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Actress Rosie Perez says she was told of Weinstein rape

NEW YORK - "Do the Right Thing" actress Rosie Perez testified Friday that fellow screen star Annabella Sciorra told her in the mid-1990s that Harvey Weinstein had raped her but that she couldn't go to...

Jan 26, 2020

Dems say oust Trump or he'll betray again; 'He is who he is'

WASHINGTON - Closing out their case, House Democrats warned in Donald Trump's impeachment trial that the president will persist in abusing his power and endangering American democracy unless Congress ...

Jan 26, 2020

Thunberg brushes off mockery from US finance chief

DAVOS, Switzerland - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has brushed off criticism and mockery from the U.S. Treasury chief, saying Friday his comments have "of course no effect" on her and fellow...

Jan 26, 2020

US Vice-President Pence to Pope Francis: you made me a hero

VATICAN CITY - U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence told Pope Francis, "You made me a hero" back home by granting him a private audience at the Vatican on Friday. The pontiff and the vice-president had a pr...

Jan 26, 2020

Iraqis rally against US troops, demanding they leave

BAGHDAD - Waving national flags and banners denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump, tens of thousands of Iraqis marched peacefully through Baghdad on Friday to demand the ouster of U.S. troops from th...

Jan 26, 2020

Youth served: Gauff wins, Serena loses at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship. Sure felt, though, ...

Jan 26, 2020

Social controls, SARS experience help China close off cities

BEIJING - Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Com...

Jan 26, 2020

Despite renewed strikes, France pushes on with pension plan

PARIS - Women workers danced in protest and striking Eiffel Tower employees shuttered France's most famed monument Friday - but the government pushed ahead anyway with a troubled bill redesigning the ...

Jan 26, 2020

Legal chaos in Poland deepens, posing major challenge for EU

WARSAW, Poland - Legal chaos has deepened dramatically in Poland, with the government and the country's high court judges clashing over who administers justice - a rift that some experts say is an ass...

Jan 26, 2020

Erdogan urges international pressure on Libya's Hifter

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged international pressure to force the head of Libya's eastern-based forces to abide by a tentative truce and said Turkey was determined ...

Jan 26, 2020