By Leah Asmelash, CNN There’s a scene halfway through “Mississippi Masala,” where Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury are just talking. They’re both lying in their respective beds, a phone cradled to their ears. His hands fiddle with the bottom of his shirt, exposing a soft belly. Hers absentmindedly run through her hair; the camera pans
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese authorities have arrested nine people on suspicion of violently assaulting several women at a restaurant after surveillance footage of the attack sparked widespread outrage. Footage from a barbecue restaurant in the northern city of Tangshan on Friday showed one of the men approaching a table
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Wedeman, CNN At first glance Bakhmut doesn’t look like a city at war. As we drove into the city in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on a warm sunny morning, men in orange vests tend to the roses. The tall trees shading the streets are thick with leaves. Traffic is light
Continue ReadingBy Ben Wedeman, CNN At first glance Bakhmut doesn’t look like a city at war. As we drove into the city in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on a warm sunny morning, men in orange vests tend to the roses. The tall trees shading the streets are thick with leaves. Traffic is light because
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN A string of Republican candidates who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington and marched to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, are winning or could win primaries in competitive congressional districts, offering what could be the clearest test yet of whether general election voters still care about the
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced a man to die for the April stabbing death of a Coptic Christian priest in an attack that shocked the Arab world’s most populous nation. Nehru Tawfiq, 60, was convicted Saturday in Alexandria criminal court of murder for killing 56-year-old priest Arsanious Wadid and illegal possession of
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN It sounds like a scenario from another era. Millions of paper immigration files are stored in a sprawling network of limestone caves around Kansas City. Some of those underground storage facilities operated with reduced staffing during much of the pandemic. And now, a group of people are suing the government,
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Heather Chen, CNN South Korea will “dramatically” strengthen its defensive capabilities, its defense minister said Sunday amid international concern that Pyongyang is reviving its nuclear testing program. “Our government will strengthen capabilities to better implement the US extended deterrence and will dramatically enhance response capabilities of the Republic of Korea military
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Heather Chen, CNN Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday accused the United States of being a “bully” and “hijacking” countries around the region, during a combative speech in which he said his country would “fight to the very end” to stop Taiwanese independence. “Taiwan is first and foremost China’s Taiwan,”
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leads in early results from Saturday’s special primary for the state’s only U.S. House seat, as voters whittled down the list of 48 candidates running for the position that was held for 49 years by the late U.S. Rep. Don Young.
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Chris Boyette, CNN Five teenagers and a 9-year-old were shot Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky, police said. The shooting happened on the Big Four Bridge, a former railroad span that is now used by pedestrians and cyclists near Waterfront Park, the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department said. “We know the park was
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press KYKKOS MONASTERY, Cyprus (AP) — Archimandrite Agathonikos bows before the silver-covered icon of the Virgin Mary to offer prayers for an end to the war between “peoples of the same religion” in Ukraine. Until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox faithful visiting Cyprus would
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press KYKKOS MONASTERY, Cyprus (AP) — Archimandrite Agathonikos bows before the silver-covered icon of the Virgin Mary to offer prayers for an end to the war between “peoples of the same religion” in Ukraine. Until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox faithful visiting Cyprus would
Continue ReadingBy JAMES BROOKS Associated Press VISBY, Sweden (AP) — Swedish decision-makers demilitarized the Baltic Sea island of Gotland at the start of the century. That’s how far-fetched the idea of having to defend it against a foreign invasion seemed at the time. Now, the Swedish Armed Forces are back and practicing with U.S. troops not
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Ozzie Albies and the Atlanta Braves have won 10 straight going into their home game Sunday against Pittsburgh, while rookie Bryson Stott and the Phillies have a nine-game winning streak as they host Arizona. This marks just the third time since divisional play started in 1969 that two teams began a
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Casey Dana and Matt Donlan each drove in three runs and UConn held off a late Stanford rally to beat the Cardinal 13-12 in Game 1 of the best-of-three Stanford Super Regional. Un-seeded UConn (50-14) can clinch a berth in the College World Series with a win in Sunday’s Game 2.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to keep its parliamentary majority after the first round of voting Sunday, but will likely have far fewer seats than five years ago, according to projections. Projections based on partial election results showed that at the national level, Macron’s
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to keep its parliamentary majority after the first round of voting Sunday, but will likely have far fewer seats than five years ago, according to projections. Projections based on partial election results showed that at the national level, Macron’s
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Dylan Moore hit a walk-off single to center field off Boston reliever Hansel Robles in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Saturday night. The Mariners entered the bottom of the ninth trailing 6-5 after Seattle native Bobby Dalbec broke
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Sonny DiChiara hit a two-run home run, Brody Moore’s sacrifice fly in the top of the third gave Auburn the lead for good and the Tigers bullpen allowed just one run over 8 1/3 innings of relief in their 7-5 win over Oregon State on Saturday night in Game 1 of
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