Life & Style | A CGI James Dean is cast in new film, sparking an outcry

James Dean hasn’t been alive in 64 years, but the “Rebel Without a Cause” actor has been cast in a new film about the Vietnam War.

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CHINA A court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers yesterday in a case that is the culmination of a rare collaboration between Chinese and U.S. law enforcement to crack

The Buzz | Drought parches southern Africa, millions faced with hunger

An estimated 45 million people are threatened with hunger due to a severe drought that is strangling wide stretches of southern Africa. International aid agencies said they

Ivanka Trump meets with female landowners on Morocco trip

Visiting Morocco for the first time, Ivanka Trump received a warm welcome yesterday from women in a region of the country where they are benefiting from changes that

Climate change | Zimbabwe’s severe drought killing elephants, other wildlife

Weak from hunger and thirst, the elephant struggled to reach a pool of water in this African wildlife reserve. But the majestic mammal got stuck in the mud surrounding the

This Day in History | 1972 – Nixon takes second term by landslide

President Richard Nixon has won an overwhelming victory in the US presidential elections for a second term in the White House. He took 61% of the popular vote, compared with 38%

Offbeat | Storm briefly frees historic barge stuck above Niagara Falls

Parks officials are monitoring a century-old grounded barge that briefly broke loose during a storm last week in the river just above Niagara Falls. WGRZ says the rusty iron scow had

Shakira plans a Latin tribute at upcoming Super Bowl

Colombian music star Shakira says she will pay homage to Latin culture alongside Jennifer Lopez at the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show in Miami. Speaking Monday in Barcelona, Spain where

Annette Bening to receive AARP Movies for Grownups award

Annette Bening will receive AARP the Magazine’s lifetime achievement honor at the Movies for Grownups Awards next year. The magazine announced Tuesday that Bening will accept the career achievement award at

The Buzz | Striking teachers rally in Croatia for higher wages

More than 2,000 teachers and other employees in Croatia’s education system have rallied in the capital of Zagreb to press for higher wages after being on strike for nearly a

Bank of England awaits election outcome before moving rates

Under normal circumstances, the Bank of England would be looking to cut interest rates. The economy is slowing and inflation is below target. But these are no normal times in Britain,

World Briefs

CHINA President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron as giving a boost to multilateralism and free trade, amid ongoing economic tensions with Washington. The two

UK parties promise end to Brexit agony if they win election

Britain’s three major political parties wooed weary voters yesterday, all promising an end to Brexit wrangling if they win next month’s national election — but offering starkly different visions of

Turkey says it captured slain IS leader’s sister in Syria

Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an

This Day in History | 1996 – ‘Comeback Kid’ wins second term

He is the first Democratic President in US history to be re-elected since Franklin D Roosevelt, taking 49.2% of the popular vote to Mr Dole’s 40.8%. With voter turnout at its

Offbeat | SEC: ‘King Perry’ used Ponzi cash to live like royalty

The fraudster called himself “King Perry,” and for a while he lived like royalty. Perry Santillo masterminded a long-running investment scam that collected more than $115 million from 1,000 investors around

Carol Burnett returning to ‘Mad About You’ revival

Carol Burnett will be among the familiar faces gracing the “Mad About You” revival. Sony Pictures Television announced yesterday that Burnett will reprise her Emmy-winning role as the mother of

Dutch Olympic sprinter jailed in drug smuggling case

The Dutch Olympic sprinter Madiea Ghafoor was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison on drug charges in Germany. The court in the town of Kleve found Ghafoor knowingly imported around

George Orwell New Mexico exhibit bares ‘doublespeak’ legacy

War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Those were the slogans of the Party in George Orwell’s 1949 novel “1984” that allowed the superstate of Oceania to keep its

The Buzz | EU hopes US will rethink choice to pull out of climate pact

The European Union has voiced regret at the U.S. government’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement and expressed hopes that one of the world’s biggest CO2 emitters

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