 2021

Leaked recording of Iran's top diplomat offers blunt talk

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A recording of Iran's foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has been leaked, providing a rare look ...

Apr 26, 2021

Indonesian brigadier general killed in 2-week Papua clash

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - An Indonesian brigadier general was killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group in restive Papua province, authorities said Monday. The clashes started A...

Apr 26, 2021

Chloé Zhao makes history with best director Oscar win

LOS ANGELES - Chlo Zhao has made history at the 2021 Academy Awards, becoming the first woman of colour to win best director and just the second woman to win the award. Zhao won the directing Oscar fo...

Apr 25, 2021

Glenn Close knows all about 'Da Butt' in Oscars' game

The premise for an interlude at the Oscars was simple: Questlove played a song and a chosen celebrity had to guess if the tune was ever nominated for or won an Oscar. The game, run by "Judas and the B...

Apr 25, 2021

Emerald Fennell, Daniel Kaluuya among early Oscar winners

LOS ANGELES - Winners so far at the 93rd Academy Awards: Original screenplay: "Promising Young Woman," Emerald Fennell Adapted screenplay: Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, "The Father" Internat...

Apr 25, 2021

Youn Yuh-jung wins best supporting actress Academy Award

LOS ANGELES - Youn Yuh-jung,'' the feisty grandmother in "Minari," captured more than her grandson's heart. Youn, a prominent film and TV actor in her home country of South Korea, won the best support...

Apr 25, 2021

Regina King reacts to Chauvin verdict in Oscars opening

Actor and director Regina King acknowledged the hardships of the past year during an opening straight out of the movies for the 2021 Oscars. "It has been quite a year and we are still smack dab in the...

Apr 25, 2021

Loved ones remember DMX at homegoing celebration

NEW YORK - Family members, friends and clergy members dressed in white and red honoured the life and faith of hip-hop icon DMX at his homegoing celebration Sunday in New York. Religious leaders and mu...

Apr 25, 2021