The video screen “Portal” that lets people in New York and Dublin peer into life on opposite sides of the Atlantic in real time has been a source of whimsical delight, but also a magnet for boorish behavior that’s prompted officials to hit pause for now
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the defense minister with a former deputy prime minister who is an economics expert with no military background
The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can be confounding
Government data in Argentina shows that the country’s monthly inflation rate has eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year
More people are being told to leave an area of western Canada at threat from a nearby wildfire that has grown significantly in the past day
Argentina's inflation drops to 1st single-digit rate in 6 months, a triumph for President Milei not felt on the streets
Marisa Abela plays the late Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson's “Back to Black,” a jukebox musical dramatization of her life
Eight watches belonging to auto racing icon Michael Schumacher sold Tuesday for nearly 4 million Swiss francs ($4.4 million) at a Geneva auction
A mixed-breed dog has won the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's agility prize for the first time
King Charles III unveiled his first completed portrait since the coronation, a vivid image in reds depicting the monarch in the uniform of the Welsh Guards
Kathleen Hana's bands, Bikini Kill, the Julie Ruin and Le Tigre, have long been celebrated for their candor, and their songs which chastised abusers and celebrated women
A judge says the remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld music festival will go to trial in civil court in Houston in September
Canadian literary giant, one of the most honored short story writers, dies at 92
The first star to arrive on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival came on four legs
Following the ramming of a small boat by an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar, authorities in Spain have issued recommendations that small vessels stick to the coastline in that region to avoid often-scary interactions with killer whales during summer mo...
A coalition that includes entrepreneur and philanthropist Daniel Lubetzky, actor Liev Schreiber, journalist Katie Couric, and director of the Muhammad Ali Center Lonnie Ali announced Tuesday that it would launch Builders, a nonprofit global initiative ...
Nobel laureate Alice Munro has died
A French court has ruled that filmmaker Roman Polanski did not defame a British actor who accused him of raping her as a teenager
Israel's Independence Day is normally a raucous affair, celebrated with day parties and barbecues in parks, but this year, celebrations — from Monday evening through Tuesday — were muted
A movie weapons armorer is appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.”
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant and one of the most honored short story writers, dies at 92
David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and enjoyed his own highly successful career, has died at age 78
The University of Amsterdam has canceled classes and shut buildings for two days after the latest demonstrations over the war in Gaza turned destructive
Canada’s most populous province will suspend driver’s licenses for at least 10 years for those who have been convicted of stealing a car
Georgia’s parliament has passed a law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union