The Spirit Awards honour independent films made for under $20 million US. Many of the nominees were women and actors or directors of colour, while just one of the actors nominated for an Oscar is non-white.
The new strain of coronavirus that has spread across China has yet to be confirmed in Africa, but some health workers on the ground warn they are not ready to handle an outbreak.
Post-Iowa gains in the polls for Pete Buttigieg limit Joe Biden's chances of winning the Democratic nomination.
Police in northeastern Thailand say a soldier has shot multiple people, killing at least 10. Authorities are now trying to arrest the man at a shopping centre.
Irish voters look likely to dump Prime Minister Leo Varadkar from power on Saturday in an election that could alter the political landscape with a surge by Sinn Fein, which has struck a chord among younger voters.
Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian, was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said. He was 91.
Five British nationals including a child have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in France, after staying in the same ski chalet and coming into contact with a person who had been in Singapore, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Saturday.
