How Dev Patel got 'Monkey Man,' his directorial debut beset by challenges, to...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Dev Patel first pitched “Monkey Man” as “a revenge film about faith.” “Faith can be such a beautiful, powerful thing. It can bring us together. At its best, it should make...
View ArticleThe Latest | Biden and Netanyahu speak by phone after Israel kills aid...
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone Thursday, the White House said, days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza and added a new...
View ArticleBiden tells Israel's Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Gaza war depends on new steps to protect civilians and aid workers. Biden...
View ArticleCrowds picnic to see Tokyo's cherry blossoms at full bloom
TOKYO (AP) — Crowds gathered Friday to enjoy Japan's famed cherry blossoms in Tokyo, where cold weather has delayed their bloom. Cherry blossoms, known as “sakura” in Japanese, are the nation's...
View ArticleSurvivors of Taiwan's historic quake recall harrowing moments of tremors,...
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan residents endured harrowing experiences on Wednesday when the ground shook with the strongest earthquake to hit the island in 25 years. People saw rocks tumble onto...
View ArticleBlinken says Israeli offers to increase flow of aid to Gaza are welcome but...
LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the measures the Israeli government has announced to expand the flow of aid into Gaza are welcome but may not be enough...
View ArticleUkraine claims it destroyed Russian warplanes in one of its biggest drone...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials claimed Friday they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s Rostov region....
View ArticleA senior UK lawmaker fell victim to a sexting scam. His colleagues are being...
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers who may have been targeted in a sexting scam were urged Friday to go to police, after a senior Conservative admitted disclosing the personal phone numbers of some...
View ArticleIran vows to 'punish Zionist regime' over deadly strike on Iranian consulate...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Friday that “our brave men will punish the Zionist regime,” escalating threats against Israel for an airstrike that...
View ArticleA pro-Western career diplomat faces an ally of the populist premier in...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A pro-Western career diplomat and a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are facing each other in a presidential runoff on Saturday to determine who...
View ArticleFirst U.N. food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations said Friday it has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur province for the first time in months, following two successful cross-border...
View ArticleRussian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities on Friday again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine, saying one of the detained suspects had photos on his phone depicting...
View ArticleThe Latest | With outrage over strike mounting, Israel punishes officers and...
Amid widespread outrage over a strike that killed seven aid workers delivering food in the Gaza Strip, Israel punished five military officers on Friday and said it would take steps to increase the...
View ArticleHalf a year into the war in Gaza, here's a look at the conflict by the numbers
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century. Since Hamas' Oct. 7 cross-border...
View ArticleFor families of hostages, it's a race against time as Israel's war reaches...
JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to be with her daughter once more. But six months into Israel's war against Hamas, time is running out for Liora Argamani, who hopes to stay...
View ArticleThousands are evacuated after floods break a dam in the Russian city of Orsk
MOSCOW (AP) — Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia's border with Kazakhstan, forcing some 2,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said. The dam...
View ArticleDutch police have detained activist Greta Thunberg at a climate demonstration...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among dozens of people detained Saturday by police in The Hague as they removed protesters who were partially blocking a road in the...
View ArticleNew US-China talks will address a top American complaint about Beijing's...
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday that upcoming U.S.-China talks will tackle a top Biden administration complaint that Beijing's economic model and trade...
View ArticleRussian missile strikes in Ukraine kill 8 and wound 12
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missile strikes in Ukraine overnight and on Saturday killed eight people and wounded 12 more, officials said. According to the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh...
View ArticleA Virgin Atlantic plane clipped a BA jet at Heathrow but no injuries were...
LONDON (AP) — A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, aviation authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. Virgin said its...
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