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Sudanese filmmakers shine light on war's 'silent p...
Sudanese directors and actors were in Egypt this week hoping to use the power of cinema to shine a light on the war devastating th...
French barber still trimming at 90
French barber Roger Amilhastre, 90, could have hung up his clippers decades ago but he said his passion for hair gives him a reaso...
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace accepts $5 bn takeove...
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace said Friday it had accepted a $5.3-billion takeover bid from US private equity firm Thoma Bravo, whic...
Kenyan rugby player turned TikTok star cooks to fi...
"Done!" -- the catchphrase punctuating former rugby player Dennis Ombachi's cooking videos is as famous as the balcony of the Nair...
Japan anime studio draws on talent of autistic art...
Diagnosed with autism, Shoko Sakuma says she struggled working in accounting but now she is putting her childhood love of drawing...
Snap shares pop after revenue tops expectations
Shares in social media company Snap, which runs the youth-focused Snapchat, soared nearly 25 percent on Thursday after it reported...
French Palme d'Or winner Laurent Cantet dies
French filmmaker Laurent Cantet, who won the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2008 for his school-set film "The Class", died on Thursday ag...
BTS agency files complaint against subsidiary head...
The South Korean agency behind K-pop sensation BTS on Thursday filed a legal complaint against its powerhouse subsidiary's head fo...
BTS agency to file complaint against subsidiary he...
The South Korean agency behind K-pop sensation BTS said Thursday it will file a legal complaint against its powerhouse subsidiary'...
Born in favelas, Brazilian funk gets swank, goes g...
Born in impoverished favelas, Rio de Janeiro funk music has emerged as a global phenomenon, embraced by superstars from Anitta to...
Star Dudamel brings inclusive vision to New York P...
Star conductor Gustavo Dudamel presented a youth-oriented, pop culturally aware vision of the future to the New York Philharmonic'...
US conspiracy website Gateway Pundit declares bank...
US far-right conspiracy website Gateway Pundit is filing for bankruptcy, its founder said Wednesday, as it battles a string of law...
Meta profits soar but costs of AI cause worry
Facebook-owner Meta on Wednesday said its quarterly profits soared last quarter, but worries about the cost of artificial intellig...
Meta sees profits soar in first quarter
Facebook-owner Meta on Wednesday said its quarterly profits soared last quarter as the company continues to see stellar ad growth...
Bleach blond? Biden mocks Trump's hair in personal...
US President Joe Biden took aim Wednesday at Donald Trump, joking that when his rival famously remarked about injecting bleach to...
TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to...
'City Hunter' manga hero drops the sexism for new...
Attracting global audiences with a live-action adaptation of a classic Japanese manga can be tough, and even more so when the prot...
Women's prison hosts Vatican's Venice Biennale sho...
A women's prison is the site of an immersive art show from the Vatican at the 60th Venice Biennale, an unlikely venue that its cur...
Recycled 'zombie' misinformation targets US voters
Migrants, vaccines, pedophilia rings -- old conspiracy theories are resurfacing ahead of the US election despite being repeatedly...
Bill to ban TikTok in US clears Congress
The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese...
French artist JR downsizes at Venice Biennale with...
Better known for his huge photographic collages, French artist JR presents a smaller scale project for the Venice Biennale this ye...
UK royals share prince birthday photo in wake of e...
The youngest son of Prince William and his wife Catherine turned six on Tuesday, with the princess, who is being treated for cance...
Shares of BTS agents plunge after audit announceme...
Shares of the South Korean agency behind K-pop sensation BTS dropped nearly 10 percent this week after the company announced a pro...
N. Korea animators may have worked on Amazon, Max...
North Korean animators appear to have worked on upcoming Amazon and Max cartoons, without the knowledge of either US-based Hollywo...
French Voice singer hospitalised with bullet wound
A former winner of France's version of The Voice was in hospital on Monday after being shot in the chest, sources familiar with th...
Top BBC news anchor resigns after sex photos furor...
Veteran news anchor Huw Edwards resigned from the BBC on Monday on "medical advice", the broadcaster said, nine months after he be...
French singer hospitalised with bullet wound
A former winner of France's version of The Voice was in hospital on Monday after being shot in the chest, sources familiar with th...
Women journalists bear the brunt of cyberbullying
Women journalists face greater threats online in the course of their work, and the trend is increasing, one expert told an interna...
Vinyl enthusiasts spin into action on UK's Record...
It was 8.30 am (0730 GMT) and the line was growing in front of Flashback Records in the Shoreditch neighbourhood of Britain's capi...
UK environment activists guilty of halting 'Les Mi...
Five environmental activists from the group Just Stop Oil were on Friday convicted of trespassing for disrupting a performance of...
Photography is 'mirror on society': Sebastiao Salg...
He might be 80 but Sebastiao Salgado, the Brazilian photojournalist who has spent five decades chronicling the world around us, is...
Prince Harry lawsuit against UK tabloid progresses...
Prince Harry's lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid publisher over allegations of unlawful information gathering can p...