Category Archives: World

Awkwafina makes Globes' history with 'Farewell' acting win
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Awkwafina said she had a "mind-blowing" experience after learning backstage she made history at the Golden Globes. The rapper and actress on Sunday became the first woman of As...
Jan 06, 2020

Gervais' 5th - and final? - turn leads raucous Golden Globes
NEW YORK - Ricky Gervais made a big deal Sunday about how this was the fifth and final time he was going to host the Golden Globes. Maybe that's true. Maybe not. But it's the frame he used this time f...
Jan 06, 2020

Williams speaks for women's rights from Golden Globes stage
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Michelle Williams was an exception on a night at the Golden Globes where the talk mostly avoided politics despite fears of war amid increasing tensions with Iran. The actress u...
Jan 06, 2020

Bolton 'prepared to testify' if subpoenaed in Senate trial
WASHINGTON - Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that he is "prepared to testify" if he is subpoenaed by the Senate in its impeachment trial. Bolton, who left the White Hous...
Jan 06, 2020

Trump’s threats draw Iran’s cultural sites into tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's ancient and rich cultural landscape has become a potential U.S. military target as Washington and Tehran lob threats and take high-stakes steps toward a possible o...
Jan 06, 2020

5.8-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico, damaging homes
GUNICA, Puerto Rico - A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Monday, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages and severely cracking some homes. It was one of the strongest quakes ...
Jan 06, 2020

Iraqi top leaders mourn Shiite militants killed by US strike
BAGHDAD - Iraq's top leaders were receiving condolences Monday for Iraqi Shiite militia leaders killed along with top Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S. airstrike last week. The gathering in...
Jan 06, 2020

Australia to pay 'whatever it takes' to fight wildfires
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's government said Monday it was willing to pay "whatever it takes" to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country. Prime Minister Scott M...
Jan 06, 2020

Uganda police detain Bobi Wine, foil meeting with supporters
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Monday detained the singer and political activist known as Bobi Wine, who was prevented from holding his first public meeting with supporters as a presidential aspi...
Jan 06, 2020

A mix of risk-takers and classic Hollywood at Golden Globes
NEW YORK - Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington and Gugu Mbatha-Raw led the fashion risk-takers at the Golden Globes, while Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Cynthia Erivo topped the lists of many for...
Jan 05, 2020