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France is on the brink as Macron's government faces no-confidence votes

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- France could sink deeper into political crisis Thursday when the prime minister faces two attempts in Parliament to topple his fragile new government, which could leave President... Read More


In 'Blue Moon,' Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke's portrait of an artist

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Richard Linklater likes to joke that if he and Ethan Hawke didn't know each other so well, Hawke probably would have punched him during the making of "Blue Moon." The two Texans... Read More


New Zealand official says Pacific nations threatened by great power contest over deep sea minerals

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- New Zealand's defense minister warned in an interview that small countries in the South Pacific face growing pressure from great power competition for their rare minerals and fis... Read More


Guatemala's president accepts resignations of top security officials after gang escape

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo accepted the resignations of three top security officials Wednesday as the fallout from Sunday's admission that 20 gang members had escaped ... Read More


Tributes pour in for former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga, who has died at 80

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya, died on Wednesday in India, where he was traveling when he suffered a heart attack. While he never became president of his East A... Read More


In 'Mr. Scorsese,' fitting a filmmaking titan into the frame

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The first time the filmmaker Rebecca Miller met Martin Scorsese was on the set of 2002's "Gangs of New York." Miller's husband, Daniel Day-Lewis, was starring in it. There, Mille... Read More


Indonesia to buy 42 fighter jets from China marking its first non-Western aircraft purchase deal

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Indonesia's top defense official said Wednesday that Jakarta will acquire at least 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets, marking the country's first non-Western aircraft pu... Read More


Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders returns to Dutch campaign trail after drone plot threat

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Dutch far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders said Wednesday that he's returning to the campaign trail, with two weeks to go before a general election after he briefly suspended his ele... Read More


Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African democracy efforts, dies at 80

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized ... Read More


Read what a Chinese officer wrote of D-Day in his diary salvaged in Hong Kong

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first morsel of one of World War II's most closely guarded secrets: Prepare yourselves,... Read More