Cinema

'Miles Ahead': inside a jazz icon's creative block

No conventional biopic: actor-director Don Cheadle chose to tap Miles Davis's years of self-imposed seclusion and musical muteness.

01/04/2016

USA

Policeman and gunman dead after shooting at Virginia bus station

Two passersby were also injured and taken to hospital, but their injuries are not thought to be life threatening

01/04/2016

USA

World leaders look at ways to boost nuclear security during talks in Washington

At a nuclear security summit in the US, North Korea's nuclear ambitions were high on the agenda.

01/04/2016

Belgium

Tornadoes wreak havoc in Oklahoma

At least seven people have been injured after a series of tornadoes hit the US state of Oklahoma, damaging homes and vehicles and blowing down power

31/03/2016

World News

More US troops for eastern Europe

Strategic concerns mean the Pentagon is beefing up its presence along the line of the cold war Iron Curtain.

31/03/2016

USA

US: Trump rows back after sparking abortion row

US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy – and now he has sparked off a spat over abortion. The billionaire

31/03/2016

Sport

Oklahoma Thunder silenced by Detroit Piston power

Oklahoma City Thunder suffered in The Palace at the hands of the Detroit Pistons.

30/03/2016

Economy

Boeing to cut 4,500 jobs to reduce costs

US planemaker Boeing is to cut about 4,500 jobs by voluntary redundancies and leaving positions unfilled as it seeks further cut reductions in the face of fierce sales competition from Airbus.

30/03/2016

Culture news

Trainor hopes "No" will prove it's not all about that bass

She’s back and bubblier than ever. Meghan Trainor has a follow-up album to 2015’s smash “Title”. It’s called “Thank you”, and Trainor hopes it will

30/03/2016

USA

Turkey-US relations are strained as Erdogan arrives in Washington

The White House denies it is snubbing the Turkish President

30/03/2016

No Comment

Barack Obama and the…Easter Bunny!

US president is hopping mad..

30/03/2016

Cinema

Gyllenhaal and Watts star in "Demolition"

Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts pair up in “Demolition”, and with Quebecois Jean-Marc Vallée of “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild” fame at the helm

30/03/2016

Cinema

Hiddleston takes on Hank Williams in "I saw the light"

Tom Hiddleston may be hot property right now but his portrayal of American music icon Hank Williams in “I saw the light” has not been without

29/03/2016

Economy

Starwood Hotels bidding war hots up as Anbang raises the stakes

China's Anbang raises offer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to almost $14 billion, trying to see off Marriott International's bid.

29/03/2016

No Comment

USA: the Obamas host annual Easter egg roll

Thousands of children descended upon the White House, on Monday for the annual Easter Egg Roll. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

29/03/2016

USA

Seattle's famous #ManInTree charged with mischief

A man who refused for 25 hours to climb down from a tree in Seattle in the US has been charged with malicious mischief and assault. Cody Lee Miller’s

29/03/2016

USA

US: Georgia governor vetoes controversial 'religious freedom' bill

A US state governor is vowing to block a controversial, so-called religious freedom bill. Under it, no pastor in Georgia can be forced to perform a

29/03/2016

USA

US Capitol shooting: suspected gunman and bystander injured

A suspected gunman – known to police – has been wounded in a shooting in the grounds of the US Capitol building in Washington. It happened in the

28/03/2016

Cuba

Fidel Castro rejects thaw between Cuba and US

Ex-president pens letter hostile to Barack Obama's overtures

28/03/2016

Mexico

El Chapo's alleged money man detained

Juan Manuel Alvarez, suspected of laundering money for recaptured drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been detained in southwest Mexico, and

28/03/2016