Britain will spend nearly $2 billion to help theatres, art galleries and other cultural institutions survive the coronavirus crisis, the government has said. The British arts and culture sector has been hit hard by the pandemic, with live performances still off the cards for now and venues...

The hard-hit Australian state of Victoria has recorded a death and its highest-ever daily increase in coronavirus cases as authorities prepare to close its border with New South Wales. The death of a man in his 90s brings the national death toll from COVID-19 to 105. Victorian...

A philharmonic orchestra performed to spectator-free Roman ruins in east Lebanon Sunday, after a top summer festival downsized to a single concert in a year of economic meltdown and pandemic. The Baalbek International Festival was instead beamed live on television and social media, in what...

Lewis Hamilton insisted on Sunday his fight against racism is "about equality and not politics or promotion" after six drivers refused to join the Formula One world champion in taking a knee before the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton, the only black driver in the sport, wore a...