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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, has died. He was 88. Oe, who was also an outspoken anti-nuclear and peace activist, died on March 3,

By SYAWALLUDIN ZAIN Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Michelle Yeoh’s mother cried for joy for her “little princess” when the Malaysian became the first Asian to win the best actress Oscar. Yeoh’s family and two Cabinet ministers were among the supporters at a special Academy Awards viewing party Monday morning in Kuala Lumpur.

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ke Huy Quan has won the supporting actor Oscar to complete an inspiring Hollywood comeback story. The Vietnam-born actor was honored for his role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in which he plays three different incarnations of his character. Quan rode a huge wave of

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brendan Fraser has won the Oscar for best actor, completing the kind of career comeback that Hollywood has always loved. He accepted the trophy for “The Whale,” in which Fraser plays a 600-pound reclusive gay English teacher desperate to restore his relationship with his daughter. Fraser

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth E. Carter hs made history: The costume designer behind the “Black Panther” films has become the first Black woman to win two Oscars. Carter took home best costume designer for the Marvel sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The win gave Carter her second

DALLAS (AP) — Police in Dallas have confirmed four people died in a Sunday night shooting at an apartment building. Dallas Police Department Public Information Officer Juan Fernandez says officers responded around 7:10 p.m. to a report of a shooting in the 3500 block of Villaverde Avenue in the Northwest Dallas area. Fernandez says four

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia’s president has accused China of “political warfare” in a letter to other national leaders. The Pacific island country has discussed switching diplomatic allegiance from China to Taiwan in exchange for $50 million. President David Panuelo says China has been using nefarious tactics, including spying

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — To outsiders, they looked like simple stacks of paper. But for Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign, they represented a missed opportunity. A month before Iowa’s 2016 presidential caucuses, mountains of so-called pledge cards sat in the corner of Trump’s suburban Des Moines state headquarters. They contained

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is poised to testify Monday before a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush-money payments he arranged and made on the former president’s behalf. Cohen’s impending grand jury appearance was confirmed by two people familiar with the matter who

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia’s economy and especially its oligarchs with the intent of thwarting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. US. officials say efforts will now focus on lawfully liquidating the property of Russian oligarchs, and expanding financial penalties

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet with two of America’s closest allies to announce that Australia will buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the U.S. to modernize its fleet. The agreement comes as concerns grow about China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Biden is traveling

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The dual directing team known as the Daniels have won the Oscar for best director. The team of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert took the elite filmmaking prize Sunday night for their movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” beating out Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg and

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEJIING (AP) — President Xi Jinping is calling for China to play a bigger role in managing global affairs after Beijing scored a diplomatic coup by hosting talks that produced an agreement by Saudi Arabia and Iran to reopen diplomatic relations. Xi spoke Monday following a legislative session that installed

By TERRY TANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Yeoh has won the Academy Award for best actress and made history all at once. The Malaysian-born actor became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress on Sunday for her multifaceted performance in the multiversal “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Though worlds away from Oscar

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has pleaded innocent to another corruption charge. The seventh charge against him involves receiving illegal proceeds of $1.1 million that was banked to his political party. Muhyiddin is Malaysia’s second leader to be indicted after leaving office and has called the case against him

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brendan Fraser has won the Oscar for best actor, completing the kind of career comeback that Hollywood has always loved. He accepted the trophy for “The Whale,” in which Fraser plays a 600-pound reclusive gay English teacher desperate to restore his relationship with his daughter. Fraser

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell Monday, shaken by a Wall Street tumble that set off worries the biggest United States bank failure in nearly 15 years might have ripple effects around the world. But the falls were relatively subdued because of reassurances from U.S. officials that financial

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel promised “no nonsense” at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood reconvened for a ceremony that will try to move past one of the most infamous moments in Oscar history. The telecast, airing live on ABC, opened traditionally: with a montage of

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamie Lee Curtis made her long-waited first Oscar nomination count. Curtis won best supporting actress for her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” She plays an IRS agent who has several guises through different timelines in the multiverse. The 64-year-old