Oscars 2018: ‘The Shape of Water’ wins best picture at awards show laced with social and political statements The Shape of Water,” a Cold War fantasy about a mute woman who falls in love with a humanoid sea creature, won the Oscar for best picture Sunday at the 90th Academy […]
The killer disease with no vaccine Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of a deadly disease. Lassa fever is one of a number of illnesses which can cause dangerous epidemics, but for which no vaccine currently exists. Lassa fever is not a new […]
Kamara scores in Galaxy debut, Alessandrini adds another Newcomer Ola Kamara and Romain Alessandrini scored two minutes apart in the first half and the Los Angeles Galaxy held off Portland 2-1 in a season opener Sunday night to spoil coach Giovanni Savarese’s Timbers debut. Kamara’s 35th career goal came in […]
He thought it was a blister. Now his foot has been amputated At first, Raul Reyes, 26, thought it was a blister from an injury at work. Then a yellowish mass spread across his right foot. The Houston day-care teacher is now coming to terms with the ravages of a […]
French minister to lay out concerns on ballistics, regional role in Iran visit France’s foreign minister was in Iran on Monday to reaffirm Europe’s commitment to a nuclear deal that opened the Iranian economy to investment, but also to echo concerns raised by U.S. President Donald Trump who has threatened […]
South Korean Envoys Fly to North Korea to Meet Kim Jong-un Top aides of President Moon Jae-in of South Korea flew to North Korea on Monday to meet its leader, Kim Jong-un, moving to improve inter-Korean relations and help start a dialogue between the North and the United States. Mr. […]
Expansion Los Angeles FC beats Seattle 1-0 in opener Diego Rossi scored in the 11th minute off a pass from Carlos Vela and expansion Los Angeles FC beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 on Sunday in the opener for both teams. Major League Soccer’s 23rd franchise got off to a sterling […]
Putin: Russia will ‘never’ extradite citizens accused by US Russia will “never” extradite any of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for election-meddling, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, even as he insisted they didn’t act on behalf of his government. Putin’s comments in an NBC News interview airing […]
Italy Election Gives Big Lift to Far Right and Populists Italians registered their dismay with the European political establishment on Sunday, handing a majority of votes in a national election to hard-right and populist forces that ran a campaign fueled by anti-immigrant anger. The election, the first in five years, […]
Bucks surge past Sixers in matchup of rising stars Down by 20 points in the first quarter and 19 in the third isn’t how the Milwaukee Bucks drew up their critical clash against the Philadelphia 76ers. But as Bucks co-owner Wes Edens said this summer, “Guys in Philly want to […]
