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Unrest feared after India revokes Kashmir's special status
NEW DELHI - India's Hindu nationalist-led government moved Monday to revoke the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, cutting off communications and deploying thousands of troops in the restive H...
Aug 7, 2019
Car bomb collides with vehicles in Egypt capital, killing 20
CAIRO - A car packed with explosives being driven to carry out an attack collided with other vehicles and exploded in central Cairo, killing at least 20 people, the Interior Ministry said Monday, the ...
Aug 7, 2019
In the news today, August 7
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, August 7 --- RCMP FIND ITEMS LINKED TO MURDER SUSPECTS RCMP in Manitoba have found several items linked to two suspects wanted for killings in Br...
Aug 7, 2019
Taliban claim suicide car bombing in west Kabul, dozens hurt
KABUL - A suicide car bomber targeted the police headquarters in a minority Shiite neighbourhood in western Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion that wounded dozens of people, Afghan offic...
Aug 7, 2019
A day of striking sows chaos across Hong Kong
HONG KONG - A general strike in Hong Kong descended into citywide mayhem Monday as defiant protesters started fires outside police stations and hurled bricks and eggs at officers. After disrupting tra...
Aug 6, 2019
Casting director David Rubin elected film academy president
LOS ANGELES - Casting director David Rubin has been elected the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that bestows the Oscars. He is the first casting dire...
Aug 6, 2019
China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards
BEIJING - China said Wednesday it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honours, as Beijing ramps ...
Aug 6, 2019
Trump accuses China of manipulating currency as yuan weakens
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump accused China of manipulating its currency after Beijing let the yuan fall to a politically sensitive level against the U.S. dollar for the first time in 11 years. ...
Aug 6, 2019
Rays erase 6-run deficit, beat Blue Jays on wild pitch in 10
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Kevin Kiermaier scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night and the Tampa Bay Rays came back from a six-run deficit to be...
Aug 6, 2019
Ohio gunman's ex-classmates decry missed chances to stop him
DAYTON, Ohio - High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended years ago for compiling a "hit list" and a "rape list," and questioned how he could hav...
Aug 6, 2019
