Category Archives: World

Alex Trebek expects to mark 2-year cancer survival in 2021
LOS ANGELES - Alex Trebek says he's responding exceptionally well to treatment for pancreatic cancer and expects to mark his two-year survival next February. His doctor has said he's counting on that ...
Sep 03, 2020

Top stars at Venice Film Fest praise gender-neutral prizes
VENICE, Italy - Two stars at the Venice Film Festival, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, have praised the decision by the Berlin festival to award gender-neutral prizes, with Swinton predicting other ...
Sep 03, 2020

Boseman to be honoured in hometown, where he inspired others
ANDERSON, S.C. - Actor Chadwick Boseman will be mourned, honoured and celebrated Thursday in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, where he gave residents a deep sense of pride, event organizers s...
Sep 03, 2020

After a long slumber, U.S. cinemas awaken on pivotal weekend
STAMFORD, Conn. - With the previews about to start, a trickle of masked moviegoers made their way into one of the first U.S. screenings of "Tenet" at the Bow Tie Majestic 6 in downtown Stamford, Conne...
Sep 03, 2020

US trade deficit surges in July to highest in 12 years
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit surged in July to $63.6 billion, the highest level in 12 years, as imports jumped by a record amount. The Commerce Department reported that the July deficit, the ga...
Sep 03, 2020

Thailand reports 1st local coronavirus case in 100 days
BANGKOK - A prison inmate in Thailand has tested positive for the coronavirus in the country's first confirmed locally transmitted case in 100 days, health officials said Thursday. They identified the...
Sep 03, 2020

Review: Charlie Kaufman's 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things'
"I try to imbue my work with a sort of interiority," says Lucy (Jessie Buckley), the artists-physics student-girlfriend of Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things." The line could hardly desc...
Sep 03, 2020

'The Disciple' returns India to Venice film fest competition
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A film about a classical musician's struggle to balance his career dreams and life in contemporary Mumbai will this week return India to the main competition at the Venice ...
Sep 03, 2020

Mideast's confirmed coronavirus death toll goes over 50,000
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus went over 50,000 in the Middle East on Thursday as the pandemic continues. That's according to a count from The Associated P...
Sep 03, 2020

Businessman acquitted in murders of Slovak reporter, fiancee
PEZINOK, Slovakia - A panel of judges in Slovakia on Thursday acquitted a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist who had written about him and the journa...
Sep 03, 2020