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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — In Leos Carax’s “Annette,” an enchantingly demented rock opera, Adam Driver sings in some very strange places. On a motorcycle. At sea. Since its premiere last month at the Cannes Film Festival, “Annette” has predictably caused a stir. As you might suspect, opinions tend to

DRYDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman who quit the Republican Party to protest GOP efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump has died. Paul Mitchell died Sunday, according to a statement his family provided to CNN. He was 64. In June, Mitchell told radio station WJR that he had been

By HALELUYA HADERO and GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writers Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. However, the Caribbean nation’s political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is complicating efforts. Nonprofit groups and philanthropy experts say the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, as well as accusations that some

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese leaders have visited a disputed area along the country’s eastern borders with Ethiopia. The visit to al-Fashaqa area comes amid growing tensions between the two East African nations. Khartoum has last week recalled home its envoy in Addis Ababa. The decades-long border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia centers on large swaths

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S. company Discovery Inc. says it has been granted a Dutch license that would allow it to keep broadcasting its independent news channel TVN 24 into Poland. The announcement Monday comes after Poland’s state broadcasting authority has for a year and a half refused to renew TVN24′s license, which expires

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Republican Adam Laxalt has filed to run for U.S. Senate in Nevada, setting the stage for what could be a decisive battle as both parties fight for control of Congress. Laxalt will aim to unseat Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, who became the

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say gunmen have abducted 15 students and four staffers from a school in the country’s northwest. Zamfara state police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said Monday that a police officer and two security guards were killed in the attack on the College of Agriculture and

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian embassy in Kabul has alleged that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled from Kabul with four cars and a helicopter stuffed with cash. Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti cited embassy spokesman Nikita Ishchenko on Monday as saying that Ghani escaped with four cars filled with money. He added that “they

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has held back tears as he conceded that Britain was unlikely to be able to evacuate all its Afghan allies from Kabul. Wallace, who is a former captain in the Scots Guard, has been voicing regret at the sudden turn of events

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the Catholic church’s top officials and fiercest critics of Pope Francis has COVID-19 and is breathing through a ventilator. Cardinal Raymond Burke tweeted on Aug. 10 that he had caught the virus, was resting comfortably. His staff tweeted Saturday that he has been hospitalized

BERLIN (AP) — Dozens of German rescue teams are searching for missing people who witnesses say were tossed into a river in Bavaria’s Valley of Hell when a sudden flood tore down a bridge. The German news agency dpa reported that police led rescue operations Monday with about 150 officers after at least eight people