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US top court sidesteps ruling on contentious socia...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to review a pair of Republican-backed laws that imposed restrictions on social...
France detains two filmmakers over sexual abuse al...
French authorities Monday detained leading arthouse film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for questioning over accusat...
Albania's Kadare, whose novels defied dictatorship...
Acclaimed Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare -- an eternal bridesmaid for a Nobel literature prize -- died Monday of a heart attack a...
Ismail Kadare: A bright light in Albania's darkest...
Novelist Ismail Kadare -- who has died aged 88 -- used his pen as a stealth weapon to survive Albania's paranoid communist dictat...
'Inside Out 2' tops N. American box office for thi...
"Inside Out 2" kept its number one spot at North American box offices for the third weekend in a row, industry watcher Exhibitor R...
German fans dance to the tune of the 'saxophone gu...
While Germany have sometimes struggled on the pitch at Euro 2024, a previously unknown saxophonist in a retro shirt has had more s...
Five IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque:...
A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic...
Dua Lipa holds court as UK's Glastonbury Festival...
British-Albanian pop sensation Dua Lipa was to headline the first night of the Glastonbury festival on Friday which has again dra...
Sigourney Weaver to get Venice Film Festival honou...
Actor Sigourney Weaver, best known for her iconic role in Alien, will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year's Venice F...
Mosaics by priest accused of abuse must go, women...
The Catholic Church is under pressure to remove hundreds of mosaics by a priest who is a world-renowned artist following a request...
Hong Kong museum celebrates life of architect I.M....
More than 30 years after I.M. Pei reshaped Hong Kong's skyline with a jagged tower of steel and glass, the Chinese-American archit...
Julian Assange 'rediscovering life' as free man in...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "rediscovering life" as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London h...
Julian Assange 'marvelling' at freedom in Australi...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "marvelling at the horizon" as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a L...
Some like it not: LA bars demolition of Marilyn Mo...
The Los Angeles home where Marilyn Monroe died was declared a historic landmark on Wednesday, thwarting plans by its current owner...
Original 'Harry Potter' cover art sells for $1.9 m...
The original watercolor illustration for the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -- the book that introduc...
US reporter Evan Gershkovich on trial in Russia
US reporter Evan Gershkovich's closed-door espionage trial in Russia began Wednesday, 15 months after he was arrested on charges t...
Designer vestments and furniture for Paris's rebor...
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is getting a modern makeover for its reopening in December, with designer furniture and colourful pr...
US reporter Evan Gershkovich's closed-door trial b...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich's closed-door trial for espionage began in Russia on Wednesday, 15 months after his shock arrest on...
The 500-plus artisans working on Olympics costumes
An army of artisans is racing to complete thousands of costumes for the Paris Olympics ceremonies that the designers say will each...
WikiLeaks founder Assange pleads guilty in US deal...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty in a US court in Saipan on Wednesday, AFP reporters said, in a plea bargain that w...
Chanel shows at Paris Opera as it seeks new design...
Chanel held its haute couture show on Tuesday just three weeks after the very abrupt departure of creative director Virginie Viard...
Chanel shows without dumped designer at fashion we...
Awkward! Chanel held its haute couture show on Tuesday just three weeks after the very abrupt departure of creative director Virgi...
WikiLeaks founder Assange to be 'free man' after U...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be a "free man", his wife said Tuesday, once a judge signs off on a plea deal with US autho...
WikiLeaks says Julian Assange is 'free' after US p...
Julian Assange has been released from prison and left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorit...
Almodovar's love affair with Madrid explored in ne...
Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar's decades-long love affair with Madrid is the focus of a new exhibition in the Spanish capi...
Indonesia's all-girl Muslim metal band heads to Gl...
When three Indonesian teen girls formed a metal band 10 years ago to sing about gender equality and peace over bone-crunching guit...
WikiLeaks says Julian Assange is 'free,' has left...
Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US au...
Vogue World brings together fashion and sport in P...
Paris played host Sunday to an ultra-glitzy collision between fashion and sport as Vogue put on its latest branding event in the h...
'Inside Out 2' keeps emotion at heart of N. Americ...
"Inside Out 2," the animated tale of teen emotion, continued its triumphant run at the North American box office in its second wee...
Paris fashionistas says au revoir to design legend...
Fashion great Dries Van Noten made an emotional farewell at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday as he headed into retirement at just 66...
Prince William celebrates birthday at Taylor Swift...
Taylor Swift got the London-leg of her Eras tour off to a good start, with the UK's Prince William posting a backstage picture of...
A guide to French political fashion
France is in the midst of two of its favourite pastimes: political turmoil and fashion week -- two worlds that increasingly collid...