Austrian director Michael Haneke took home the top prize at the finale to this year's Cannes Film Festival for Amour -- his drama about love and death centered on an elderly couple confronting the wife's deteriorating health. He and his two French leads received a huge standing ovation over the win....

An 18-year-old Ukrainian refugee who has recently arrived in Dublin has delivered a St Patrick's Day message of peace to the world.Gloria Potaychuk is among more than three million people who have fled Ukraine, in what the UN has called the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War Two.

In his recent remarks to congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of his countrymen and women, and of his land, in loving terms. I immediately remembered the poetry of Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) set by David Nowakowsky (1848-1921), of the Brodsky Synagogue in Odessa, which evokes ...

As the votes are announced in the New Zealand Parliament that affirm the Definition of Marriage Amendment (allowing equal marriage rights for the gay community), spectators in the gallery break into a Maori love song which most of the Members of Parliament then join in with. Quite touching. For my A

Andriy Khlyvnyuk is a well know Ukrainian singer and musician who is fighting the unprovoked war by Russia in Ukraine. We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an independent, peaceful democratic country being invaded and having its people murdered by one ...

Jamala gives her emotional winning performance in Eurovision Song Contest Final 2016. In light of recent events this song hits even harder, history repeating itself. Ukraine you are a part of europe. Europe is with you and so is the rrst of the world.

Maestro Herbert Blomstedt and the New York Philharmonic dedicate this week's performances to the people of Ukraine. To honor them and to join them in longing for peace, the Orchestra performed the Ukrainian National anthem "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina."

In their first concert at Lincoln Center, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs Yuri Shevchenko’s arrangement of the National Anthem of Ukraine, led by Keri-Lynn Wilson and featuring concertmaster Marko Komonko. Videography by Pete Scalzitti.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his coalition government look set to fast-track a vote in Parliament to legalize gay marriage before the end of 2012, as opposition to the plan within his Conservative Party gains momentum. Tories are divided over Prime Minister David Cameron's unwavering support ...

Jeanick Fournier won Lindsay’s Golden Buzzer, and then Canada undeniably agreed this Quebec singer has what it takes! The “Show Must Go On” with Jeanick’s amazing cover of this classic Queen favourite!