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Sri Lanka’s government cuts expenses as economy tanks

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday it was cutting down expenses in the latest austerity drive to help it recover from its worst economic crisis. Government spokesman and Media Minister Bandula Gunawardena said each ministry's annual budget…

German ministers urge leniency for taking thrown-out food

BERLIN — Two German government ministers are calling for authorities to relax the application of rules enabling the prosecution of people who take food that is still fit for consumption from supermarket garbage bins. Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir and Justice…

Bridging the Generation Gap at the Oscars

On April 14, 1969, Gregory Peck strode across a deserted hall of Los Angeles’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion like a weary cowboy crossing a prairie. He had become the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences two years…