LOS ANGELES- Mystery thriller "Limitless," starring Bradley Cooper as an author who taps his full brain potential after sampling a revolutionary new drug, topped the North American weekend box...

IPSWICH, Eddie Safarik- Britain's Prince William wowed crowds in Queensland's flood-devastated southeast on Sunday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard reiterated her belief that the country should become...

SYDNEY- The grave of one of the most prominent Aborigines in Australian history has been located under the garden of a suburban Sydney home, a report said Sunday. Bennelong was one of the first...

WARSAW- Polish customs officers have seized an unknown painting by French Impressionist master Auguste Renoir in a package destined for the United States, investigators said Friday. "According to...

BUCHAREST- The One World human rights film festival kicked off in Bucharest Thursday offering 37 documentaries promising to tackle sometimes prickly issues under the theme "What a wonderful...

LOS ANGELES- US actress Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million to help victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami crisis, the latest celebrity to pledge aid, the American Red Cross said Thursday....

HONG KONG- Acclaimed Chinese author Bi Feiyu on Thursday won Asia's top literary prize for his "Three Sisters", set during the Cultural Revolution. Bi edged out four other shortlisted authors to...

LOS ANGELES- Jodie Foster has defended scandal-dogged US actor Mel Gibson ahead of his return to the silver screen after several years lying low, saying he is a "sensitive" man with a "lifetime of...

PARIS, Jacques Seurre- Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo thought before he was jailed for 11 years for "inciting subversion" that he had no enemies. Indeed, in the first ever anthology of...