The first China-owned social-media service to make serious inroads in the West is also the subject of a U.S. national-security review and a Pentagon ban.
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Anti-Polanski protesters greet French film awards ceremony
He skips the Cesars, is named best director for ‘An Officer and a Spy’ and faces a new rape accusation.
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Pope cancels audiences for 3rd day over apparent cold
Francis is, however, continuing to work from his residence at the Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel and is receiving people in private.
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Coronavirus prompts Mormons to cancel key leadership event
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is postponing a key April meeting of its top global leaders.
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Buffalo Roman Catholic Diocese seeks bankruptcy protection
It’s another major step in its effort to recover from a clergy misconduct scandal that involved a former bishop of Maine’s diocese.
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Pope, sick a second day with apparent cold, cancels audiences
The Vatican hasn’t said what exactly Francis has come down with, but he was coughing and blowing his nose during Ash Wednesday Mass this week.
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‘Amazing Race’ suspends filming as virus precaution
Filming on the 33rd season of the globe-trotting reality series was in its early stages.
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No, Garth Brooks did not endorse Bernie Sanders for president
His No. 20 jersey honors Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders, not the presidential candidate in 2020.
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Prince Harry, Jon Bon Jovi work on charity single in London
The re-recording of ‘Unbroken’ will support the Invictus Games Foundation for sick and injured military.
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Billy Idol stars in New York anti-idling ads
The British American rocker appears in a public service announcement intended to shame New Yorkers into shutting the engine off.