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Read More »‘Mufasa’ and ‘The Fire Inside’ director Barry Jenkins does double duty at the box office
Oscar winner Barry Jenkins kicked off the new year the way he ended the old, with two films — “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “The Fire Inside” — in the top 10 at the box office. It’s a feat Jenkins — who co-wrote “The Fire Inside” with Rachel Morrison while …
Read More »Lessons learned from trying to thaw icy relations between rivals U.S and China
BEIJING — As he prepares to leave Beijing, the U.S. envoy to China feels relations between the two rival powers are the most stable they’ve been in recent years. But there’s no guarantee they will stay that way. It “remains a very challenging, often very contentious and in a long-term …
Read More »Biden extends time in U.S. for Venezuelans, Salvadorans as Trump readies immigration crackdown
MIAMI — About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies. Biden’s administration has strongly supported Temporary …
Read More »UK’s anti-corruption minister refers herself to ethics watchdog over links to ousted Bangladeshi PM
LONDON — A British Treasury minister has referred herself to the U.K. government’s ethics watchdog following reports that she lived in London properties linked to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that Treasury economic secretary Tulip Siddiq “acted entirely properly” by …
Read More »Trump seeks to block ‘imminent’ release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report
President-elect Donald Trump and his former co-defendants in the Florida classified documents case launched an effort Monday to block the release of a final report by special counsel Jack Smith that also addresses the election interference case. Both cases against Trump have been dismissed. Lawyers for defendants Walt Nauta and …
Read More »China says 53 dead after 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet
HONG KONG — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities Tuesday, killing at least 53 people, Chinese state media reported. The earthquake, which was recorded just after 9 a.m. (8 p.m. ET Monday), was centered at a depth of nearly 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological …
Read More »Donald Trump Jr. to visit Greenland as president-elect ramps up calls for acquiring the territory
Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that his eldest son will visit Greenland amid increased calls by the president-elect that the U.S. should control the autonomous territory owned by Denmark. “I am hearing that the people of Greenland are ‘MAGA,'” Trump wrote on his social media platform. “My son, Don Jr, …
Read More »6 arrested after man was lured to campus, beaten in TikTok-inspired attack, police say
Six college students in Massachusetts were accused of luring an active duty service member whom they falsely described as a sexual predator to their campus, where he was chased by a group of more than two dozen people and assaulted, authorities said. One of the students charged told police that …
Read More »Biden meets with families of victims of New Orleans attack
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday met with families, survivors and local law enforcement affected by the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others. They met privately shortly before Biden arrived at St. Louis Cathedral, where he’s scheduled to speak at …
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