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Gabriela Escovar's animated film "Luzbella" has its world premiere at this year's San Diego Underground Film Festival.

San Diego Underground Film Festival Strives To 'Deviate From The Norm'

Fest showcases films and performances that challenge expectations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, cast their votes at a voting station in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

As Israel Holds Election, Netanyahu Urges Supporters To Vote

In the second election in just five months, Israel's longest-serving prime minister is hoping to eke out a governing coalition. Once again, he faces a tough battle with a centrist rival.

This picture taken on September 3 shows medical waste on Clifton beach in Karachi.

She Tweeted About Medical Waste On A Beach — And It Had An Impact

Shaniera Akram, the wife of the legendary Pakistani cricket star Wasim Akram, took a walk on a Karachi beach and saw hazardous medical waste. So she issued a plea for action on social media.

A sign about being 6 feet apart is posted along the main road through Bolinas, Calif. Residents are undergoing testing as part of a coronavirus study.

Small California Town Hopes Testing Will Show How Coronavirus Is Spread

Bolinas is the first community to try to test all of its residents, regardless of symptoms, to help researchers understand how the virus spreads and how antibodies against it are built.

Since Khashoggi's Death, Saudi Arabia Struggles To Repair Its Reputation

A year ago this week, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. His death was blamed on the kingdom's crown prince.

Former Interpol President Meng Hongwei, pictured at an Interpol conference in 2016, pleaded guilty to bribery charges on Thursday, according to Chinese state-run media.

Former Interpol President Pleads Guilty To Bribery In Chinese Court

First he vanished after sending his wife a knife emoji. Then Chinese officials announced Meng Hongwei had been detained on bribery charges. Now, state-run media says he's admitted guilt.

Addiction Clinics Market Unproven Infusion Treatments To Desperate Patients

Some addiction treatment clinics offer IV infusions of a mix of supplements — including something known as NAD. The treatment isn't proven to work and is not FDA-approved for addiction.

Genie Milgrom, pictured in 2013, stands in the entryway of her Miami home wrapped in a long family tree, filled with the names of 22 generations of grandmothers. Raised Catholic, Milgrom traced her family's hidden Jewish roots with the help of a trove of ancient family recipes written down by the women of her family over generations.

Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

Many Jews were forced to convert during the Inquisition, a history often lost to their descendants. Finding recipes adhering to Jewish food customs helped one woman unearth her family's hidden past.

A burned trunk stands amid the devastation left after wildfires tore through parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest earlier this year. During the yearlong period ending in July, deforestation claimed a span of the Amazon 12 times the size of New York City.

Amazon Rainforest Sees Biggest Spike In Deforestation In Over A Decade

Not since 2008 has the Amazon been destroyed at a faster rate, according to Brazilian authorities. They say an area more than 12 times the size of New York City was deforested in the span of a year.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Czech Republic President Milos Zeman shake hands in Prague in March 2016. For years, the Czech Republic kept its distance from Beijing. But this changed when Zeman, a populist, took office in 2013.

Czech-Chinese Ties Strained As Prague Stands Up To Beijing

Beijing recently canceled a sister-city agreement with Prague, whose mayor opposed inclusion of a "One China" provision that Taiwan is part of China. Beijing also canceled a Prague Philharmonic tour.

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