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Actors in drag march to highlight virus threat to UK theatre

LONDON - As much of Britain's economy emerged from the coronavirus lockdown, its theatres stayed dark, with performers and staff unwillingly idled. So they made a song and dance about it. Scores of ac...

Sep 30, 2020

Man arrested in ambush of 2 Los Angeles County deputies

LOS ANGELES - California investigators have arrested and charged a man in connection with the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies earlier this month as they sat in their squad car, a...

Sep 30, 2020

Shell plan to cut up to 9,000 jobs could result in 100s of fewer jobs in Canada

CALGARY - Hundreds of Canadian employees of Royal Dutch Shell could be affected by its plan revealed Wednesday to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022. The company h...

Sep 30, 2020

Secretive, never profitable Palantir makes its market debut

BOSTON - Seventeen years after it was born with the help of CIA seed money, the data-mining outfit Palantir Technologies is finally going public in the biggest Wall Street tech offering since last yea...

Sep 30, 2020

Study: 1st Berlin fest chief had significant Nazi-era role

BERLIN - A study has concluded that the founding director of the Berlin International Film Festival made a "not insignificant" contribution to the German film system under Nazi rule and later covered ...

Sep 30, 2020

More Americans sign contracts to buy homes in August

SILVER SPRING, Md. - More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in August, suggesting the hot U.S. housing market will continue to churn well into fall. The National Association of Realtors said Wed...

Sep 30, 2020

US says it will block palm oil from large Malaysian producer

An official from U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday the agency will detain shipments of palm oil and its products from FGV Holdings Berhad in Malaysia after a wide range of labour abuse...

Sep 30, 2020

Kenzo gets the buzz at bee-themed Paris Fashion Week show

PARIS - A hybrid Paris Fashion Week continued Wednesday featuring a stand out live runway show from socially-distanced Kenzo, but no sign of any A-list celebrities. Here are some highlights: KENZO GET...

Sep 30, 2020

Economy plunges 31.4% in spring but big rebound expected

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy plunged at a record rate in the spring but is poised to swing to a record increase in the quarter that just ended. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the gro...

Sep 30, 2020

Foreign observers wary of 'chaos,' 'rancor' in US debate

GENEVA - "Chaos, interruptions, personal attacks and insults," one Chinese newspaper editor said of the U.S. presidential debate. An Australian counterpart said the debate was "swamped" by the "rancor...

Sep 30, 2020