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Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles

DES MOINES, Iowa - Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety...

Jan 15, 2020

Ahead in the clouds: Alibaba plans to change the Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Alibaba's promise to the Olympic family is to bring its technological might to help organizers, broadcasters and fans. The Chinese tech giant's Olympic sponsorship deal is wort...

Jan 15, 2020

Hungary police seek drug dealing charges against 2 Dutch men

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian police on Wednesday recommended filing drug dealing charges against two Dutch men arrested in August at a popular music festival. Budapest police said they found 20 kilog...

Jan 15, 2020

Queen's summit: Key questions on Prince Harry's future

LONDON - The crisis gripping Britain's royal family over Prince Harry's plan to step down from royal duties moved to Queen Elizabeth II's rural retreat in eastern England Monday afternoon. The 93-year...

Jan 15, 2020

Documents suggest Thomas Markle to testify in Meghan lawsuit

LONDON - The estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex could be called as a defence witness in her lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday newspaper, court papers reveal. Meghan is suing the newspaper ...

Jan 15, 2020

Queen agrees to let Harry, Meghan move part time to Canada

SANDRINGHAM, England - Britain's pragmatic queen brokered a deal Monday to secure the future of the monarchy, charting a course for Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, that allows them to live part tim...

Jan 15, 2020

Ronan Farrow among nominees for book critic prizes

NEW YORK - Ronan Farrow has already won a Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement. Now he's up for a literary honour, a National Book Critics...

Jan 15, 2020

‘Joker’ leads Oscar noms; ‘1917,’ ‘Irishman’ close behind

Female filmmakers were shut out, "Parasite" made history and "Joker" edged out "The Irishman," "1917" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" in Monday's Oscar nominations. Todd Phillips' R-rated supe...

Jan 15, 2020

Anger in Iran over jet's downing; gunfire disperses protests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Popular anger swelled Monday in Iran over the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner and the government's attempt to conceal its role in the tragedy, as online vide...

Jan 15, 2020

Report: Russian prime minister submits resignation to Putin

MOSCOW - The Tass news agency reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev submitted his resignation to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Russian news agencies said Putin thanked Medvedev ...

Jan 15, 2020