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Most awards seasons find film fans seeking out Best Picture nominees in the runup to the telecast, with the eventual winner reaping millions of additional dollars. But this year’s bounce is a thud. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

An Indonesian navy submarine that disappeared this week with 53 people on board is believed to have sunk, Indonesia’s military said after recovering debris from the vessel, including periscope lubricant and a prayer mat.

Monkeys break out of German zoo for third time in two weeks – Two Barbary macaques cuddle with a yearling on the ground in the Affenberg outdoor enclosure. Ten Barbary macaques managed to break free from their enclosure at the

Germany’s far-right AfD to name chancellor candidates in May – The logo of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is projected onto a curtain at the federal party conference. The prospective chancellor candidates for Germany’s far-right AfD will be decided

Objects from missing Indonesian submarine found – Colonel of Indonesian Navy Indra Agus Wijaya shows the found debris of a missing Indonesian Navy submarine with 53 people during a press conference at Bali Air Force Base Operation. – Dicky Bisinglasi/ZUMA

Mayor Ted Wheeler asks public to help ‘unmask’ violent demonstrators, extends state of emergency  OregonLive Portland police declare riot Friday night after mayor’s state-of-emergency extension  Fox News Watch: Mayor Wheeler holds news conference on continuing violence in Portland  KGW News Portland mayor extends

Opinion: After George Floyd’s Death, A Press Release Obscured A Police Murder  NPR The look in Derek Chauvin’s eyes was something worse than hate  CNN Americans can support the police while also supporting police reform  New York Post Chauvin’s guilty verdict and the

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Colgate University professor Peter Balakian about Biden’s expected recognition of the Armenian genocide. The U.S. avoided calling the mass killings a century ago genocide.

An overview of Umm Rakouba refugee camp, which is housing people who fled the conflict in the Tigray, located in Qadarif, eastern Sudan. | Nariman El-Mofty/AP A humanitarian and political crisis, with no clear resolution. The bodies of the two

In Myanmar, hundreds of people have been detained and held in undisclosed locations throughout the country since the coup, leaving lawyers scrambling to find them and families unsure whether their loved ones are alive.