Month: December 2023

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The renowned chief from the Amazon rainforest and the Belgian filmmaker appeared to be close friends at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Far from the flashing cameras, however, their decades-long partnership was nearing its end. With his feathered crown and wooden lip plate, Chief Raoni

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was considered to be among the world’s most productive partnerships between an Indigenous chief and a Westerner. For five decades, the Amazonian tribal leader and Belgian film director enlisted presidents and royals, even Pope Francis, to improve the lives of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples and

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV says an accident in a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has left three people dead. Four people were cleaning a bunker used to store coal when the accident occurred on Wednesday. It was unclear what caused the accident. Rescue workers were able to save one person,

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. James Comer, who is leading the House Republicans’ impeachment investigation of Joe Biden, has focused on the Biden family’s use of “shell companies.” Comer says the president’s family has used such companies to obscure their earnings from “shady” business deals. But Comer has a shell company

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky congressman who’s leading House Republicans’ impeachment investigation of President Joe Biden has focused on the Biden family’s use of shell companies. Rep. James Comer says the Democratic president’s family has used such companies to obscure its earnings from “shady” business deals. But Comer has

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the presidential election no one is really jazzed about. Relatively few Americans are excited about a potential rematch of the 2020 election between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, although more Republicans would be satisfied to have Trump as their nominee than

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy have urged a judge to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial. A ruling either way would likely be

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Mouse is about to belong to you and me. The earliest version of Disney’s most famous character, and arguably the most iconic character in American pop culture, will become public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. That’s because the copyright on his first screen appearance,

By BERT WILKINSON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela have promised in a tense meeting that neither side will use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with