BERLIN- French diva Catherine Deneuve and Spanish Oscar-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodovar will pick up honorary prizes at the European Film Awards in December in Berlin, organisers said Tuesday....

TOKYO- A giant purple structure believed to be the world's first inflatable concert hall is to open on Japan's disaster-hit northeastern coast, promoters said Wednesday. British sculptor Anish Kapoor...

MEXICO CITY, Yemeli Ortega- Alvaro Mutis, an award-winning Colombian poet, essayist and novelist influential throughout the Spanish-speaking world, died Sunday in Mexico City, officials said. Mutis,...

LONDON- US singer Kelly Clarkson has been foiled in her attempt to take home a ring once owned by Jane Austen, after a British museum said Monday it had raised enough money to buy it back. The...

GENEVA- The Eurovision Song Contest, an annual music extravaganza affectionately mocked for its voting system, will take place under new rules next year, organisers said on Monday. The European...

ACCRA, Chris Stein- Renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor was among the 59 people confirmed dead in an attack by Somali Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall, Ghana's president...

LONDON, Danny Kemp- Britain's Man Booker Prize announced on Wednesday that it was expanding to cover all novels written in the English language, meaning American authors will be eligible for the...

ISTANBUL- An Istanbul court on Friday again handed a 10-month suspended jail term to world-renowned Turkish pianist Fazil Say during a retrial over social media posts deemed religiously offensive,...

TOKYO- Japanese literary superstar Haruki Murakami is favourite for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, betting odds showed Friday, after repeatedly being mentioned as a contender for the...