NEW YORK- Licia Albanese, an Italian-American soprano who for more than a quarter century starred at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, has died at age 105, her family said Monday. She passed away...
JERUSALEM- Samih al-Qasim, a Palestinian Druze poet known across the Arab world for his nationalist writing, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, a family friend said. He was 75. Qasim died...
MANILA- The Philippine director of an international award-winning movie returned home Monday to presidential accolades and the challenge of finding an audience for his five-hour film. Lav Diaz, whose...
NEW YORK- New York's Metropolitan Opera, locked in a dispute with staff over proposed pay cuts that could delay the new season, struck tentative deals Monday with two of its main labor unions. As the...
LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Veteran British singer Cliff Richard on Thursday strongly denied allegations of sexual impropriety after police investigating an historic claim of abuse against a boy searched...
DANGJIN, Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere- Pope Francis warned Friday of a "cancer" of despair in materially obsessed, outwardly affluent societies and urged South Korean Catholics to reject "inhumane...
SHANTOU, Felicia Sonmez- No signs along the long and dusty mountain road point the way to the Cultural Revolution museum complex. And this year, no commemoration for the millions of victims of Mao...
SEOUL- A tight security cordon was thrown around central Seoul Saturday to screen out possible threats as up to one million people gathered for a huge, open-air mass by Pope Francis. Office windows...
LOS ANGELES, August 14, 2014 (AFP) - Hollywood actor Robin Williams, found dead this week after an apparent suicide, was suffering from depression and the early stages of Parkinson's disease, his...
ATHENS, Sophie Makris- A whiff of jasmine, cigarette smoke and the furtive shadow of a cat darting across the silver screen --summertime in Greece means open-air cinema, a well-loved tradition for...
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