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Ronan Farrow among nominees for book critic prizes

NEW YORK - Ronan Farrow has already won a Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement. Now he's up for a literary honour, a National Book Critics...

Jan 15, 2020

‘Joker’ leads Oscar noms; ‘1917,’ ‘Irishman’ close behind

Female filmmakers were shut out, "Parasite" made history and "Joker" edged out "The Irishman," "1917" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" in Monday's Oscar nominations. Todd Phillips' R-rated supe...

Jan 15, 2020

Anger in Iran over jet's downing; gunfire disperses protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Popular anger swelled Monday in Iran over the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner and the government's attempt to conceal its role in the tragedy, as online vide...

Jan 15, 2020

Report: Russian prime minister submits resignation to Putin

MOSCOW - The Tass news agency reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev submitted his resignation to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Russian news agencies said Putin thanked Medvedev ...

Jan 15, 2020

Pakistan: 21 more bodies recovered in avalanche-hit Kashmir

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Search teams aided by Pakistani troops pulled out 21 more bodies from homes destroyed by this week's avalanches in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, raising the overal...

Jan 15, 2020

Business as usual? How Europe's royals mix work and duties

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - As the British royal family wrestles with the future roles of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, it could look to Europe for examples of how princes and princesses have tried,...

Jan 15, 2020

Iran foreign minister says plane crash protests due to lies

NEW DELHI - Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday that protests erupted in Iran this month because people were "lied to" about the cause of a commercial plane crash. The foreign minister, Javad Zarif...

Jan 14, 2020

Some asylum-seekers returned to Mexico get attorney access

SAN DIEGO - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that some asylum-seekers who fear waiting in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings must have access to attorneys before and during a key interview to det...

Jan 14, 2020

Australian wildfire smoke stokes health fears in cities

CANBERRA, Australia - Fire alarms have been sounding in high-rise buildings across downtown Sydney and Melbourne as dense smoke from distant wildfires confuse electronic sensors. Modern government off...

Jan 14, 2020

Theories persist about mystery drones seen in rural region

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - People insist they have spotted fleets of large drones crisscrossing rural America's night sky, their mission mysterious, raising questions that have veered into conspiracy theories a...

Jan 14, 2020