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Sharon Stone, left, looks on as American producer Harvey Weinstein, right, speaks at the 62nd Cannes International film festival, in Antibes, southern France. Photo: Matt Sayles / Associated Press

Is Cannes Ready to Adapt to the Age of #MeToo?

The experience of watching a few dozen or more films inside two weeks at the Cannes Film Festival can be jarring, exhilarating and exhausting — even for those who live and breathe cinema.

WALL-E and EVE on Way to Mars Aboard Nasa’s InSight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA's next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet: a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks.
This image released by Marvel Studios shows, front row from left, Danai Gurira, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Scarlet Johansson and Sebastian Stan in a scene from "Avengers: Infinity War," premiering on April 27. Photo: Chuck Zlotnick / Marvel Studios via AP

‘Infinity War’ to Set Record, Fastest to Surpass $1 Billion

NEW YORK — "Avengers: Infinity War" is poised to set a record for fastest film to rake in $1 billion in business.
Lava from the Kilauea volcano moves across the road Saturday in the Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii. Photo: Marco Garcia / Associated Press

Dangers Grow From Erupting Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii

PAHOA, Hawaii — Hundreds of anxious residents on the Big Island of Hawaii hunkered down Saturday for what could be weeks or months of upheaval as the dangers from an erupting Kilauea volcano continued to grow.
Photo: Andrea Sartorati / Wikimedia Commons

Ex-Man United Manger Ferguson Has Emergency Brain Surgery

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United says former manager Alex Ferguson has undergone emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage.

With Taj Mahal Turning a Bit Green, Indian Court Gets Mad

NEW DELHI — The Taj Mahal, that shining white monument to love, is turning a little ... green. And yellow. And black.
Hundreds of Korean Air Lines Co. pilots, cabin crew and other workers staged a rally Friday in Seoul saying they can't take any more abuse from the company's founding family. The banners at center read "Out, Cho Yang-ho." Photo: Lee Jin-man / Associated Press

Korean Air Pilots, Crew Protest Abuse by Founding Family

SEOUL — Hundreds of Korean Air Lines Co. pilots, cabin crew and other workers staged a rally Friday night in Seoul saying they can't take any more abuse from the company's founding family.
A man watches a TV screen showing file footages of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Lee Jin-man / Associated Press

NK Summit Plans Set, US Troop Drawdown Not on Table: Trump

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered his latest teaser Friday for a historic U.S. summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set but he's not saying when and where.
The image on Friday shows lava flowing over Mohala Street in the Leilani Estates area near Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Photo: Hawaii Electric Light / Associated Press

Quakes, Lava and Gas: Hawaii Residents Flee Volcanic Threats

PAHOA, Hawaii — Many rural residents living on an erupting volcano in Hawaii fled the threat of lava that spewed into the air in bursts of fire and pushed up steam from cracks in roadways Friday,while others tried to get back to their homes.

Nobel Literature Prize Will Not Be Awarded This Year

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Swedish Academy says the Nobel Prize in literature will be not awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body's reputation.

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