Historians critical of scholars’ colonial views formed a new organization on Sunday to push their claims on ancient territories, a move expected to pour further fuel on a debate with their academic opponents.The Council for Correct History for Future was launched with the Hangaram History and Culture Research Center, among other private organizations, as founding members. An official with the council said 115 organizations have signed up, with more to soon follow suit.These historians have been

ATHENS (AFP) -- A leading Greek foundation on Friday unveiled a sprawling new park, opera and national library in southern Athens designed to “give hope” to a country brought low by a six-year economic crisis.The 1,400-seat opera, library and adjoining park designed by famed Italian architect Renzo Piano cost nearly 600 million euros ($680 million) and took eight years to design and build.“We thought it was very important to give hope,” Andreas Dracopoulos, copresident of the Stavros Niarchos fo

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bill Cunningham, a longtime fashion photographer for The New York Times known for taking pictures of everyday people on the streets of New York, has died. He was 87. Cunningham died Saturday in New York City, according to Eileen Murphy, a spokeswoman for the newspaper. He had been hospitalized recently after suffering a stroke. “To see a Bill Cunningham street spread was to see all of New York,” New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet said in a tweet posted to the newspaper'

LONDON (AP) -- With over a million Instagram followers and a best-selling book, Joe Wicks is back for round two with “Lean in 15: The Shape Plan,” released earlier this month.With an idea born in his London kitchen three years ago, the 30-year-old personal trainer known as “The Body Coach” began posting 15-second videos of himself preparing simple healthy meals, shouting out directions for preparation in his own spin on fast food. Add to the mix regular photos and videos of his six-pack abs and

OFFIDA, Italy (AFP) -- It is the rising star of Italian wine, a green-gold white starting to earn an international reputation for its distinctive mineral edge and ageing potential.Yet pecorino, which shares its name with one of Italy’s best-known cheeses, might not even exist but for the vision of a trailblazing pioneer fondly remembered by his daughters as being “a little bit crazy.”The late Guido Cocci Griffoni is revered as a hero of Italian viticulture and his native region of Marche for hav