Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

Time on your hands and a love of anime? A producer from Japan's famed Studio Ghibli is offering an online tutorial for drawing one of its most beloved characters: Totoro. Toshio Suzuki, former president of the Tokyo-based studio, contributed the video to a website intended to support children stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

Mara, an Indian elephant who spent much of her life as a circus attraction in Argentina, arrives at an animal sanctuary in Brazil to start a new life at 50-something -- beginning with a celebratory frolic in the dirt.

While most Romans found Italy's coronavirus quarantine a real buzz-kill, the city's bees had a field day. Even as Rome endured a recently ended two-month lockdown, some lucky bees residing in hives atop the headquarters of Italy's forestry unit of carabinieri were thriving.

Musicians are among the many freelancers who won’t be covered by the UK government’s coronavirus wage guarantee, while many of them will be renters not helped by the mortgage holiday either.

Inspired by the global scare over the novel coronavirus, a Croatian fashion designer has launched his own "cheerful" collection of virus masks. They offer no protection against the disease but that has not put off buyers.