LOS ANGELES- Hollywood heart-throb actor George Clooney has split from his Italian girlfriend of two years Elisabetta Canalis, the ex-couple said Wednesday.
"We are not together anymore. It's very...
CHICAGO- Italian maestro Riccardo Muti will lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on a European tour in late August and early September, the orchestra said Tuesday.
Muti will lead the orchestra in...
SYDNEY- A first edition Charles Darwin book returned to its origins last week some 122 years late, when it was handed back to the Australian library to which it belongs.
Darwin's "Insectivorous...
RAMALLAH- A Ramallah art museum has become the first in the West Bank to take delivery of an artwork by Picasso, which will go on view to the public for a month, beginning on Friday.
The 1943...
UR, Jacques Clement- Standing before the imposing ziggurat which was once part of a temple complex at the Sumerian capital of Ur, Iraqi archaeologist Abdelamir Hamdani worried about the natural...
ROME- Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Sunday made a surprise visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, thanking residents for hosting thousands of refugees who have fled unrest in north Africa in...
VIENNA- The prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday paid homage in an emotional ceremony to 75-year-old Indian conductor Zubin Mehta, celebrating 50 years of musical collaboration....
LISBON- The ashes of Portugal's Nobel literature prize winner Jose Saramago were scattered under an olive tree Saturday brought from his native village and replanted near the Tagus river in Lisbon....
VATICAN CITY- The Vatican on Friday said 60 artists will present their works there next month following an invitation by Pope Benedict XVI who is trying to link Christian faith with contemporary...
PARIS- Hollywood star and director Forest Whitaker is to be named goodwill ambassador for peace and reconciliation for the United Nations' educational, scientific and cultural body, UNESCO said on...
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