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Taylor Swift calls out Scooter Braun during Billboard speech

LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift used the Billboard Women in Music stage to address a series of issues including her ongoing beef with Scooter Braun. Swift was awarded the first-ever woman of the decade hon...

Dec 13, 2019

Thunberg 'a bit surprised' to be Time Person of the Year

MADRID - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she was surprised and honoured Wednesday to be named Time's youngest Person of the Year, while adding that others in the global movement she helpe...

Dec 13, 2019

Nobel winner Handke not welcome in Sarajevo and Kosovo

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Nobel Literature Prize laureate Peter Handke was on Wednesday proclaimed persona non-grata in the Bosnian capital and in Kosovo for his apologist views toward Serb war crimes during...

Dec 13, 2019

Saudi stock offering creates world's most valuable company

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable public company Wednesday when its shares made their debut on the Saudi stock exchange, part of an a...

Dec 13, 2019

The people sing: 'Les Mis' soothes, breaks Hong Kong hearts

HONG KONG - For Hong Kong spectators mentally and physically drained from six months of pro-democracy protests that have convulsed the city, a rousing performance of "Les Miserables" proved almost too...

Dec 12, 2019

Afghan bomber hits medical facility near US base, 2 killed

KABUL - A powerful suicide bombing targeted an under-construction medical facility Wednesday near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of Afghanistan's capital, the U.S. military and Afghan o...

Dec 12, 2019

Bougainville votes for independence from Papua New Guinea

CANBERRA, Australia - The South Pacific region of Bougainville voted overwhelmingly to become the world's newest nation by gaining independence from Papua New Guinea, results showed Wednesday. Bougain...

Dec 12, 2019

Adam Sandler on plunging into the Safdies' 'Uncut Gems'

TORONTO - Adam Sandler was waiting to be thrown into a midtown fountain on Sixth Avenue for a scene in Josh and Benny Safdie's "Uncut Gems" when he noticed a familiar face on the sidewalk. The Safdies...

Dec 12, 2019

In South Carolina, Steyer investing in black voters

COLUMBIA, S.C. - In the waning weeks before South Carolina's presidential primary, Democrat Tom Steyer is renewing his focus on the black voters who play a pivotal role in the first-in-the-South state...

Dec 12, 2019

Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic

MIAMI - A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a m...

Dec 12, 2019