The American art collector Spencer Hays -- who had donated more than 600 artworks to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris -- has died suddenly aged 80, the French culture ministry said Thursday. His gift of...
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp (000063. SZ)(0763.HK) is nearing an agreement to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges and pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties over allegations...
After putting down his executive pen former US President George W. Bush picked up a paint brush -- and the hobby has become something of a career. An exhibition of his oil paintings depicting US...
So where's Barack Obama these days? Look no further than Washington's swanky Kalorama neighborhood. And what about Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her family? That's where you'll find them too....
Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles will participate in the 24th season of US reality show "Dancing With the Stars," broadcaster ABC said Wednesday, joining a lineup that also includes former...
The U. S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to head the Interior Department as the White House seeks to increase fossil fuel production on federal lands. Ryan Zinke, a U.S....
Hill Republicans are once again at the mercy of President Donald Trump political whims. CNN reported Tuesday that Trump wants Republicans and Democrats to work together on an immigration reform bill...
Awulae Agyevi Kwame II, Paramount Chief of Nsein, who was the lead advocate against Ben Asante as Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Gas Company, has conceded defeat and pledged to work with...
Hollywood actor Bill Paxton, best known for his roles in such blockbusters as "Apollo 13" and "Titanic," has died at the age of 61, a family representative said Sunday. The versatile Texas-born actor...
Former US president George W. Bush has kept a low profile since leaving the White House in 2009. But he is set to reveal some of the fruits of his second career on Tuesday in a book called "Portraits...
Mexico has warned the US against imposing a unilateral tax on Mexican imports to finance a border wall, saying it could respond in kind. Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said the government could...
A Ghanaian, Mark Amo-Boateng, has made it to the semi-finals of the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a three-year global competition challenging teams to advance ocean technologies for rapid,...
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of...
The Trump administration has rescinded guidance enacted by his predecessor in favour of transgender students, the White House has said. The Obama-era rule directed public schools to allow transgender...
US Senator Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday pressed her case to fellow lawmakers for requiring US amateur sports governing bodies to notify law-enforcement agencies regarding all reports of abuse. The...
Ireland will face the United States in a June Test match in suburban New York, USA Rugby announced Wednesday. The Eagles and Irish will meet on June 10 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. It's...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the death sentence against an African American man who challenged it as biased, after a psychologist testified he was more dangerous because of his race....
An Australian pilot who died in a Melbourne plane crash had been investigated before over a "near collision" in 2015, say officials. Max Quartermain and four US citizens died when their light plane...
Fusion pioneer Larry Coryell, one of the first guitarists to win an audience bringing a rock edge to the jazz guitar, has died. He was 73. The guitarist, who kept a busy recording and touring...
Norma McCorvey, whose test case made abortions legal in the United States, has died aged 69. She was represented under a pseudonym in the Roe v Wade case, in what ended up being a landmark and...
