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Is fractious France ready for an Olympics party?
Organisers of the Paris Olympics have promised a "great national party" for the country, but with 100 days to go, France's bitter...
Prince Harry loses bid to appeal UK security rulin...
Prince Harry will not be allowed to appeal the downgrading of his personal security when he visits Britain, a court ruled on Monda...
French-Canadian gets 'Oscars of Science' prize for...
French-Canadian scientist Michel Sadelain was awarded an "Oscars of Science" prize in Los Angeles on Saturday for his research int...
Coachella heavy on indie rock nostalgia, Taylor Sw...
Coachella day two was heavy on alt-rock throwbacks including a highly anticipated No Doubt reunion, but it was Taylor Swift -- who...
Taylor spotted at Coachella heavy on indies rock n...
Coachella day two was heavy on alt rock throwbacks including a much-anticipated No Doubt reunion, but it was Taylor Swift -- who w...
King Charles III 'horrified' by 'senseless' Sydney...
Britain's King Charles III said Saturday that he and his wife Queen Camilla were "horrified" by "senseless" stabbings at a shoppin...
Shakira wows at Coachella on day dominated by Lati...
Shakira dropped in Friday night for a surprise Coachella cameo with Argentina's superstar producer Bizarrap, a highlight on day on...
Future of Africa's flamingos threatened by rising...
The lakes where Africa's flamingos congregate in spectacular numbers are producing less food for the iconic birds as their water l...
Philippines trains pet dogs for search and rescue
With her owner holding her leash, Philippine pooch Hazel sniffs through rubble in a simulated search for survivors of a major eart...
Salmon fishing off California's coast banned for s...
Salmon fishing off the coast of California will be banned for a second consecutive year, authorities said Wednesday, citing lower...
Lana, Tyler, Doja headline Coachella where Swift r...
Hordes of music fans were arriving in California's Coachella Valley for the premier arts festival that begins Friday and features...
Harry and Meghan team up with Netflix for lifestyl...
Britain's Prince Harry and his actress wife Meghan Markle are working on two nonfiction series with Netflix -- a lifestyle program...
Cannes Film Festival to unveil line-up
The Cannes Film Festival will unveil its line-up on Thursday, with the main competition entries seeking to win over a jury led by...
George Lucas to get special Cannes festival award
The Cannes film festival will give Star Wars creator George Lucas a special award at its closing ceremony this year, organisers sa...
Wary Trump says up to states to decide abortion
Abortion rights should be left up to states to decide, US presidential candidate Donald Trump said Monday, in his latest effort to...
Rwanda commemorates 30 years since genocide
Rwandans will on Sunday mark 30 years since a genocide orchestrated by Hutu extremists tore apart their country, as neighbours tur...
Fifty years ago, ABBA paved the way for Swedish po...
"It was love at first sight". Fifty years after ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest, Belgian fan Claudine, still remembers how th...
Desperate to dodge dengue, Argentines run out of r...
Insect repellent has become a hot commodity in Argentina, which is besieged by dengue-carrying mosquitoes and facing shortages tha...
White wedding: Kilde and Shiffrin to tie the knot
Alpine skiing's golden couple Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Mikaela Shiffrin are engaged to be married after the American superstar...
NATO marks 75 years in face of Ukraine war
NATO on Thursday marks 75 years since its founding with the Western alliance confronted by the urgent need to do more to help Ukra...
Lea Seydoux comedy to open Cannes festival
French comedy "Second Act", starring Lea Seydoux, will open the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, the organisers announced on Wednes...
South Africa to end captive lion breeding for hunt...
South Africa on Wednesday laid out plans to phase out the captive breeding of lions for hunting purposes as the country moves to b...
S Korean fans bid farewell to internet-famous pand...
Thousands of well-wishers gathered Wednesday to bid farewell to the first giant panda born in South Korea, Fu Bao, who left for Ch...
Peace still elusive for east DR Congo 30 years aft...
Sitting at home in Goma in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rachel Sematumba describes herself as "a child o...
Maryse Conde: Daring storyteller who explored blac...
French writer Maryse Conde, who died on Tuesday at the age of 90, became one of the greatest chroniclers of the struggles and triu...
UK same-sex couples celebrate a decade of legal ma...
When same-sex marriages became legal in England and Wales 10 years ago on Friday, Britons Neil Allard and Andrew Wale could not ha...
One dead in rare US mountain lion attack
A rare attack by a mountain lion on two brothers in a remote area of California left one dead and the other severely injured over...
Convicted rapist Dani Alves leaves Spain jail afte...
Convicted rapist and former Brazil international Dani Alves left a prison near Barcelona on Monday after posting the one-million-e...
Kate Middleton conspiracies linger after cancer re...
The revelation that Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer prompted a swift backlash over a torrent of lurid social me...
Filmstrip, Hungary's old-school projectors childre...
Tablets and mobile phones may have to be prised from the fingers of children elsewhere, but in Hungary storytime can be all about...
How will UK royal family deal with staffing crisis...
Serious health issues, fallouts and scandals have plunged the UK royal family into a staffing crisis, with responsibility for publ...
Britain in shock after Catherine's cancer announce...
After weeks of wild speculation, British people on Saturday digested the shock news that Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer,...