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French Voice singer hospitalised with bullet wound
A former winner of France's version of The Voice was in hospital on Monday after being shot in the chest, sources familiar with the case told AFP.
Top BBC news anchor resigns after sex photos furore
Veteran news anchor Huw Edwards resigned from the BBC on Monday on "medical advice", the broadcaster said, nine months after he become embroiled in a scandal over sexually explicit images involving a teenager.
French singer hospitalised with bullet wound
A former winner of France's version of The Voice was in hospital on Monday after being shot in the chest, sources familiar with the case told AFP.
Women journalists bear the brunt of cyberbullying
Women journalists face greater threats online in the course of their work, and the trend is increasing, one expert told an international conference in Italy this weekend.
Vinyl enthusiasts spin into action on UK's Record Store Day
It was 8.30 am (0730 GMT) and the line was growing in front of Flashback Records in the Shoreditch neighbourhood of Britain's capital.
UK environment activists guilty of halting 'Les Miserables'
Five environmental activists from the group Just Stop Oil were on Friday convicted of trespassing for disrupting a performance of "Les Miserables" in London last year.
Photography is 'mirror on society': Sebastiao Salgado
He might be 80 but Sebastiao Salgado, the Brazilian photojournalist who has spent five decades chronicling the world around us, is not ready to hang up his camera yet.
Prince Harry lawsuit against UK tabloid progresses towards trial
Prince Harry's lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid publisher over allegations of unlawful information gathering can proceed to a potential trial next year, a UK judge ruled Friday.
US 'swatting' pranks stoke alarm in election year
Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn. They were responding to yet another hoax, increasingly seen as a tool of intimidation in a crucial election year.
Netflix beats expectations on profit and subscribers
Netflix topped expectations Thursday as it reported 9.3 million new subscribers and profits of $2.3 billion in the first three months of the year.
Sting, Deep Purple return to Montreux Jazz Festival
Deep Purple, Sting and Lenny Kravitz will return for this year's Montreux Jazz Festival, while Duran Duran will close the event with their debut appearance, organisers announced Thursday.
16-year restoration of silent 'Napoleon' to screen at Cannes
After a colossal 16-year restoration effort, Abel Gance's seven-hour silent classic "Napoleon" will finally return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers said Thursday.
Studio Ghibli to receive honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes
Legendary Japanese animators Studio Ghibli will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced Wednesday.
Netflix releases teaser for '100 Years of Solitude'
Netflix on Wednesday released a sneak peek of its TV series adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning author's death.
Designer of France's high-speed train Jacques Cooper dies
Jacques Cooper, designer of France's first ultra-fast TGV train that shattered world speed records when it came into service in 1981, has died aged 93, his former employer Alstom said Wednesday.
EU questions TikTok over new Lite app in France, Spain
The EU gave TikTok 24 hours to provide a risk assessment on its new Lite app launched in France and Spain over concerns of its potential impact on children and users' mental health, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
France appoints magistrates in probe into Fox News cameraman death
France has appointed investigating magistrates to run a war crimes probe into the death of Franco-Irish Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski who was killed covering the war in Ukraine, a judicial source said Wednesday.
Trump media group plans TV streaming platform
Donald Trump's media group said Tuesday it will launch a streaming television platform, but its shares continued to tumble on Wall Street.
Russian ballet show in South Korea cancelled amid Ukraine tensions
A ballet performance in South Korea featuring dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled abruptly, the organisers confirmed to AFP Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Seoul and Moscow over Ukraine and North Korea.
Fortunato Ortombina named new La Scala director
The director of La Fenice Opera House in Venice, Fortunato Ortombina, will take the helm of Milan's storied La Scala, authorities announced Tuesday.
Coachella revelers partying with less booze find festive options
Deborah Biegaj has been coming to Coachella for about a decade, and long thought little of drinking heavily at the mammoth California desert festival -- it's just what you did.
'Titanic' task of finding plundered African art in French museums
With tens of thousands of African artworks in French museums, curators face a huge task in trying to identify which of these were plundered during colonial rule in the 19th and 20th centuries and should be returned.
Paris Grand Palais ready for Olympics after major renovation
French President Emmanuel Macron praised the renovation of the Grand Palais in Paris on Monday as it prepared to hand over the historic venue to host Olympic fencing and taekwondo.
Shakira, Taylor Swift, Men in Black? Coachella 2024 takeaways
Coachella's first weekend boasted buzzy guest appearances, a diverse slate of Latino acts and an indie rock revival, along with the premier desert festival's barely there fashion with a heavy dose of Americana.
Doja Cat leads powerful cast of women commanding Coachella day three
Doja Cat closed Sunday's Coachella writhing in a mud wrestling pit, an orgy of a finish that cemented her status as one of music's great entertainers.
Survivors return to site of Israel festival mass killing
Neria Goelman and Hannah Zedek, who both escaped the bloody Hamas attack on the Nova music festival in southern Israel six months ago, have found the bush they were searching for.
'From Gaza With Love': Palestinian Saint Levant rouses Coachella
Saint Levant, the Palestinian-French-Algerian-Serbian rapper who's found viral fame online, made his Coachella debut over the weekend, bringing eminently danceable beats and Palestinian solidarity to the stage.
Stadiums rise at Paris landmarks 100 days from Olympics
In front of the Eiffel Tower, stands are emerging from a tangle of scaffolding, while at the historic Place de la Concorde, forklift trucks buzz around carrying building materials.
'Civil War' leads the charge at North American box office
"Civil War," the hard-hitting film that imagines a dystopian near-future in the United States, topped the North American box office in its first weekend, according to estimates from industry watcher Exhibitor Relations.
Pioneering American artist, activist Faith Ringgold dies at 93: media
Faith Ringgold, a pioneering multimedia artist who explored race relations in the United States and advocated for Black people and women to be better represented in the arts, died on Saturday at the age of 93, US media reported.
Cameroon opens museum honouring oldest sub-Saharan kingdom
To enter the Museum of the Bamoun Kings in western Cameroon, you have to pass under the fangs of a gigantic two-headed snake -- the highlight of an imposing coat of arms of one of the oldest kingdoms in sub-Saharan Africa.
Taylor and Travis spotted dancing at Coachella
Taylor Swift made a much-speculated on appearance at Saturday's Coachella festival... as a fan, canoodling and dancing with beau Travis Kelce as Bleachers performed a rollicking set.