THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, Jo Biddle- Art historians on Monday revealed that a painting stored for decades at an American museum was in fact a work by Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch. The surprise...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- "The Birth of a Nation," a drama about a 19th century slave revolt in Virginia, swept top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. The movie, acquired earlier...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, James Pheby- BBC presenter Terry Wogan, one of British television's most familiar faces and the long-running anchor of its Eurovision coverage, died of cancer on Sunday aged...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Florence Biedermann- Glass cabinets filled with mundane but poignant objects including cologne bottles, dentures and postcards form the centrepiece of a London exhibition...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- A newly discovered story written more than a century ago by the cherished British children's author Beatrix Potter will be published in September, Penguin Random House...
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA- South African comedian Trevor Noah, the host of America's "The Daily Show", will release a book about being the child of an illegal mixed race relationship under...
PARK CITY, UNITED STATES, Jocelyne Zablit- Have you heard the one about the doctor in Kansas who made a fortune peddling goat testicles to cure impotence? This may sound like the opening line for a...
MONTREAL, CANADA, Marc Braibant- Thousands gathered Friday at Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica for the funeral of Canadian pop superstar Celine Dion's husband and longtime manager Rene Angelil. The...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Pope Francis has written his first book for children, replying to 30 probing letters from children around the world and due for release by a US publishing house in March....
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Roland Jackson- British education publisher Pearson on Thursday unveiled plans to axe 4,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, in an effort to combat weak demand....
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