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Sanford suspends GOP primary challenge to Trump

CONCORD, N.H. - Republican Mark Sanford says he is ending his longshot 2020 presidential bid. The former South Carolina governor and congressman centred his Republican primary challenge to President D...

Nov 12, 2019

Screening of Polanski movie to go ahead despite allegation

PARIS - The Paris screening of a new French-Italian film "An Officer and a Spy" is going ahead despite a new allegation that its director Roman Polanski raped a woman decades ago. Tuesday's screening ...

Nov 12, 2019

Jordan retakes lands leased by Israel in 1994 peace accord

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's king announced Sunday that his country is retaking "full sovereignty" over two pieces of land leased by Israel, reflecting the cool relations between the neighbouring countrie...

Nov 12, 2019

Mississippi Democrat Espy to run again for US Senate in 2020

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy announced Tuesday that he's running again for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, setting up a 2020 rematch of a race that churne...

Nov 12, 2019

Ricky Gervais returning to host the 2020 Golden Globe Awards

LOS ANGELES - Look out Hollywood, Ricky Gervais is returning to host the Golden Globe Awards. Gervais memorably hosted the Globes from 2010 to 2012, skewering many of the attendees with irreverent jok...

Nov 12, 2019

Protections for 660,000 immigrants on line at Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - Protections for 660,000 immigrants are on the line at the Supreme Court. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday on the Trump administration's bid to end the Deferred Action for Childh...

Nov 12, 2019

Queen, politicians out in force as UK remembers its war dead

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II joined Britons in remembering their war dead, as the country's political leaders paused campaigning for the Dec. 12 election to take part in a sombre Remembrance Sunday ser...

Nov 12, 2019

Court says EU states must label Israeli settlement products

BRUSSELS - The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that EU countries must identify products made in Israeli settlements on their labels, in a decision welcomed by rights groups but likely to spar...

Nov 12, 2019

Angered at EU, Turkey threatens to release IS prisoners

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday issued a veiled threat suggesting Turkey could release the Islamic State group prisoners it holds and send them to Europe, angered at...

Nov 12, 2019

Afghan president: 3 Taliban released for held US, Australian

KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday announced that his government has released three prominent Taliban figures in an effort to get the insurgents to free an American and an Australian pro...

Nov 11, 2019