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  Nicole Kidman said her own experience of adopting children led her to her latest role, playing an Australian mother who adopts an Indian child in “Lion,” which made its London Film Festival premiere on Wednesday.   “Lion,” which opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 25, follows the true story of Saroo Brierley, played by British actor Dev Patel, who ...

Two women accused Donald Trump of inappropriate touching in a story posted on the New York Times website on Wednesday, accusations his spokesman called “fiction” but which may further roil the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign with only four weeks to go until the Nov. 8 election. One of the women, Jessica Leeds, appeared on camera to recount how Trump grabbed ...

Doctors are much better than symptom-checker programs at reaching a correct diagnosis, though the humans are not perfect and might benefit from using algorithms to supplement their skills, a small study suggests.   In a head-to-head comparison, human doctors with access to the same information about medical history and symptoms as was put into a symptom checker got the diagnosis ...

Pakistan has 22 per cent of its population undernourished, though it improved from a previous “alarming” hunger level among developing countries, the Global Hunger Index revealed on Tuesday.   Ranked 108 among 118 countries on the index, Pakistan remained on a “serious” level, scoring 33.4 against 35.1 in the 2008 index. The country performed worse than neighbors India and Bangladesh, ...

More cases of cholera have been registered in the Yemeni capital Sanaa but a World Health Organization (WHO) official said the epidemic was not yet spreading. The United Nations first reported the cholera outbreak on Friday and said three cases had been confirmed in Sanaa.

KABUL – Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a mass shooting that killed at least 18 worshippers at a shrine in the Afghan capital, raising fears of sectarian violence after a string of attacks on the country’s Shi’ite minority. The claim to Tuesday’s attack, released online, came as the community observed Ashura, one of its holiest days, although commemorations ...

Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 25 people on Wednesday, most of them at a market, a rescue service said, as the Syrian government and Russia pursued their joint offensive to capture the whole city. Syrian and Russian military officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the latest air strikes. The ...

Auctioneers showcased a selection of art belonging to the late British rock star David Bowie in Hong Kong on Wednesday, ahead of a $12.5-million London auction next month. “Air Power”, a painting by New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat with an estimate of at least $3.3 million, was among the handful of items featured by Sotheby’s.

The head of Russia’s Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, is stepping down, in the biggest change at the top of Russian sport since a doping scandal led to the country’s track-and-field athletes being excluded from the Rio Games. President Vladimir Putin said Zhukov had told him he wanted to leave the role so he could concentrate on his other job as ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw no obstacles to a global agreement on an oil output freeze. “The only problem as of today is (getting) agreements between Saudi Arabia and Iran. (Their) positions have got significantly closer,” Putin said