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A Maryland mayor has been arrested and charged with distributing revenge porn online, prosecutors announced Monday.

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Film industry crew members have narrowly voted to approve a pair of contracts with Hollywood producers after a standoff that came within days of a strike that would have frozen productions across the U.S., union leaders said Monday.

The signs that an attack was imminent inside the largest prison in Ecuadors coastal city of Guayaquil could not have been clearer.

Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver who opened a highperformance driving school in 1968 and taught numerous Alist actors for their movie roles, has died. He was 88.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he had rejected a defence ministry proposal to hold snap Black Sea military drills in response to NATO activity because he did not want to escalate tensions in the region.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will attend the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday, her first inperson public engagement since she was advised to rest following a night in hospital last month.

Eight residents of a nursing home in Connecticut have died during a coronavirus outbreak while 89 residents and employees have tested positive for the disease, nursing home officials say.

The Dunas de Maspalomas Special Nature Reserve, on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, is known for its wild sand dunes rippling out behind its lighthouse perched on the seafront.

The Russian government on Friday published a draft proposal to require QR codes as proof of immunity to COVID19 from air and railway travellers up to June 1.

Two former Oklahoma police officers face up to 10 years in prison after being convicted of murder for using their stun guns more than 50 times on an unarmed man who later died.

The EU must be prepared to face an increase of migrants trying to enter the bloc, with the arrival of many from the Middle East through Belarus set to continue for a long time, Fabrice Leggeri, director of the EU border agency Frontex, said on Friday.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday that the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum should be returned to Athens and called for talks with Britain to achieve that aim.

As pandemic worsens, 10 countries in the 27-member European Union face a Covid situation of 'high concern'.

Facing a surge in coronavirus infections that threatens to overwhelm Colorado hospitals, Gov. Jared Polis defied federal guidance on COVID19 booster shots Thursday by issuing an order allowing all state residents 18 and older to get them.

The number of weekly COVID-19 deaths fell by about 4% worldwide and declined in every region except Europe.