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U.S. President Donald Trump said that he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries early Monday. Dubai International Airport — the world’s busiest — suspended operations after a drone struck a fuel tank, starting a fire. Authorities said …
In an interview Sunday with the Financial Times, Trump said China’s reliance on oil from the Middle East means it ought to help with a new coalition he is trying to put together to get oil tanker traffic moving through the strait after Iran’s threats have throttled global flows of oil. Trump said “we’d like …
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lawyers are expected to give closing arguments Monday in the trial of a Utah woman who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband and was later accused of killing him. What was scheduled to be a five-week trial was cut short last week when defendant …
“No to war and free Palestine,” actor Javier Bardem said onstage before presenting best international feature film. He wore a patch reading “No a la Guerra,” the same anti-war slogan he sported to protest the Iraq war more than two decades ago. As Hollywood’s awards season comes to a close with the Oscars, political organizers …
March 16 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a coup five years ago, in one of the final steps in a nominal return to democracy where its powerful military retains tight control. The gathering of the new parliament comes after a recent phased election dominated by the army-backed Union …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” which takes on the Russian leader’s propaganda and patriotism program for the nation’s youth after the invasion of Ukraine, won the Oscar for best documentary feature Sunday. “In the name of our future, in the name of all of our children, stop all of these wars now,” …
They’re going up, up, up; it’s their moment. EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park — the team behind the global smash “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” — took home the original song award at the Oscars on Sunday. It is a first-time win …
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants were set to strike Monday morning in Colorado in what union representatives said would be the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse since the 1980s. The strike at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley was set to begin …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson has long stood among modern cinema’s most influential filmmakers. Now he has an Oscar to match. “They make a guy work hard for these,” Anderson said while glancing down at the trophy. Earlier in Sunday’s ceremony, he won his first-ever Oscar for best adapted screenplay and took home …
MIAMI (AP) — Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony homered and the United States limited the Dominican Republic’s electric offense to win a thrilling semifinal 2-1 on Sunday and move one win from capturing its second World Baseball Classic championship. The loaded American roster led by NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes and featuring stars …