The contemporary art market is booming with Chinese artists helping to push prices up by nearly a fifth in the past year, the world's biggest art index said Monday. Rocketing prices for living artists have for the first time become the motor of the market, Artprice told AFP. Nowhere is...

Two people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that battered Japan over the weekend, officials said Monday, as the storm's aftermath brought travel chaos to Tokyo's morning commute. By Monday morning, Typhoon Trami had cleared Japan, but its powerful winds and heavy rainfall caused...

US President Donald Trump said he and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have fallen "in love" ?- their bromance fuelled by "beautiful letters" he received from the leader of the nuclear-armed state. Trump on Saturday elevated his recent praise of Kim to new heights, at a West Virginia rally in...

Syrian regime's top diplomat told the world Saturday that his country's "battle against terrorism is almost over" after more than seven years of civil war, as an envoy from another of the planet's most troubled spots - North Korea - prepared to address the U.N. General Assembly. Foreign...