BEIRUT (Reuters) - Renowned jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf delighted crowds on Friday with a concert in Beirut, bringing life to an area battered by Lebanon's economic meltdown and the catastrophic Aug. 4 port explosion.
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - When Russia poured troops into Ukraine nearly three years ago, Yaroslav Simkiv expected a global backlash that would force it to quickly end its full-scale invasion.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday denounced the U.N. atomic watchdog for joining a U.S.-led pressure campaign and "cooking up" a resolution over its nuclear programmes, calling the agency a "paid trumpeter" for Washington.
KOTA KINABALU: Sea turtles will come under the spotlight at a live music event next month.Sepilok Jazz 2024, set to take place at the Rainforest Discovery Centre in east coast Sandakan on Sept 6 and 7, offers the public a chance to be entertained while directly contributing to the protection of endangered marine turtles.
KUALA LUMPUR: Military customs and traditions involving the three branches of the Malaysian Armed Forces will be an integral part that complements the Installation Ceremony of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim as the 17th King of Malaysia on Saturday (July 20).
IN the United Kingdom, the King’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament is the most ostentatious visualisation of the relationship between the constitutional monarch and the elected government of the day.
A new theme park in Tokyo lets you be the star of the show.
Haute couture week in Paris showcases the fashion world's most elite outfits – one-off, made-to-measure creations that the labels hope will adorn red carpets and high society events around the world.
ZURICH (Reuters) - A pastor called on the residents of Zurich to be brave during the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday – as he gave an Easter blessing from high atop one of the towers at the city's landmark Grossmuenster cathedral.
NEW DELHI (AFP): India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made an entry into the halls of global music with a song featuring him and his passion for millet nominated for a Grammy.
IAEA inter-lab mission to test water, sediment and seafood follows second waste discharge from stricken plantThis is the first time a Chinese lab has joined an ILC marine mission to the tsunami-wrecked site since they started in 2014.
The Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on 'The Girl From Ipanema' made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83
LONDON (Reuters) - Twelve newly commissioned pieces of music will play at the coronation of Britain's King Charles at Westminster Abbey this May, including Greek Orthodox music, Buckingham Palace said, with the 18th century "Zadok the Priest" also to be featured.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore and Indonesia have jointly applied to the international body overseeing airspace management to approve the realigning of both countries’ flight boundaries.
(Reuters) - Apple Inc lost a bid to register part of a federal trademark for "Apple Music" on Tuesday after a U.S. appeals court ruled for a jazz musician who challenged the tech giant's application.
Orang Orang Drum Theatre set to introduce its collaboration 'The Hidden Tour' with acclaimed German jazz trio to Malaysians this weekend in KL
LONDON (Reuters) - The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth will be held at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday when world leaders will join King Charles and the British royal family to bid farewell to Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The very positive results of a nationwide survey by Kompas, the country’s most influential newspaper, on President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo’s performance, the continuous demand of his die-hard followers that he govern longer and the open support of several political parties for the extension of his term show how powerful Jokowi is and perhaps will be beyond 2024.
ACCRA (Reuters) - It was an innocuous blow for such a monumental moment, a glance to his opponent's armpit as the bell rang. But it was enough. Samuel Takyi lifted his red boxing gloves in victory: he had clinched Ghana's first Olympic bronze medal in 29 years.
A United States jury will decide if Ghislaine Maxwell was complicit in the crimes of sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein or a pawn.