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Top nominee Polanski to skip French Oscars after rape claim

PARIS - Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France's equivalent of the Oscars - where his latest movie leads this year's nominations - because of protests prompted by a new ra...

Feb 27, 2020

Plácido Domingo drops upcoming shows at Spanish opera venue

MADRID - Global opera star Plcido Domingo has cancelled his upcoming performances at one of Spain's main opera houses as officials and music venues in the tenor's home country reassess their ties afte...

Feb 27, 2020

Democrats band together to knock Sanders during debate clash

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested th...

Feb 27, 2020

Virus outbreak stalks markets as 2020 gains get wiped out

LONDON - Global shares fell sharply once again Wednesday as fears over the speed of the new coronavirus around the world accentuated. With the spread around Europe gathering pace - Greece became the l...

Feb 27, 2020

Stocks open sharply lower; Dow 10% below recent record high

NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street, extending a weeklong rout and bringing the Dow Jones Industrial Average 10% below the record high it hit two weeks ago. Investors continue t...

Feb 27, 2020

IOC member casts doubt on postponing or moving Tokyo Games

TOKYO - A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers ar...

Feb 27, 2020

US economy grew at 2.1% rate in Q4 but virus threat looms

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.1% in the final quarter of last year, but damage from the spreading coronavirus is likely depressing growth in the current quarter and for 202...

Feb 27, 2020

US orders for durable goods slip 0.2% in January

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods dipped in January, pulled down by decreased demand for cars, auto parts and military aircraft. The Commerce Department said Thur...

Feb 27, 2020

Mubarak, Egypt's autocrat ousted in uprising, dies at 91

CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab Spring uprising, died Tuesday, stat...

Feb 27, 2020

Italy sees virus cases rise 45% in a day; deaths up to 11

ROME - Italy reported a 45% one-day increase in people infected with the coronavirus as other countries in Europe recorded their first cases Tuesday, producing evidence that travellers are carrying th...

Feb 27, 2020