VENICE, ITALY, Angus Mackinnon- "This is not my body. I want you to take it away." When transgender artist Lili Elbe, played by British actor Eddie Redmayne, utters that line in Tom Hooper's "The...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth revealed he had conducted missions for intelligence service MI6 in extracts from his autobiography published Sunday. Forsyth, whose...

KIEV, UKRAINE, Olga Shylenko- Ukrainians are snapping up the autobiography of film director Oleg Sentsov, who was last week sentenced by Russia to 20 years in prison in a shock ruling that sparked...

VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE- Pope Francis has sent his blessing to a lesbian author of children's books dealing with same-sex families, wishing her and her wife well in their work, it emerged on Friday....

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Renowned neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, who explored the mysteries of the human brain in a series of best-selling books, died Sunday at age 82. His longtime personal...

TOKYO, JAPAN- Japan's leading toilet giant opens a new museum this week dedicated to a century of lavatories, from its first water flushing model to the most cutting edge version with...

PARIS, FRANCE, Eric Randolph- Academics have criticised the British government for creating a "climate of fear" after the national library declined to store the world's biggest collection of...

BERLIN, GERMANY- Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim is hoping to take one of Germany's top orchestras to Iran to perform a concert there, the Berlin State Opera said Thursday, drawing...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Fans of late British author Terry Pratchett, many in science-fantasy costumes, queued outside bookshops overnight as the final instalment in the Discworld series went on sale...