PARIS – Authorities urged residents on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to shelter indoors Sunday as a powerful storm bore down packing hurricane-force winds. Forecaster Meteo France issued a code red cyclone alert for the storm, named Belal, and said it was expected to be “very dangerous.” “Be careful, stay … Read more
KARACHI, Pakistan – From Berlin to London and Limassol to Karachi, tens of thousands of people took to the streets Sunday to mark the 100th day of Israel’s war with Hamas. Opposing demonstrations either demanded the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas or called for a ceasefire in Gaza. In the southern … Read more
A moment of silence was observed and then shouts of “free Palestine” rang out ahead of the Asian Cup game between Iran and the Palestinian soccer team on Sunday. As the Israel-Hamas war reached the 100-day mark both teams lined up in the center of the field at Education City Stadium and an … Read more
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo is scheduled to be sworn into office Sunday afternoon. But just like almost every day since his resounding Aug. 20 election victory, the inauguration will be tinged with doubts and tensions. The still-serving Attorney General, Consuelo Porras, has tried every legal trick in the book to … Read more
NEW YORK – Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actress whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, has died. She was 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, her … Read more
Winter storms and cinema closures in North America didn’t dampen the opening weekend for ” Mean Girls. ” The Paramount release, adapted from the Broadway musical and the 2004 Tiny Fey movie, earned US$28 million in its first three days in theaters according to studio estimates Sunday. Not accounting for inflation, that’s more than … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A war of words erupted the day after Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections, with Taiwan on Sunday accusing China of making “fallacious comments” and China criticizing the U.S. for congratulating the winner. The verbal sparring highlighted the seemingly intractable divide over Taiwan’s fate, a major flashpoint in U.S.-China relations that … Read more
Subfreezing temperatures across much of the U.S. left millions of Americans facing potentially dangerous cold Sunday as Arctic storms threatened near-blizzard conditions in the northeast and several inches of snow in portions of the South. The National Weather Service warned that windy, subfreezing conditions in Montana and the Dakotas could push wind chills … Read more
Squished in the back seat of a ride share, Nelly Furtado was dreaming up her comeback single. It was Valentine’s Day last year and the “Promiscuous” hitmaker was en route to a Philadelphia recording studio with a carload of friends and collaborators. That’s when one of them pulled out his laptop. Australian … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia – Until he took on defending champion Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena on opening Sunday in Australia, Dino Prizmic had never played a Grand Slam match. The 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, who was born seven months after Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut in 2005, made it last as long as … Read more
