Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed further air strikes after jets bombed the northern Tigray region on Friday amid reports that Tigrayan forces had seized control of federal military sites and weapons.
Chloé Zhao makes history at Golden Globes
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Chloé Zhao has made Golden Globes history. Zhao, who directed "Nomadland," is the first woman of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the best director award in the Golden Globes' 78-year history. "This awa...
Chadwick Boseman’s widow gives moving acceptance speech as actor wins Golden Globe
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The late Chadwick Boseman was honored with a Golden Globe on Sunday for his incredible turn in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Boseman's wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award -- which was for best performance...
Biden administration resumes Taliban peace talks
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The US is sending negotiators to the Middle East to restart peace negotiations with the Taliban for the first time in the Biden administration, the State Department announced Sunday. US Special Representative for Af...
Read the full text of Jane Fonda’s powerful speech at the Golden Globes
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It's common for the winners of the Cecil B. DeMille Award to walk down memory lane discussing their numerous career highlights. But actress Jane Fonda took a different tack when she accepted the prestigious lifetime...
Golfers wore red and black in honor of Tiger Woods during Sunday’s play
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Golfers wore red shirts and black pants during the WGC-Workday Championship on Sunday in honor of golf legend Tiger Woods, who is hospitalized after a serious car accident last week. Woods responded on Twitter to th...
‘Minari’ just won best foreign-language film. The director feared he’d have to make the movie in English
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If it weren't for a producer's persistence, the movie that won best foreign-language film at the Golden Globes might have been made in English instead. "Minari" writer-director Lee Isaac Chung told CNN in a recent i...
Indians are telling their 18 million-strong diaspora to keep out of their affairs
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When American author Meena Harris tweeted criticism of the Indian state's clampdown on farmers protesting agricultural reforms, nationalist counter-protesters responded by burning her portrait. Hundreds of Indians b...
The real winner of the Golden Globes was Regina King’s dog Cornbread
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You know what goes best with a Louis Vuitton dress? Cornbread. That's the name of Regina King's dog who seemed to win the hearts of viewers during the Golden Globes pre-show. As King was showing off her Golden Globe...
Baseball legends honored in MLB’s Black History Month art series
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Major League Baseball celebrated Black History Month this year by merging America's favorite pastime with art. The MLB commissioned 10 artists to celebrate the careers of legendary Black baseball players, in an effo...
The 78th Golden Globes get off to an awkward start amid controversy, while honoring Black stars
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The 78th Golden Globe Awards got off to an awkward start, seeking to address controversy regarding the organization behind the ceremony, while experiencing technical glitches amid a pandemic-dictated format. This ye...
Senate Democrats drop proposal to penalize companies for not providing $15 minimum wage
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Senate Democrats decided Sunday to abandon an alternative proposal to penalize companies for not providing a $ 15 minimum wage to their employees, the latest indication that boosting the federal minimum wage in thi...
6 takeaways from the Trump-dominated CPAC
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Former President Donald Trump turned the Conservative Political Action Conference into his first post-presidential rally Sunday evening, pledging in a speech riddled with falsehoods to purge his enemies from the Rep...