THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, Jo Biddle- For centuries many have pondered what lies behind the Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile, but it was more of a rhetorical question. Now art lovers can literally discover...

SINGAPORE- A kiss between two male actors in a production of Les Miserables in Singapore has been cut after complaints from the public. Producers axed the kiss after they were warned that the routine...

BECOV NAD TEPLOU, CZECH REPUBLIC, Jan Marchal- It reads like a thriller. Czech aristocrats with Nazi links hastily flee their castle in the final days of World War II, first hiding their treasures...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Irish writer Lisa McInerney was awarded the prestigious Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction in London on Wednesday for her debut novel "The Glorious Heresies". Margaret...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO- Mexicans don't need to fly to Rome to marvel at the Sistine Chapel's famous frescoes. With the Vatican's blessing, a life-size replica was installed in Mexico City. It is the...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Edouard Guihaire- Harry Potter makes his stage debut on Tuesday in a new London play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a father of three, in the latest offshoot of the...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- As far as high school achievements go, the venue could hardly be more prestigious. In a first, the New York Philharmonic tasked a high school orchestra to...

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA- Colombian archaeologists have identified three tombs dating back more than 2,000 years, pinpointed while working squarely in metropolitan Medellin, officials said Friday. The "first...

KINSHASA, DR CONGO, Marc Jourdier- From the White House to Kinshasa and Uzbekistan they remembered on Saturday a sporting and cultural icon, saying there would never be another one like Muhammad Ali,...