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#MeToo prosecutors deploy experts early to thwart defence

When his trial opens in the coming days, Harvey Weinstein's defence team is expected to go on the offensive against the women who have accused him of rape and sexual assault, in part by questioning if...

Jan 22, 2020

McConnell proposes swift impeachment trial with long days

WASHINGTON - On the eve of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, the Senate leader proposed a compressed calendar for opening statements, White House lawyers argued for swift rejection of the "f...

Jan 22, 2020

Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

LONDON - Terry Jones, a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, has died at 77. He had been suffering from dementia. Jones's agent says he died Tuesday evening. In a statement, his family said he di...

Jan 22, 2020

Italy's 5-Star implosion may claim party leader Di Maio

ROME - The head of Italy's 5-Star Movement met with ministers Wednesday amid rumours he would step aside as party leader following a string of parliamentary defections, falling poll numbers and questi...

Jan 22, 2020

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary

WARSAW, Poland - Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany's death camps. Tha...

Jan 22, 2020

Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars

MUNICH - Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Auschwitz. Although she has no conscious memories stre...

Jan 22, 2020

Facing humiliating controls, Lebanese focus fury on banks

BEIRUT - Before picking up cash from a downtown bank in Lebanon's capital, Mey Al Sayegh mentally braces herself for what would have been a routine trip before the country's crippling cash crunch. For...

Jan 21, 2020

Democrats swarm industrial Iowa to prove they can beat Trump

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa - Since their surprise loss to President Donald Trump in 2016, Democrats have struggled with how to regain territory that long supported the party before suddenly flipping to Repu...

Jan 21, 2020

Science Says: What to know about the viral outbreak in China

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new virus that originated in China. Governments are stepping up surveillance of airline passengers from central C...

Jan 21, 2020

Stay awake: Senators struggle to stay focused on impeachment

WASHINGTON - Adam Schiff was still speaking - about witnesses, documents, future presidents and the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He'd said it all before, but five hours into the Senate trial...

Jan 21, 2020