A 16-year-old pianist described as a musical phenomenon has won this year's BBC Young Musician award, the top prize in a competition among the most promising young classical instrumentalists based in the United Kingdom.
SPOKANE, Washington - The eruption of a Hawaii volcano has people warily eyeing volcanic peaks on the West Coast of the United States.
DOUMA, Syria - In the formerly rebel-held district of Douma east of Damascus, cars have been deserted with no fuel during the war, which pushed people to bicycles as an alternative means of transportation.
BRUSSELS - In Belgium, where hot, salty chips smeared with mayonnaise are a national institution, tampering with traditional "frites" sounds like a recipe for trouble.
NEW YORK - A graphic music video by Childish Gambino has racked up more than 100 million views in just more than a week on YouTube with its powerful takes on gun violence and racism.
Music fans in Israel have been celebrating after singer Netta won the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday.
CANNES, France - Hollywood stars including Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart and Salma Hayek called on Saturday for equal pay in the cinema industry and beyond in a red-carpet protest at the Cannes film festival.
ADDIS ABABA - Yusuf Abera still remembers his trips on Ethiopia's old railway during its last years in active service. They were hardly pleasant journeys, as trains were slow, noisy and often disrupted by mechanical glitches.
LONDON - The public ballot for tickets to Professor Stephen Hawking's thanksgiving service opened on Saturday - with visitors from the future welcome to apply.
LONDON - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has given her formal consent to the marriage of her grandson Harry to US actress Meghan Markle in a historic document made of vellum that is decorated with symbols representing the lives of the couple.
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions against six individuals and three companies it said were funneling millions of dollars to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, just days after President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Unprecedented clashes between Israel and Iran over Syria have sparked calls for restraint from world leaders worried about the risk of all-out war, even as both sides said they want to avoid a regional conflict.
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