DUBLIN, Andrew Bushe - Thousands of James Joyce fans Tuesday cast aside worries about recession in Ireland to recreate Bloomsday, the fictitious day at the centre of the author's most famous novel,...
LOS ANGELES- Legendary guitarist Bob Bogle, a founding member of 1960s instrumental group The Ventures, has died, his band announced in a statement Tuesday. He was 75.
Bogle, who founded the group...
NEW YORK- The sculptor brother of actress Mia Farrow has been found dead in his art gallery in the northeastern US state of Vermont, and police are treating the death as suspicious, local media said...
LONDON - A leading architect whose plans for a modern building in central London were scrapped following criticism from Prince Charles slammed the royal's intervention Tuesday as "totally...
CAIRO - Egypt will publish Arabic translations of novels by renowned Israeli writers Amos Oz and David Grossman for the first time, a culture ministry official told AFP on Thursday.
"I hope to...
UNITED NATIONS, Gerard Aziakou - The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to slap tougher sanctions on North Korea to cripple its nuclear and ballistic missile programs....
LONDON, Robin Millard - Golf legend Nick Faldo and veteran horror actor Christopher Lee were both made knights in Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours list released Saturday.
Japanese pianist...
RIYADH, Paul Handley - They only had a few hours' notice, but a few hundred Saudis braved a small band of religious hardliners to take part in a historic event on Saturday night: the first public...
PARIS - A sketchbook of 32 drawings by Pablo Picasso valued at eight million euros (11 million dollars) has been stolen from a Paris museum, police said Tuesday.
Thieves seized the sketchbook from...
MONTREAL, Clement Sabourin - Canadian acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, created in 1984 and now performing in all corners of the world, is celebrating its silver anniversary with the launch of its...