KATHMANDU- A Nepalese presenter has set the world record for the longest television talk show by staying on air for 62 hours and 12 minutes, organisers said Sunday. Rabi Lamichhane, a 36-year-old...
SEOUL, Jung Ha-Won- South Korean pop star Psy unveiled Saturday the hip-swinging dance and music video for his new song, aimed at replicating the global success of "Gangnam Style" and its famed...
AMSTERDAM, Nicolas Delaunay- Fireworks and fanfare accompanied Dutch Queen Beatrix as she on Saturday reopened Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum treasure trove of Golden Age masterpieces after a 10-year...
PARIS- Jerome Salle's film "Zulu" starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom will close the 66th Cannes film festival next month, the organisers said on Friday. The film, adapted from...
LONDON- Former Beatle Paul McCartney has been named Britain's wealthiest musician for a 25th year running in an annual "rich list" compiled by The Sunday Times newspaper. McCartney shares an...
KIEV- The Ukraine National Opera house was embroiled in a farcical scandal Thursday after it ousted a star dancer from the post of ballet company chief on the grounds he never formally held the job....
BIR ZEIT, Palestinian Territories- Palestinian officials on Thursday joined a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a new museum of Palestinian culture, history and society in Bir Zeit near Ramallah....
BLANTYRE, Malawi- Malawi has launched a stinging attack on US pop icon Madonna, accusing her of expecting "gratitude" and VIP treatment during a visit last week to her charity work in the southern...
VIENNA, Simon Sturdee- Vienna's iconic cafes sought Tuesday to relive their halcyon days of a century ago in a special night of philosophical discussion hosted by 13 thinkers and writers at 13...
ROME- Michelangelo's art might help deter Italian youths from a life of crime, the interior minister said Monday, praising the loan of a drawing by the Renaissance master to a school in a rough...
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