VERSAILLES, FRANCE- Nearly one million euros is needed to restore the Monte-Cristo castle that was once home to famed novelist Alexandre Dumas, author of classics including "The Three Musketeers"....
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN- Alfred Nobel's will creating the prestigious awards that bear his name will go on public display for the first time in Stockholm next week, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Jean Marc Mojon- Even as Iraq mourned the destruction of priceless artefacts by jihadists in Mosul, the national museum in Baghdad brought joy and pride to visitors as it opened its...
PARIS, FRANCE, Marie-Pierre Ferey- To turn the science fiction classic "Solaris" into an opera, the Japanese composer Dai Fujikura and choreographer Saburo Teshigawara set out to create for the...
TOKYO, JAPAN- Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami says he regrets that Hong Kong's democracy protests did not bring the changes demanded by demonstrators, but their actions were not in vain. The writer...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- President Barack Obama joined Leonard Nimoy's co-stars from "Star Trek" to bid adieu to the actor who died Friday aged 83 after making his name as "Mr Spock." "Long before...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The artist who painted ex-president Bill Clinton for America's National Portrait Gallery included the shadow of a dress in the work, a reference to Clinton's relationship...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- New York's Metropolitan Opera aims to reach a wider audience as it steps up live broadcasts to cinemas around the world during an upcoming season that features...
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- An Indian television preacher who has called the 9/11 attacks an "inside job" received one of Saudi Arabia's most prestigious prizes on Sunday, for "service to Islam." Zakir...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- Rio de Janeiro showed Sunday that partying really is a piece of cake, as residents tucked into a monster birthday confection to mark the Brazilian city's 450th anniversary....
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