Tag Archives: International

LOS ANGELES - Malik B, a rapper and founding member of The Roots, has died. He was 47. The group announced the death of the Philadelphia-born emcee in a social media post Wednesday. The cause of death...

NEW YORK - Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey didn't want to write an ordinary celebrity book. "This is not a traditional memoir, or an advice book, but rather a playbook based on adventures in my life,...

LOS ANGELES - Tracy Morgan and his wife of five years are ending their marriage The actor-comedian's representative said in an emailed statement Wednesday that Morgan and Megan Wollover have filed for...

LOS ANGELES - Oscar-nominated writer David Hare says he's turned his COVID-19 illness into a stage monologue about enduring "this quite extraordinary disease." "Beat the Devil" will open in London as ...

LOS ANGELES - Acclaimed actor Glenda Jackson will launch the 50th season of PBS' "Masterpiece" drama showcase next year. The film "Elizabeth is Missing," with Jackson as a woman in search of a vanishe...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who brought direct elections and other democratic changes to the self-governed island despite missile launches and other fierce saber-rattling...

NEW YORK - In the Fall 2012, as the willing subject of one of the most anticipated literary biographies in recent memory, Philip Roth joked that he had surrendered power over his own life to author Bl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built - a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers - blasted off for the red planet Thursday as pa...

FRANKFURT - Germany's economy took a massive hit during the pandemic shutdowns, shrinking by 10.1% per cent during the April-June period from the previous quarter, the official statistics agency said ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - The bright yellow Hotel Holiday in downtown Sarajevo has seen good times and bad times in its 37-year history. Mostly, it has been a symbol of survival in the once-turbulent Bosnian...