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UNESCO awards press prize to Palestinian journalis...
UNESCO on Thursday awarded its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza, where Israel has...
TikTok reaches music licensing deal with Universal...
TikTok and Universal announced a new licensing agreement Thursday, ending a months-long dispute that saw popular music expunged fr...
Meryl Streep to receive honorary Palme d'Or at Can...
Meryl Streep will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, organisers said Th...
Wife of ex-French president Sarkozy suspect in wit...
Singer and model Carla Bruni was on Thursday questioned as a suspect in a witness tampering case against her husband, former Frenc...
European court upholds Italy's claim to Greek bron...
Italy is allowed to confiscate an ancient Greek bronze fished from the Adriatic in the 1960s and now in the Getty Museum in Los An...
French parliament to investigate sexual abuse in c...
The French parliament on Thursday agreed to create a commission of inquiry to investigate sexual and gender-based violence in cine...
Daniel Radcliffe 'really sad' over Rowling's trans...
Daniel Radcliffe has said he is saddened by author J.K. Rowling's stance on transgender rights, telling an interviewer he has not...
French actress details 'rape' accusations against...
French actress Isild Le Besco in a book published on Wednesday accused filmmaker Benoit Jacquot of raping her as a teenager but sa...
Hollywood stunt performers rev up 'Fall Guy' premi...
Fresh from the high-profile success of "Barbie," Ryan Gosling used the Los Angeles premiere of his next movie "The Fall Guy" to ce...
Nepalis fight TikTok ban in court, or ignore it en...
When Nepal suddenly announced a ban on TikTok last year, lawyer Sunil Rajan Singh was determined to fight what he said was a gover...
'Operation Madonna': Rio readies for singer's free...
Madonna's long-awaited free concert on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach has upended the neighborhood, with over a million fans ex...
Amazon triples quarterly profit as cloud and ads g...
E-commerce titan Amazon on Tuesday said profit in the first three months of 2024 tripled as its cloud, ads, and retail businesses...
'Persepolis' author wins top Spanish prize
French-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel "Persepolis" tells the story of a girl growing up in post-revolutionary...
Japan bridal wear pioneer Yumi Katsura dies at 94
Fashion designer Yumi Katsura, who helped popularise Western bridal wear in Japan and who made a golden cape for Pope John Paul II...
India's influencers still struggle years after Tik...
Choreographer Sahil Kumar found fame showcasing folk dances on TikTok, but his profile has been dormant since the video he posted...
ChatGPT faces Austria complaint over 'uncorrectabl...
A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said Monday it would file a complaint against ChatGPT in Austria, claiming the "hallucinatin...
Omar Sy, Eva Green join Cannes jury
French screen stars Omar Sy and Eva Green will be part of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival next month, organisers announced on...
TikTok creators fear economic blow of US ban
Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schoo...
Music 'haven of freedom' Tangiers hosts global jaz...
The Moroccan city of Tangiers, which has a long history as a haven of inspiration for American jazz musicians, will host UNESCO's...
Pope heads to Venice in first trip for months
Pope Francis will visit Venice on Sunday, his first trip outside Rome in seven months, which will be closely watched amid concerns...
Louvre says Mona Lisa could get a room of her own
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre, the museum's pres...
Star K-pop producer causes online stir after lashi...
The creative director behind the girl band NewJeans has found online fame after a tearful, profanity-laced news conference in whic...
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...