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History was made across Tuesday's 89th annual Academy Awards nominations, where the retro musical "La La Land" reaped a record-tying 14 nominations and a wave of African-American films, led by the luminous coming-of-age portrait "Moonlight," resoundingly toppled two straight years of "so white" Oscars.

JUBA, South Sudan — Warnings of possible genocide hang over the world's youngest nation, but here on a basketball court under a fierce morning sun, South Sudan's civil war seems like another country.

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina — An apparent explosion occurred near the time and place an Argentine submarine went missing, the country's navy reported Thursday, prompting relatives of the vessel's 44 crew members to burst into tears and some to say they had lost hope of a rescue.

PARIS — When the French Open final was played a year ago, Sloane Stephens was nowhere near Roland Garros. She was in Chicago with coach Kamau Murray, working her way back from a foot injury that required surgery and sidelined her for 11 months.

BANGKOK — Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land and other resources undermine food systems, the...

Senior White House officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, according to a new congressional report citing whistle-blowers within the Trump administration.

A man from Payao province committed suicide and asked a love song be played at his funeral.

(18 February) The Bangkok administration has closed down 4 schools in the vicinity of anti-government protest campsites as clashes between the demonstrators and riot police intensified.

CHONBURI — The songthaew bus driver who was reportedly shot while chasing tourist-robbing thieves in Pattaya will receive an award from Thai authorities in the near future, an official said.

SYDNEY — A hunter lost in the remote West Australian Outback for a week ate ants to survive, police revealed today.