Who is carrying the Olympic torch through Paris? A BTS star, a garbage collector and more
PARIS (news agencies) — From the Louvre Museum to the Champs-Elysees, from Paris’ posh districts to working-class neighborhoods, hundreds of ...
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T-shirts with image of Trump raising his fist after assassination attempt are for sale in China
BANGKOK (news agencies) — Images of the moment have already been splashed across the world’s front pages and papered many ...
Read moreIn beachy Galveston, locals buckle down without power after Beryl’s blow during peak tourist season
GALVESTON, Texas (news agencies) — Vacuums sucked the water out of the seaside inn run by Nick Gaido’s family in ...
Read moreGambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first
BANJUL, Gambia (news agencies) — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would ...
Read morePowell says Federal Reserve is more confident inflation is slowing to its target
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the Federal Reserve is becoming more convinced that inflation is ...
Read moreArgentina fans revel in their Copa America triumph, a brief respite from their country’s crises
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (news agencies) — Argentines taking to the streets to revel in their Copa América triumph late Sunday ...
Read moreRwandans vote in presidential election that’s set to extend the 30-year rule of Paul Kagame
KIGALI, Rwanda (news agencies) — Rwandans are voting Monday in a presidential election that is expected to extend the long ...
Read moreCourt in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery
TOKYO (news agencies) — A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring ...
Read moreA journey through the films of Powell and Pressburger, courtesy of Scorsese and Schoonmaker
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Martin Scorsese has spent a sizeable portion of his life talking about movies he loves. ...
Read moreAP PHOTOS: In documenting violence in Haiti, you find bodies, but also ways people keep on living
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Violence permeates every fiber of Haitian society. It used to linger on the outskirts of ...
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