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'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep' aim for records at Emmy Awards

LOS ANGELES - Get the snacks and a scorecard ready for the 2019 Emmy Awards. As TV academy voters honour what they consider the small-screen's best, viewers can join in by tallying up wins, snubs and ...

Sep 22, 2019

'I want a future': Global youth protests urge climate action

NEW YORK - Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist that the warming worl...

Sep 22, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Friday after struggling to gain traction in a sprawling field of candidates. Announcing his dec...

Sep 22, 2019

Albania inspects quake damages, sees over 100 aftershocks

POGRADEC, Albania - Many Albanians in the capital of Tirana and the port city of Durres have not gone back home after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake injured 105 people and damaged hundreds of homes. Autho...

Sep 22, 2019

Hong Kong protesters trample Chinese flag, set fires

HONG KONG - Protesters in Hong Kong trampled a Chinese flag, vandalized a subway station and set a fire across a wide street on Sunday, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again. ...

Sep 22, 2019

Israeli president begins talks to form new government

JERUSALEM - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin began two days of crucial talks Sunday with party leaders before selecting his candidate for prime minister, after a deadlocked repeat election was set to m...

Sep 22, 2019

Bus crash kills 25 in northwest Pakistan, after brakes fail

ISLAMABAD - A bus crash on a mountainous road in northwest Pakistan Sunday killed 25 passengers and injured 20 others, police said. Abdul Wakil, a local police officer, said the accident happened in t...

Sep 22, 2019

Harry and Meghan make 1st official tour as family in Africa

JOHANNESBURG - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, along with their infant son, Archie, are set to take their first official tour as a family, starting Monday in a troubled South Africa whose president...

Sep 22, 2019

Armani explores connection with nature in ethereal looks

Milan designers are presenting fashion as essential. That no longer refers to must-haves, but to a distillation of ideas, discarding excess in collections and by example in wardrobes, to discourage wa...

Sep 21, 2019

AP interview: Colombian leader warns Venezuela

BOGOTA - Colombia's president is comparing Nicols Maduro to Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic and says Venezuela's embattled socialist leader would be making a "stupid" mistake were he to attack...

Sep 21, 2019