Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Facebook is naming Adam Mosseri, a 10-year veteran at the company, as the CEO of Instagram. The appointment comes after the photo-sharing app’s co-founders resigned last week without ...

BRANFORD, Conn. - Staff and patrons at a Connecticut pub got a thrill recently when British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran stopped in for a pint of Guinness. The New Haven Register reports that Sheeran ...

PARIS - An on-form Stella McCartney presented her first Paris Fashion Week collection since taking full control of her eponymous design house this year by buying the 50 per cent stake owned by luxury ...

PARIS - Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday that he doesn’t see the U.S. relationship with China worsening after a series of setbacks that officials said include cancelling the Pentagon chi...

PARIS - Charles Aznavour’s performing career endured eight decades, with a prompter in his final years the sole concession to age - or to difficulty recalling a 1,000-song repertoire. Known as F...

Pittsburgh is set to honour the father of modern American zombie films outside the theatre where his “Night of the Living Dead” premiered 50 years ago. The widow of filmmaker George Romero...

NEW YORK - Jemele Hill is joining the staff of The Atlantic weeks after the outspoken personality left ESPN after 12 years as a commentator, anchor, reporter and writer. Hill posted on her Twitter fee...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations’ highest court has rejected landlocked Bolivia’s bid to force Chile to the negotiating table over granting access to the Pacific Ocean. In a leg...

MILAN - A fire in Venice’s rebuilt La Fenice opera house was swiftly brought under control Monday, 22 years after a blaze had destroyed the famous theatre. Italian news agency ANSA reported that...

ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen has appeared for a surprise performance at a New Jersey festival. “The Boss” took a break from “Springsteen on Broadway” and performed wit...