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A muse for musicians: 11 songs inspired by Brigitte Bardot
NEW YORK (AP) — In addition to being a 1960s French sex symbol, actor, singer…
Thai and Cambodian top diplomats meet in China to solidify ceasefire
BEIJING (AP) — Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two days of talks…
UK leader criticized for applauding return of man freed from Egyptian prison as old tweets resurface
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. prime minister is facing criticism after he celebrated the return…
Libya mourns military chief killed in Turkey plane crash
MISRATA, Libya (AP) — Hundreds of people on Sunday mourned western Libya’s military chief and…
Hounded by photographers for years, Bardot identified with the animals she later set out to save
PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot felt each pop of the flashbulb like the impact of…
Thailand’s political parties name prime minister candidates for February election
BANGKOK (AP) — Political parties in Thailand on Sunday registered their candidates for the next…
A building collapse in South Africa kills three people, including a 1-year-old
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three people, including a one-year-old child, died when a two-story building collapsed…
Polls open for Myanmar’s first election since military seized power
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of…
Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks…
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Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky…
Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jeffrey R. Holland, a high-ranking official in the Church of…
Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes
BOSTON (AP) — More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast…
Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talks
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza ’s…
Fire in Old Port of Portland, Maine, damages its historic waterfront and sinks at least 1 boat
A fire tore through the historic Old Port waterfront in Portland, Maine, the day after…
Bus accident leaves 15 dead in Guatemala and government declares 3-day national mourning period
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — An intermunicipal bus veered off a road in Guatemala and…
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Taiwan…
Russia hits Kyiv with missiles and drones the day before Zelenskyy and Trump meet
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday,…
Brazilian judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian judge on Saturday issued house arrest orders for 10…
Photos show the destruction after Russia’s latest attacks on Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has attacked Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones, killing one…
African regional bodies reject recognition of Somaliland by Israel
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected the recognition of Somalia’s…
Hundreds mourn in Syria’s Homs after deadly mosque bombing
HOMS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday in the rain and cold outside…
Indonesian rescuers search for a Spanish coach and 3 children after tour boat sinks
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers searched for a Spanish soccer coach and his three…
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen warns United Arab Emirates-backed separatists of immediate action
CAIRO (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen warned Saturday it would immediately respond to…
Photos show California homes buried in mud and debris during Christmas storms
WRIGHTWOOD, California (AP) — Towns across California have been affected by storms during Christmas week,…