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Oscar presenters to include Colman, Malek, King and Ali

LOS ANGELES — The winners of last year’s acting Academy Awards will return to the Oscar stage next month to present the coveted statuettes.
19:20 21 January 2022

Backatcha: Thunberg returns Trump’s climate jibe

DAVOS, Switzerland — Greta Thunberg isn't easily intimidated.
18:38 21 January 2022

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1

Celebrity birthdays for the week of of Jan. 26-Feb. 1.
17:32 21 January 2022

As a producer, Victoria Monét reaches longtime Grammy goal

NEW YORK — Take a look at the list of producers nominated for album of the year at this year’s Grammy Awards, and yes, you’ll notice it is still a boy...
17:10 21 January 2022

Belarus imports oil from Norway after Russia halts supplies

KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus started importing oil from Norway on Tuesday after Russia, its main oil provider, suspended supplies earlier this month amid s...
17:08 21 January 2022

Britain’s EU Journey: When De Gaulle said ‘non’ twice

LONDON — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the ...
16:55 21 January 2022

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announces Parkinson’s diagnosis

NEW YORK — Rocker Ozzy Osbourne says that he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement.
16:49 21 January 2022

Feds to let states tap opioid funds for meth, cocaine surge

WASHINGTON — Alarmed by a deadly new twist in the nation's drug addiction crisis, the government will allow states to use federal money earmarked for ...
16:43 21 January 2022

Winter storm lashes Spanish coast, leaves 4 dead, power cuts

MADRID — A winter storm lashed much of Spain for a third day Tuesday, leaving 200,000 people without electricity, schools closed and roads blocked by ...
16:43 21 January 2022

Legislator proposes gun restrictions, gets threatening memes

HUDSON, Ohio — An Ohio state representative who has proposed gun restrictions said he found memes that he considers threatening printed out and placed...
16:41 21 January 2022

German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic

NAUMBURG, Germany — A court in eastern Germany indicated Tuesday that it will likely reject a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant...
15:58 21 January 2022

Review: Love and fear drive migrants in `American Dirt’

“American Dirt,” Flatiron Books, by Jeanine Cummins
15:51 21 January 2022

UK Labour contest down to 4 contenders after Phillips quits

LONDON — One of the five contenders to lead Britain’s main opposition Labour Party dropped out of the race on Tuesday after struggling to build moment...
15:50 21 January 2022

Lawyer: Michael Avenatti too isolated in jail to help case

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti is housed in drug kingpin El Chapo's chilly former cell, making it impossible to properly prepare for an extortion trial t...
15:48 21 January 2022

Supreme Court won’t take case prompted by Flint water crisis

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declined to take a case stemming from the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
15:05 21 January 2022

The Latest: Trump calls new EU chief ‘very tough negotiator’

DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local):
14:56 21 January 2022

Chanel delves into founder’s orphanage past in couture show

PARIS — A humble stone fountain, overgrown scrubs and flowers and white sheets drying on a line met Chanel's curious guests, including Pharrell Willia...
14:55 21 January 2022

Nipsey Hussle’s legacy takes center stage at Grammy Awards

NEW YORK — Even before Nipsey Hussle laid down his first verse on “Higher,” DJ Khaled predicted he had a Grammy-nominated hit on his hands.
14:30 21 January 2022

Changing tack, French strikers turn off power to press govt

PARIS — Opening another front in their battle against the French government, protesting workers cut power to thousands of Parisians on Tuesday, plungi...
14:09 21 January 2022

Man arrested in San Antonio bar shooting argues self-defense

SAN ANTONIO — A 19-year-old man arrested in a San Antonio shooting that left two people dead and wounded five others said he was acting in self-defens...
13:35 21 January 2022

Global stocks slide on growing concern about China virus

BEIJING — Stock and oil prices fell Tuesday as concern about the potential impact of a Chinese disease outbreak increased and a rating agency cut Hong...
13:28 21 January 2022

Spain declares climate emergency, gets climate plan ready

MADRID — Spain’s new government declared a national climate emergency on Tuesday, taking a formal first step toward enacting ambitious measures to fig...
13:00 21 January 2022

AP PHOTOS: Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland — On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland. The Germans had already fled we...
11:31 21 January 2022

Experts defuse World War II bomb in German city of Cologne

BERLIN — Explosives experts on Tuesday successfully defused an unexploded American bomb from World War II in the western German city of Cologne, autho...
11:24 21 January 2022

IMF downgrade of growth outlook ups pressure on India’s Modi

NEW DELHI — A decision by the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its economic growth forecast for India is adding to pressure on Indian Prime Mi...
10:28 21 January 2022

Thai court acquits opposition party of sedition charge

BANGKOK — Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday acquitted the country's third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the constitutio...
7:13 21 January 2022

Survivor stories spotlight Auschwitz liberation anniversary

JERUSALEM — Shortly before they were rounded up by Nazi troops in Belgium and deported to Auschwitz in 1942, the parents of three-year-old Maurice Glu...
6:30 21 January 2022

2020 hopefuls stuck in Washington deploy surrogates for help

DES MOINES, Iowa — Steve Sovern had low expectations for a recent event he hosted to support Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign. Iowans are lege...
5:37 21 January 2022

Nepalese-owned operators take lead on world’s highest peaks

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Once relegated to support staff, Nepalese climbers famous for their skills on the world's highest peaks are emerging out of the sha...
3:30 21 January 2022

As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas

WUHAN, China — Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became the new norm as China strove Tuesday to control the ou...
2:57 21 January 2022