Penélope Cruz has won one of Spain’s top cinema awards for her contribution to Spanish film. The jury of the 2022 National Cinema award was unanimous in its decision to honor the Madrid-born star. …
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6/6/22
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The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has urged Iran to cooperate with his inspectors amid a standoff over its atomic program and a threat by Western nations to censure Tehran over its …
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By EMILY SCHULTHEIS
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6/6/22
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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s 11-day trial on charges of defrauding soccer governing body FIFA starts Wednesday. The case finally brings the epic downfall of soccer’s former world leaders …
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR
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6/6/22
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India is facing major diplomatic outrage from Muslim countries after two top officials in the ruling Hindu nationalist party made derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet. At least five Arab …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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6/6/22
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Several dozen World War II veterans were expected to attend D-Day commemoration ceremonies Monday in France. For two years, D-Day ceremonies were reduced to a minimum amid COVID-19 restrictions. This …
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By SYLVIE CORBET and JEFF SCHAEFFER
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6/6/22
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Ukraine has missed out on qualifying for the World Cup after the war-disrupted team lost 1-0 to Wales in the European playoff final for the FIFA soccer showpiece. Andriy Yarmolenko inadvertently …
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By ROB HARRIS
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6/5/22
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been bountiful in decorating ideological allies, ministers, loyalists and family members with medals and honors. He's even received six himself from his own …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DÉBORA ALVARES
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6/5/22
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State TV says the death toll in a catastrophic tower collapse in southwestern Iran has risen to at least 38. The report Sunday says emergency workers pulled another body from the rubble amid fears …
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6/5/22
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Greek firefighters are battling a wildfire for a second day near two Athens suburbs. Local media reported some damage to houses as well as vehicles with 65 fire engines and 283 firefighters still …
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By DEMETRIS NELLAS and THEODORA TONGAS
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6/5/22
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Pope Francis has added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate. The Vatican announced Saturday he would visit the central Italian city of L’Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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6/5/22
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Albania’s parliament elected its top military official as the country’s new president. That took place Saturday after no candidates were nominated for three rounds of voting. Gen.-Maj. Bajram …
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By LLAZAR SEMINI
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6/4/22
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Police in Germany say the body of a fifth victim has been been found beneath a train that derailed Friday in the Alps in southern Germany. The man’s body was discovered after initial attempts to …
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6/4/22
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Authorities say a train accident in the Alps in southern Germany on Friday left at least four people dead and many more injured. Police said the regional train headed for Munich appears to have …
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6/3/22
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Pakistani health authorities have confirmed the seventh case of polio so far this year, saying it was registered in the country’s former Taliban stronghold in the northwest, a region bordering …
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By MUNIR AHMED
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6/3/22
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Sunday’s gubernatorial elections in six Mexican states may be the high-water mark for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, which is poised to take at least four of the six …
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By MARK STEVENSON
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6/3/22
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Nigeria's police say the country's security forces are still looking for suspects in the abduction of the head of the Methodist Church Nigeria who was freed in exchange for a ransom of 100 million …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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6/3/22
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Russia has successfully launched a spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station. The unmanned Progress MS-20 ship blasted off as scheduled on Friday from the Russia-leased Baikonur …
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6/3/22
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U.N. experts say Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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6/3/22
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Once a key ally of Ethiopia’s federal government in its deadly war in the country’s northern Tigray region, the neighboring Amhara region has become the setting for thousands of government-led …
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6/3/22
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For more than three centuries, Mughal emperor Aurangzeb remained relegated to India's history books. Until recently, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others from his Hindu nationalist party …
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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6/3/22
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