Tag Archives: International

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The United Nations has enlisted a slew of celebrities including multi-Grammy winner Beyonc, actor Don Cheadle and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for a film promoting ...

PHILADELPHIA - Legal advocates are lining up on both sides of actor Bill Cosby's appeal as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to review his 2018 sex assault conviction. Cosby was the first celebr...

LONDON - Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company decided to hire a Chinese actor to replace him in an ad he created....

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A burger shop in the South Korean capital is a bit different from typical fast food restaurants: Its key staff are robots. From order to pick-up, customers don't need a sin...

BERLIN - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany where he's recuperating from being poisoned with a nerve agent, wryly joking a...

ATLANTA - Rapper and actor T.I. has settled civil charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he helped promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris,...

HOUSTON - A Texas police officer has been charged with assault for fatally shooting a woman after a struggle over the officer's stun gun last year, prosecutors announced Monday. A Harris County grand ...

NEW YORK - Fiction by Ocean Vuong and Yoko Ogawa, a prison memoir by Alfred Woodfox and a graphic memoir based on actor George Takei's childhood in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese Americans are th...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday and is recovering in isolation with her family at home, officials said. Evette had a sore throat and headac...

MADISON, Wis. - For those who find it "inconceivable" for President Donald Trump to serve a second term, Wisconsin Democrats offered a star-packed live-streamed script reading of "The Princess Bride" ...