New Order looked on the point of irreversible rupture not long ago, but now one of the definitive forces in alternative rock is back with a new album and different “DNA”. Founding bassist Peter Hook left in 2006, a year after New Order’s previous studio release, and declared the band finished. “The DNA of the band has changed, right, but it’s still New Order — but it’s a happier New
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has called British musician Elton John and agreed to meet him. This time it’s for real.
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Scientific testing of bone fragments from a Florence church grave could not determine whether they are from the body of a Renaissance-era woman some believe was the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” researchers said Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn the film review of “Hotel Transylvania 2.” The review is for the original 2012 version of the film. The review of the new film is under studio embargo and will be sent after 7 p.m. EDT tonight.
JERUSALEM (AP) — When supermodel Bar Refaeli ties the knot in a lavish star-studded ceremony in northern Israel Thursday night, the main drama could play out in the skies overhead.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A government minister signaled Thursday that troubled R&B singer Chris Brown won’t be allowed to tour Australia in December because of his criminal conviction for assaulting pop star Rihanna.
PARIS (AP) — A $ 15 million Picasso painting is going back on display in a Paris museum after a long and unusual journey.
(Reuters) – Canada’s RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust will end a joint venture with Kimco Realty Corp and buy its stake in 22 Canadian properties for C$715 million ($533.66 million). The 15-year-old joint venture managed 35 properties in Canada, including three that were previously occupied by Target Corp, the companies said in a joint statement. The two companies plan to sell 10 properties as part of the plan to end
India promises to hike renewable energy targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, in long-awaited pledges to be announced next week for upcoming UN climate change talks, a newspaper report said Thursday. India, a major CO2 polluter, will increase solar and wind energy capacity but it’s unclear whether it will commit to a timeline for reducing its overall carbon emissions blamed for climate change, the report said. India will aim
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will set up a temporary treatment plant for wastewater flowing from the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado after 3 million gallons surged out …
