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Prominent artists condemn Labour anti-Semitism

LONDON - Twenty-four prominent British writers and entertainers, including author John LeCarre and actor Simon Callow, say they won't vote for Labour Party candidates in next month's election because ...

Nov 15, 2019

As rockets rain down, Israel intensifies its strikes in Gaza

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while the militant group rained scores of rockets into Israel for a second straight d...

Nov 14, 2019

Pierce Brosnan’s sons named Golden Globe Awards ambassadors

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Pierce Brosnan's sons have been chosen as the Golden Globe ambassadors to assist with the glitzy awards ceremony. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday ev...

Nov 14, 2019

AP Interview: Evo Morales wants UN mediation in Bolivia

MEXICO CITY - Former Bolivian President Evo Morales says he will ask the United Nations and possibly Pope Francis to participate as mediators in the conflict in the Andean nation. Morales spoke to The...

Nov 14, 2019

‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment

WASHINGTON - What hearings? What phone call? Professing disinterest and disdain, President Donald Trump said he was "too busy" doing the people's business Wednesday to watch the impeachment hearings t...

Nov 14, 2019

Live, from DC: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public

WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the wor...

Nov 14, 2019

Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations

CANBERRA, Australia - Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia's drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes, some for ...

Nov 14, 2019

As Hong Kong descends into chaos, China mulls its options

BEIJING - A sharp escalation of violence in Hong Kong is once again raising the question of how China's central government will respond: Will it intervene, or allow the chaos to persist? The Liaison O...

Nov 14, 2019

Colombia adoptees find family decades after volcano tragedy

BOGOTA - Jenifer de la Rosa was just a week old when Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano exploded, unleashing a wall of mud that buried an entire town and left 25,000 dead. In the aftermath of the 1985...

Nov 14, 2019

Wall Street feuds with Warren, much to her apparent delight

NEW YORK - Senator Elizabeth Warren's fight with Wall Street escalated when billionaire investor Leon Cooperman called the presidential candidate's proposal to put a new tax on the nation's wealthiest...

Nov 14, 2019