Several cars at the back of a motorcade carrying US Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz have crashed while heading from the airport to a campaign stop in Milwaukee but Walz was unhurt. President Joe Biden called and spoke to Walz a short time later, as the president was travelling to a separate campaign stop … Read more
LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic. It’s beating him up for not finishing out his latest theater role after he fell off the stage during a June performance of “Player Kings” and spent three nights in the hospital. “Emotionally, I feel guilty and ashamed, you know, quite irrational … Read more
Tens of thousands of angry Israelis surged into the streets after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a ceasefire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home. The mass outpouring on Sunday appeared to be the largest such demonstration since the conflict escalated 11 months ago, … Read more
VENICE, Italy — Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returns to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Monday. “The Room Next Door” will have its world premiere on the Lido in the evening. Though a new Almodóvar film is always an event for cinephiles, this one has special significance: It’s his English-language … Read more
BANGKOK — For three months in 2016, a British journalist working in Myanmar traveled across the Southeast Asian country on trains with a mission to find out where they led, who built them, and why. Clare Hammond arrived in Myanmar during a period of hope amid a transition to civilian rule, as Aung San Suu … Read more
VENICE, Italy — VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Brutalist,” a post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor attempting to rebuild a life in America, is a fantasy. But filmmaker Brady Corbet wishes it weren’t. “The film is about the physical manifestation of the trauma of the 20th century,” Corbet said Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Seeking to ease access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, Poland’s government is issuing guidelines to doctors Friday that reaffirm the legality of such procedures, based on medical recommendations. Under the current law, abortions for health reasons are permitted but the previous conservative government limited some … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal — In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer. “You just have to find the loop that you want. Cut it, duplicate the sample, and then add your … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza until Wednesday before moving … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, will marry American self-professed shaman Durek Verret on Saturday in a picturesque corner of southern Norway. The wedding comes amid widespread criticism of the couple’s actions and waning support for the Scandinavian royals, who have been plagued by negative reports about an unruly family … Read more
