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Cillian Murphy bags his first Oscar as best actor for 'Oppenheimer'

Murphy bested Colman Domingo for Rustin, Bradley Cooper for Maestro, Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers, and Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction

Christopher Nolan wins his first Oscar award for directing 'Oppenheimer'

Nolan was cheered on by his wife, Emma Thomas, who twice shared best picture nominations with her husband for producing Dunkirk and Inception

Oscars 2024: Poor Things, Da'Vine Joy Randloph win where Gaza protests rage

Accepting the night's first award, an emotional Randolph was accompanied to the stage by her Holdovers co-star Paul Giamatti

Protests over Israel's war in Gaza snarl traffic outside Oscars in LA

Scattered demonstrations were held in the vicinity around the Oscars on Sunday. Los Angeles police, which had expected protests, beefed up their already extensive presence

Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest wins Oscar for best international film

Also nominated for best international feature were Society of the Snow (Spain), The Teachers' Lounge (Germany), Io Capitano (Italy) and Perfect Days (Japan)

Robert Downey Jr. wins supporting actor, his first Oscar for 'Oppenheimer'

Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's three-hour deep dive into the development and fallout of the atomic bomb during World War II, led the Academy Awards with 13 nominations

Biden cajoles Netanyahu with tough talk but Israeli PM remains dug in

Despite Biden's increased displays of frustration, Israeli officials and Middle East analysts say no signs are emerging that Biden can push Israel, at least in the short term

Pope Francis' 'white flag' comment met with criticism from Ukraine, allies

The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Poland, a vocal ally of Kyiv, condemned the pope's remarks

Effort to get aid to Gaza by sea halted as first ship still waits in Cyprus

A ship belonging to Spanish aid group Open Arms and carrying 200 tons of food aid was expected to make a pilot voyage to Gaza from nearby Cyprus as soon as possible but not Sunday

Muslims welcome the holy month of Ramadan with a mix of joy, deep concern

Many are also struggling to buy food as inflation remains high in many countries and has worsened in some

NZ vs AUS 2nd Test: Australia needs 202 runs and New Zealand 6 wickets

Rachin Ravindra made 82, Tom Latham 73 and Daryl Mitchell 58 before New Zealand was out for 372 in its second innings after trailing by 94 on the first

EPL 2023-24: Fernandes and Rashford lead Man Utd to 2-0 win over Everton

Fernandes tucked away his spot kick in the 12th minute for his first home goal since August after James Tarkowski clipped the leg of Garnacho just inside the area

Can't find work records related to door panel that blew out in Jan: Boeing

The safety board's chair, Jennifer Homendy, testified that for two months Boeing repeatedly refused to identify employees who work on door panels on Boeing 737s and failed to provide documentation

At least 19 dead, 7 missing as landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island

Rescuers by Saturday pulled out seven bodies in the worst-hit village of Koto XI Tarusan, and recovered three others in two neighboring villages, Yusrizal said

Sweden to resume funding UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows

Israel had accused 12 of UNRWA's thousands of employees of participating in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people and took about 250 others hostage

Netanyahu hurting Israel by not preventing more deaths in Gaza: Biden

Biden has for months warned that Israel risks losing international support over mounting civilian casualties in Gaza

Biden signs package of spending bills hours before shutdown deadline

The legislation's success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year

To avoid strikes at Olympics, France plans to pay bonuses to civil servants

Eligible employees will get bonus ranging from 500 euros ($547) to 1,500 euros ($1,641) in addition to their salaries for working during Summer Games in Paris and ensuing Paralympics, Guerini said

Still trying to evict elite Russian government hackers, says Microsoft

Tech giant Microsoft has so far not been able to evict Russian government hackers who broke into the email accounts of senior company officials in November

Programme that allows 30K migrants from 4 nations into US each month upheld

Advocates for the federal government said that migrants admitted through the policy helped with a US farm labor shortage