COPENHAGEN,(AFP) - Copenhagen's city council on Thursday voted to allow the city's famous Little Mermaid sculpture leave its historic perch over the port for a controversial visit to China. After...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese actress Rie Miyazawa, whose ill-fated romance with a top sumo wrestler in her teenage days made headlines, is pregnant and set to marry her entrepreneur boyfriend, a report...

The epic "Teza" about Ethiopia under the brutal rule of Mengistu Haile Mariam won Saturday the Golden Stallion of Yennenga, the top prize at the Pan African Film and Television Festival. Here is a...

NEW YORK, March 6, 2009 (AFP) - Mahatma Gandhi's meager possessions are to finally return home after a flamboyant Indian tycoon paid 1.8 million dollars Thursday to win a dramatic auction in New...

The oldest words in the English language include "I" and "who", while words like "dirty" could die out relatively quickly, British researchers said Thursday. Scientists at Reading University in...

US screen giant Dustin Hoffman broke down in tears on Thursday as he was awarded a top French state honour in tribute to his half-century acting career. "It's a great honour," said the Hollywood...

Samuel L. Jackson has signed a long-term deal to play Marvel superhero Fury in a slew of upcoming films including the sequel to 2008 hit "Iron Man," reports said Thursday. Jackson, the 60-year-old...

Clint Eastwood accepted a special award for his storied career from the Cannes film fest Wednesday, saying he was "flattered" while being sure to correct the presenter on the kind of gun Dirty Harry...

DUBLIN, February 26, 2009 (AFP) - Irish archaeologists excavating a prehistoric tomb north of Dublin have discovered that ancient "vandals" left graffiti on the stonework, Environment Minister John...