WASHINGTON, US- Time magazine named AFP's Bulent Kilic as its Best Wire Photographer for 2014 on Monday for his powerful images from the Syrian border, Ukraine and his native Turkey. He is the third...
BARCELONA, SPAIN, Daniel Bosque- Locals in Bilbao say an art museum helped save their Spanish city from decline. Now they are glad to know their saviour, the Guggenheim, will be staying for some...
LOS ANGELES, US- Tolkien epic "The Hobbit" worked its magic at the North American box office this weekend, signaling a farewell to the blockbuster fantasy franchise, industry data showed Monday. The...
LONDON, UK- British actress Billie Whitelaw, famous for her intense collaboration with playwright Samuel Beckett who wrote several roles for her, died on Sunday aged 82, her son told the BBC....
MADRID, SPAIN, Gabriel Rubio-Giron- Six months into his reign, Spain's King Felipe VI is gently polishing the monarchy's scandal-hit image, getting rid of royal Ferraris and publishing palace...
NEW YORK, US- The pop icon Elton John will wed his partner of more than 20 years this weekend in England, reports said. The 67-year-old singer and the Canadian-born filmmaker David Furnish will tie...
WASHINGTON, US, Susan Stumme- US President Barack Obama on Friday warned North Korea it would face retaliation for a crippling cyber attack on Sony Pictures over an irreverent film comedy that...
"The book will be based on the 10 chapters written by Mandela himself," Danielle Melville, the spokeswoman for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, told AFP. She did not say who has been brought in to...
PARIS, FRANCE, Myriam Chaplain Riou- His new book has not even been released but Michel Houellebecq -- one of France's most provocative and widely translated writers -- is already attracting comment...
CAIRO, EGYPT- The Cairo government unveiled on Monday four newly renovated halls of the famed Tutankhamun gallery in the Egyptian Museum as the facility undergoes a complete overhaul. The gallery...
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