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CAIRO — Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry.

LOS ANGELES — California's deadly Christmas was marked by pleas to avoid holiday gatherings outside the home and indoor church services in what could be a make-or-break effort to curb a coronavirus surge that already has filled some hospitals well be

REGINA — As Kait Waugh closed the doors of her indoor plant shop when COVID-19 hit in the spring, she thought "uh-oh.

HONG KONG — Most people who head to Woosung Street in Hong Kong’s old-school neighbourhood of Jordan are visiting its popular restaurants serving everything from curries to seafood.

Rosa Otero prepares her dinner for another nightly meal in solitude.

BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territory — Bethlehem on Thursday ushered in Christmas Eve with a stream of joyous marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, but few people were there to greet them as the coronav

LOS ANGELES — Leslie West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several '70s rock anthems including “Mississippi Queen” with the popular band Mountain, has died. He was 75.

TORONTO — Drive-thru Christmas light festivals will be going dark in Ontario weeks earlier than organizers planned under Doug Ford's stricter COVID-19 measures that go into effect on Saturday.

1. “Promised Land” by Barack Obama (Crown) 2. “Cat Kid Comic Club” by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic) 3. “Greenlights” by Matthew McConaughey (Crown) 4. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End” by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) 5.

Years ago, Chris Pine turned “Wonder Woman” down.