LONDON- Sir Charles Mackerras, the Australian symphony and opera conductor who was one of Britain's best-loved classical musicians, has died aged 84 after suffering from cancer, it was announced on...
VIENNA- Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be in Vienna this weekend for an AIDS gala and the opening of a Youth Pavilion at the AIDS 2010 conference, organisers said Thursday.
The princess...
LOS ANGELES- The Spanish colonial-style Hollywood home where iconic sex siren Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 is going up for sale for 3.6 million dollars, the real estate agency said Tuesday.
The...
LONDON, Katherine Haddon- A bitter row over the gossipy memoirs of top British politician Peter Mandelson is threatening to overshadow the Labour party's election of a new leader to replace Gordon...
PARIS, Pascale Mollard Chenebenoit - For the first time, the ancient past of Saudi Arabia is at the heart of an exhibition at the Louvre museum in Paris, which is showing works that have never left...
MUMBAI, Shail Kumar Singh- New stars are emerging in Bollywood, with fresh talent currently more popular with cinema audiences and studios than established names as the industry hunts for a...
PARIS- Family and friends of director joined the governments of France and Poland Monday in hailing a decision by Swiss authorities to throw out a US request to extradite the director.
His wife,...
BUCHAREST- An exhibition opened Friday in Bucharest that aims to debunk the myths surrounding Walachian prince Vlad Tepes (the Empaler), who inspired Bram Stoker's bloodsucking character Dracula....
LONDON- British supermodel Naomi Campbell will give evidence at the warcrimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor about a "blood diamond" he allegedly gave her, her spokeswoman said...
VIENNA- A long-standing dispute over an Egon Schiele painting believed to have been stolen from its previous Jewish owner, may soon be settled out of court, according to the Austrian weekly News....