TOKYO- Bestselling author Haruki Murakami is to appear at a Q and A session in Japan in May, in a rare public appearance for the publicity-shy but wildly popular writer, its organiser said Tuesday....
From "The Rotten Romans" to "The Frightful First World War", Deary has penned more than 60 of the books, selling over 25 million copies in 40 countries. Illustrated by Australian artist Martin Brown,...
BLANTYRE, Malawi- American pop queen Madonna discreetly flew into Malawi on Monday with her adopted children from the southern African nation, an airport official said. "I saw Madonna, her adopted...
VIENNA- Vienna Opera's musical director Franz Welser-Moest collapsed while conducting a Wagner opera after suffering a severe attack of lumbago when he raised his baton, the prestigious opera house...
NEW YORK- Phil Ramone, the legendary US music producer behind hits by Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand, died Saturday, a trade publication said. He was 72. Ramone -- a...
ADDIS ABABA, Jenny Vaughan- Under a canopy of trees in a park not far from Addis Ababa's National Museum, home of many of Ethiopia's historic national treasures, a contemporary art revolution is...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- Sante D'Orazio, a photographer at the heart of the supermodel era, said Friday the switch to digital cameras means greater detail than ever before, but the loss of...
LOS ANGELES- "The Harlem Shake" is moving on. After five weeks in the number one slot, New York DJ Baauer's single that triggered a global YouTube sensation has slipped to number two on Billboard's...
LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Fleeing from a burning, volcanic cloud, the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum had little time to pack, snatching a lamp, some cash or the house key as they tried to run to...
TOKYO- Tokyo's cherry trees were in stunning full bloom on Friday, Japan's weather agency said, marking the second earliest blossoming in the capital on record. The national weather service used...
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