Japanese idol Tomohisa Yamashita stars in bloody Antarctic chiller 'The Head'
Japanese idol Tomohisa Yamashita is to star in a chilling new thriller set in the Antarctic called "The Head. A clip from the series — co-created by Ran Tellem of "Homeland" fame — was shown Tuesday at MIPCOM, the world's biggest entertainment market in Cannes. The ...
France flounders but frightens rivals in Rugby World Cup knockout stages
While their campaigns often take on elements of a French farce, it's seldom a laughing matter to strike France in the knockout stages of a Rugby World Cup. No matter how the players under-perform, flounder or bicker among themselves in the pool stages, France is ...
Stephen Jones might have been a late call-up to the Wales coaching squad but he has quickly got himself up to speed on one aspect of the job — revealing as little as possible to the media. Jones took over as attack coach after Rob ...
Former Nissan CEO Ghosn's wife Carole criticizes France for failing to help husband more
Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn's wife, Carole, expressed frustration that France has not done more to help her husband, who is also the former head of Renault SA, who's still awaiting trial in Japan almost one year after his shock arrest on ...
WWII vet, a B-24 tail gunner, gets French Legion of Honor medal
The young boys who didn't come back are the real heroes of World War II. That's how Albuquerque resident John Rumancik feels about his service in the effort to liberate Europe from Nazi Germany's grip more than seven decades ago. But the French government believes Rumancik ...
Fund pledges $14 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria epidemics
Governments, philanthropists and private firms pledged just over $14 billion Thursday for a plan to save 16 million lives, in a boost for the global fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The money was promised at a replenishment meeting in Lyon, France, of the Global ...
Facebook CEO to appear before Congress on contentious digital currency plan
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear before Congress this month as the tech giant is under pressure from lawmakers and regulators over its massive market power and record of privacy breaches. Rep. Maxine Waters, the California Democrat who heads the House Financial Services Committee, announced ...
French authorities on Wednesday banned a demonstration by activists claiming the police staffer who stabbed four colleagues to death was not an Islamist radical but a man discriminated against because he was partially deaf. The killing last week of the four police employees at the ...
Time is money: Paris thief swipes $840,000 watch from Japanese man's wrist
A Japanese man who stepped out of his Paris hotel for a cigarette was robbed of his $840,000 Swiss watch by a thief who snatched it off his wrist, police sources said Tuesday. The 30-year-old victim was approached outside the five-star Hotel Napoleon near the ...
Macron honors four French police employee 'victims of Islamic terrorism'
French President Emmanuel Macron led a national tribute Tuesday to the four police employees slain in last week's knife attack in Paris, calling them "victims of Islamic terrorism." At a ceremony at the police headquarters where they were stabbed to death in last Thursday's bloody ...
Macron shifts to right on immigration as asylum demands grow and tent cities swell
French lawmakers are grappling with one of the country's thorniest issues. On Monday, they began debating immigration at a time when tent cities have expanded in urban areas across the country and asylum demands are spiking. With municipal elections months away, President Emmanuel Macron has pledged ...
Europeans fear Islamic State comeback after Trump quits Syria, including prisoners held by Kurds
European powers on Monday warned against a threatened Turkish offensive in northern Syria, saying the move, which has been facilitated by a U.S. pullout, would boost the Islamic State group and spark a new refugee crisis. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long threatened that ...
