Smoke it, eat it, weave it, heal with it: a museum devoted to spreading the good word about pot opened on Friday in marijuana-friendly Uruguay.

The South American country is a global pioneer when it comes to cannabis: under a 2013 law, the government supervises its production as part of a plan to undermine drug traffickers.

British rock musician Greg Lake, singer with 1970s progressive rock groups King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, has died of cancer aged 69, his manager announced Thursday.

British actor Peter Vaughan, best known for his role as Maester Aemon in hit television series "Game of Thrones", died Tuesday at the age of 93.

Poland's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to extradite Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski to the United States, where he faces sentencing over a decades-old case of statutory rape.

The Grammy Awards are sipping all of Beyonce's lemonade.

The pop star leads the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with "Lemonade," and song and record of the year with "Formation." The singer, who already has 20 Grammys and is the most nominated woman in Grammy history with 62 nods over the course of her career, is also the first artist to earn nominations in the pop, rock, R&B and rap categories in the same year.

A list of nominees in the top categories at the 59th annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday by The Recording Academy.

— Album of the year: "25," Adele; "Lemonade," Beyonce; "Purpose," Justin Bieber; "Views," Drake; "A Sailor's Guide to Earth," Sturgill Simpson.

Pop icon Lady Gaga has revealed an ongoing battle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), part of the emotional fallout from having been raped as a teenager.

Lebanese singer Mona Meraachli passed away on Monday at the age of 58 due to a heart attack.

Meraachli started her career in 1973 as a contestant in the talent show Studio el Fann.

Glass of wine in hand and happy to talk about his nerves in parliament and even his bushy eyebrows, the Francois Fillon who featured on French television screens last month was entirely new.

Construction of the world's first full-size replica of the Titanic has begun in China, state media reported Thursday, where it is expected to enjoy smoother sailing as a lakeside tourist draw than its namesake.