Strike up the band: Paris orchestra wails at pension reform plans
The French capital’s Opera Bastille has been silent for nearly a month because its orchestra is on strike, but on Tuesday the musicians performed on...
Man charged after ‘Picasso painting’ attacked in London gallery
British police have charged a man with criminal damage after a painting, reported by the BBC to have been by Spanish master Pablo Picasso, was...
With Uighur comic, Japanese manga artist aims to highlight everday ‘suffering’
A Japanese artist whose manga comics about a Uighur woman went viral wants to use the simple power of her work to raise awareness of...
Paris Opera ballerinas, who retire at 42, kick up a fuss over Macron pension plans
Ballerinas in white tutus danced scenes from Swan Lake on the forecourt of the Paris Opera on Tuesday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans...
A Christmas journey from olive orchard to Nativity carving
As Christmas pilgrims pore over the intricately carved Nativity scenes in Bethlehem shop windows, few pause to consider that some of the wood used comes...
Banksy’s ‘Scar of Bethlehem’ nativity unveiled in West Bank hotel
British street artist Banksy has brought a somber Christmas spirit to a hotel he founded in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, with a nativity...
U.S. House passes new North American trade deal, Senate timing unclear
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves...
U.S. House passes new North American trade deal replacing NAFTA
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves...
House set to approve new North American trade deal replacing NAFTA
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to approve a rewritten North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher new labor and automotive content...
Art exhibit by 12-year-old ‘young Jackson Pollock’ opens in New York
Cynics who view pricy abstract art and scoff “a kid probably painted that” are finally right....