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When we talk about “movie magic,” the first thing that comes to mind is often something like the bikes achieving liftoff in “E

The missing workers from the Baltimore bridge collapse all hailed from Mexico or Central America before they settled in the Maryland area

Thousands of Myanmar military personnel have held their annual parade of strength even after a recent series of unprecedented battlefield defeats

A public prosecutor in Tunisia says four people have been sentenced to death and two to life in prison for the murder of a left-wing politician more than a decade ago

Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction publishing

On Wednesday, Beyoncé shared the track list for her forthcoming album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter.”

Portugal’s newly-elected Parliament has elected a new house speaker, following a deal between the country’s two main centrist parties

He’s gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024

Officials say Pakistani authorities have shared with China the preliminary findings of a probe into a deadly attack that killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver in the northwest

Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been spray-prainted on a property owned by the family of a former Czech foreign minister behind a monument to Soviet soldiers in Vienna

It’s a new location but the same host for the Tony Awards

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for closer trade ties with the U.S. during a meeting with top American business leaders in Beijing

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play women brought together by letters in the new film “Wicked Little Letters” but their preferred means of communication is WhatsApp

A British financial trader described as the ringleader in the manipulation of a key interest rate before and after the global financial crisis has lost his appeal to have his conviction quashed

An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has told a newspaper in the country that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm

Donald Sutherland has a memoir coming out in November

The death toll in last week’s Moscow concert hall attack rose to 140 on Wednesday after another victim died in a hospital, Russian officials said

Passersby in Beijing during winter or early spring might happen upon groups of residents playing fetch with birds. The players blow plastic beads into the air through carbon tubes for the birds — often from the migratory wutong species — to catch and return, in exchange for a treat. It’s a Beijing tradition dating back to the Qing Dynasty, which ruled between the 17th century and early 20th century. Today, only about 50 to 60 people in Beijing are believed to still practice it. Xie Yufeng, a 39-year-old cook, is one of them. Читать дальше...

Authorities say at least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side

Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by an overwhelming majority

China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that began during a low point of bilateral relations between the countries

ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul, the city nestled along the Bosphorus strait for more than 2,500 years, takes another small step on its journey through history this week as voters decide who will lead the metropolis for the next five years. Local elections will be held across Turkey on Sunday but, as always, the focus will be on the battle to win Istanbul, the country’s largest city and its beating heart. Associated Press photographers set out in the run-up to polling day to capture the spirit of a city... Читать дальше...

The British royal family learned the hard way: in the modern media world, if you don't fill an information vacuum, others will fill it for you, and it's not likely to be pretty

One Japanese creation grabbing attention on the Oscars red carpet wasn’t a movie

The Brazilian and the French presidents announced on Tuesday a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) on the Amazon, including its part in neighboring French Guiana