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A gloomy season for Ethiopia's 'green gold' at the...

"We call it green gold," says Ramadan Youssouf, a khat trader in the Ethiopian town of Aweday, one of the largest markets in the world for the mildly narcotic s...

$27.7 million Bacon tops New York art auction sale...

A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon of his great love sold for $27.7 million at Sotheby's spring sales in New York on Monday, topping the first night of...

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Greta Gerwig's jury at the Cannes Film Festival

An eight member jury led by Greta Gerwig will decide the winner of this year's Palme d'Or, the top prize of the Cannes Film Festiv...

French court to rule in Polanski defamation trial

A French court will rule Tuesday on whether French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski is guilty of defaming British actor Charlotte L...

Hollywood heads to Cannes as off-screen drama soar...

Hollywood stars jetted into Cannes on Tuesday as the world's most famous film festival gets under way in dramatic circumstances, i...

Celebrities face digital backlash over Gaza silenc...

Celebrities who have remained silent on the crisis in Gaza are feeling the wrath of angry fans wielding the "digital guillotine" t...

US to raise concerns at first AI talks with China

The United States and China will hold their first talks on artificial intelligence on Tuesday, with Washington set to raise concer...

Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo returns to hero's wel...

Nemo was given a hero's welcome on returning to Switzerland after winning the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, being greeted by...

Legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman dies

American B-movie director and producer Roger Corman, best known for hundreds of low-budget films and discovering Hollywood heavywe...

French Miss Africa contests proudly celebrate dual...

The recent scene in a Paris theatre was loud and tumultuous with hundreds of spectators backing their favourites in the Miss Ivory...

'Worse than Covid': UK gig venues sing the Blues

The hall may have been packed when the lights came on at singer Cosmo Sheldrake's gig at "Earth Hackney", but the coffers of the e...

New York gears up for major Spring auctions after...

New York's major auction houses were preparing for the start of their all-important Spring sales on Monday even as Christie's came...

In Tel Aviv, Eurovision fans hope world shows Isra...

Eurovision fans gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday to watch the show taking place in Sweden on big screens said they were hoping voters...

Ireland's Eurovision entry accuses Israeli broadca...

Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest entry Bambie Thug on Saturday accused the Israeli broadcaster, Kan, of a rule break.

Ireland's Eurovision entry shares cryptic post ahe...

Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest entry Bambie Thug on Saturday said a "situation" that required "urgent attention" from show orga...

Swedish police probe 'intimidation' at Eurovision

Swedish police said Saturday they had launched a probe into alleged intimidation at Eurovision after the Dutch contestant was myst...

Eurovision in Gaza's shadow as Israel competes in...

The Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday with thousands of protesters expected to culminate a...

Zendaya: a superstar, not a challenger

From film to fashion, former teen actor Zendaya has emerged as one of the few bona fide A-list superstars of her generation, thank...

Beach Boys' Brian Wilson placed under conservators...

Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has been placed under a conservatorship by a Los Angeles judge, following his struggles with demen...

The Palestinian who almost represented Iceland at...

Jerusalem native Bashar Murad was determined to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, but with no option to represent Palestinia...

Eurovision draws street protests calling for Israe...

Thousands of demonstrators, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, marched through the streets of Malmo, Sweden Thursday to pr...

Taylor Swift fever grips Paris at start of Europe...

Taylor Swift-fever struck Paris on Thursday as the highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe with fans excited to...

Cate Blanchett to be honoured at San Sebastian fil...

Australian actor Cate Blanchett will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival in September, org...

Swift and Beyonce show the lucrative pop-fashion l...

The return of mega-concerts since the Covid-19 pandemic, with Beyonce and Taylor Swift leading the way, has highlighted the lucrat...

Taylor Swift European dates kick off in Paris

The highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe on Thursday as Taylor Swift kicked off her European dates with four...

Moscow children celebrate 'victory' amid patriotic...

Outside Moscow's patriotic Victory Museum, 11-year-old Saveliy beamed with excitement: "I've seen real machine guns!".

Olympic flame arrives on French soil for Paris Gam...

The Olympic flame arrived on French soil on Wednesday at the port of Marseille on board a 19th century ship in front of 150,000 sp...

Remastered Beatles movie 'Let It Be' gets long-awa...

"Let it Be", the documentary film about The Beatles released just after the band's break up in 1970, hit screens again on Wednesda...

What a feet: Viral Dutch artist paints 10 pictures...

Two paintbrushes between the toes, two in her hands, and fierce concentration etched on her face, Dutch artist Rajacenna van Dam i...

Europe's 'Swifties' await icon with open arms

When a pair of "Swifties" in The Netherlands tried to get a local Taylor Swift fan night going two years ago, club owners turned u...

Security guard shot outside Drake's home in Toront...

Police in Toronto were investigating a pre-dawn shooting on Tuesday at the sprawling estate of superstar rapper Drake, located in...

Flat-out: Hirscher boosts skiing in mountainless N...

The mercury hits six degrees below freezing and the snow crunches underfoot as the ski-school kids carve down the piste towards th...

Star dog Messi will interview stars on Cannes red...

Messi, star of Oscar-winning movie "Anatomy of a Fall", which won the top prize at Cannes last year, will return to the festival n...

Courtnae Paul, the S.African chasing Olympic break...

Moonwalking into the centre of a colourful gladiator-like stage, South African breakdancer Courtnae Paul warms up a Johannesburg c...

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