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French directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon have been taken into police custody for questioning on accusations of sexual assault made against them by actress and director Judith Godrèche. French...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan — Park rangers on Japan’s sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year’s climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees and limiting hiker...

Nike Inc. reported quarterly sales that fell short of expectations — adding urgency to the world’s largest sportswear company’s efforts to strengthen ties with its retail partners and speed up...

Britain’s largest Jewish LGBT charity has pulled out of London’s Pride parade over safety concerns about pro-Palestinian protests. Keshet UK and the West London Synagogue have said their members fear...

Joe Biden’s family told him Sunday to fight on after his disastrous debate performance in a verdict delivered at a Camp David gathering for an Annie Leibovitz photoshoot. The president’s...

Taiwanese authorities are investigating reports that a Chinese state-backed journalist has been wielding her influence behind the scenes at a Taiwanese broadcaster to push Chinese propaganda surreptitiously to Taiwanese audiences....

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is maintaining its focus on British TV drama with another big acquisition deal. The studio has upped its minority shareholding in Alex Rider producer Eleventh Hour...

Belarus on Sunday issued a nuclear threat amid rising tensions at its border with Ukraine. The country will be prepared to use nonstrategic nuclear weapons if its sovereignty and independence...

The Canada Revenue Agency is ramping up efforts to recover overpayments of pandemic-related benefits to individuals as more than $9 billion remains owed.  The agency said Thursday that starting in...

European financial markets breathed a sigh of relief on Monday morning after the first round of France’s parliamentary elections left President Emmanuel Macron’s party with a fighting chance of still...