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LAS VEGAS -- At a Frank Sinatra-themed restaurant in the lobby of Encore, a luxury hotel and casino on the Vegas strip, Colombian musician J Balvin sat down to discuss his interest in Formula One. Balvin was the only artist at last month’s…

Students have again heeded the call of their peers to skip school as they turned out to block streets in Australian cities in support of Palestine.Hundreds of students showed up outside Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station on Thursday to…

Some of the words tied to this year's hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying them aloud, with stumpers ranging from the first name of “Oppenheimer” star Cillian Murphy to the singer SZA to the name of a…

A US man who spouted “Christian end-of-days ideology” to terrorists who shot dead two police officers in Queensland has been identified as Donald Day Jr.The Arizona man is alleged to have years of contact with Wieambilla residents Stacey…

Las Vegas police have responded to reports of a shooter on the local campus of the University of Nevada, where there appeared to be multiple victims, and then reported the suspect was “deceased”.The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department,…

PARIS -- French authorities will carry out checks at 10,000 hotels and restaurants across France ahead of the Paris Olympics next year in order to limit expected massive price hikes during the Games.Tourism minister Olivia Gregoire said…

Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, where officials are reporting new infections and deaths from the virus this weekByBABA AHMED Associated PressDecember 6, 2023, 8:03 AMBAMAKO, Mali -- Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, where officials…

LONDON -- Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his handling of COVID-19 on Wednesday at a public inquiry into the pandemic, saying his government “got some things wrong” but did its best.Johnson began two days of questioning…

Iranian media say authorities have arrested a popular singer who had criticized the government after he was handed over by police in TurkeyByThe Associated PressDecember 6, 2023, 4:36 AMDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iranian authorities…

Four more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS are to begin their mandatory South Korean military duties soonByThe Associated PressDecember 5, 2023, 11:05 PMFILE - Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS, V, SUGA, JIN, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin,…