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UK festival curator accuses UAE minister of sex assault

LONDON - The chair of Britain's Hay literary festival said Sunday the event will not return to Abu Dhabi after one of the festival's curators alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the tolerance m...

Oct 19, 2020

'Clouds' by teen who died of cancer hits No. 1 on iTunes

MINNEAPOLIS - Seven years after his death to cancer at age 18, a Minnesota singer-songwriter has returned to the top of the iTunes chart with his inspirational tune "Clouds." The Star Tribune reports ...

Oct 19, 2020

Liam Neeson's 'Honest Thief' notches No. 1 at box office

LOS ANGELES - Liam Neeson's thriller "Honest Thief" stole the top spot at the box office in yet another quiet weekend of moviegoing. The Open Roads Films movie brought in $3.7 million in North America...

Oct 19, 2020

Trump, Biden go on offence in states they're trying to flip

LAS VEGAS - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offence Sunday, with each campaigning in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks...

Oct 18, 2020

Homes believed lost in north-central Colorado fires

BOULDER, Colo. - Nearly 3,000 people were forced to flee from a fast-moving fire in north-central Colorado and authorities believe some homes were lost. The CalWood Fire started around noon Saturday n...

Oct 18, 2020

Trump, Biden go on offence in states they're trying to flip

LAS VEGAS - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offence Sunday, with each campaigning in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks...

Oct 18, 2020

Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported?

WASHINGTON - After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests. But the boom comes with a new challenge: ...

Oct 18, 2020

Cruise ship rescues 24 people from boat off Florida coast

MIAMI - A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued two dozen people, including two children, from a sinking boat 37 miles (about 60 kilometres) off the Florida coast, the cruise line reported Saturday. It wa...

Oct 18, 2020

UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections

TEHRAN, Iran - A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, de...

Oct 18, 2020

Afghans say preventing next war as vital as ending this one

KABUL - At a Kabul museum honouring Afghanistan's war victims, talking to visitors reveals just how many layers and generations of pain and grief have piled up during four decades of unrelenting confl...

Oct 18, 2020