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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dozens of Brazilian yoga aficionados saluted the sun in unison in a Rio de Janeiro favela for the inaugural class of a free course allowing residents of the low-income community to qualify as yoga teachers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Unionized video game performers have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with their employers.

With the Belly Laughs Festival, an ambitious Asian American and Pacific Islander-centered comedy festival, the food is as important as the talent line-up. Every detail is intended to send a message of unabashed cultural pride.

NEW YORK (AP) — While classmates dreamed of becoming teachers, doctors and professional athletes, Burna Boy was clear on his future aspirations.

PARIS (AP) — Elie Saab , the Lebanese designer long favored on the red carpet, returned to familiar territory on Wednesday, with fall haute couture — and did so unapologetically.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Superman might do more than just save Metropolis — filmmaker James Gunn hopes the beloved superhero will bring hope to a cynical world. “Everybody’s gotten so cynical and ironic," said Gunn.

TORONTO — As a marketing expert, Markus Giesler was aghast after hearing Coldplay frontman Chris Martin blast Toronto's brand new Rogers Stadium onstage.

TORONTO — The National Ballet of Canada has found a new executive director in U.K. theatre boss Charlotte Geeves.

TORONTO — Country singers Madeline Merlo, Dallas Smith and Tyler Joe Miller are among the performers set for this year's CCMA Awards.

In 1974, when it seemed as though everyone was leaving South Africa, Embeth Davidtz’s family was going back.