LUXEMBOURG EU trade chief Peter Mandelson urged EU governments Monday to boost development aid, as promised, to help him conclude market-opening trade talks with poor nations that are to slowly replace their dependency on handouts with economic opportuni...

In 1960, American baritone Leonard Warren died on stage during a performance of "La Forza del Destino" by Giuseppe Verdi. For years the opera had been considered a curse by Italian singers and would bring bad luck to those who performed it...

The band will be bringing a full line-up, including all the Celtic instruments, a brass section and a variety of percussion, and led by Julie Mclelland on vocals....

McSwane answered about 10 minutes worth of questions from BSC members, who probed the process by which the editorial was decided upon, and how the lost advertising is affecting the staff....

Last Wednesday, I took Isaac to daycare like I always do. I parked in the back parking lot, and carried Isaac in through the common room. As I was going through, I saw his teacher hugging another woman, visibly upset...

House panel votes $844 mln cut in food stamps: "And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today..." (Wake up Mr. West!) "Mr. West..." "Mr. West..." "Mr. West..." "Uh, Yeah, Uh, yeah, Uh, yeah, Uh, yeah.....

A furious Madonna has slammed the media for its coverage of her adoption of a baby from Malawi, accusing journalists of "manipulating" the child's father into claiming that he was not told he was giving up his son for good...