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Victoria Beckham’s fashion and beauty business has made an operating profit for the first time since she founded it in 2008, the company has said. Victoria Beckham Holdings Ltd, which is led by the former Spice Girl as creative director,…
Dolly Parton’s estate has announced a festival honouring the life and legacy of the late singer, set for London and Nashville. The “star-studded” two-day DollyFest will happen across two consecutive weekends in both cities in 2027, her…
US President Donald Trump has asked tech firm Apple to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America on its Maps platform to comply with his executive order changing the name of the Great Lake, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said. Burgum told…
The celebrity lawyers hired to represent US musician D4vd in his upcoming murder trial have withdrawn from his case. The star, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has been appointed a public defender to mount his defence for the…
A South African airline has defended itself against some criticism of a dramatic stunt that saw two of its aircraft in close formation fly reportedly within feet of the top of a stadium. The jets roared over Cape Town’s DHL Stadium, filled…
The head of the world’s financial stability watchdog warned on Monday of the serious risk posed by advanced AI models to the global financial system. In a letter to finance ministers and central bank governors for G20 countries, Andrew…
Aug 31 – Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile has been charged with treason, his lawyer has said amid heightened political tensions in the country. Mundubile was arrested on Thursday after…
US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak island, a US official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July. “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces were observed preparing to launch rockets…
About 15 people are thought to be missing or unaccounted for after flash flooding swept through parts of the Grand Canyon. It hit at around 14:30 local time (22:30 BST) on Saturday in Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area, according…
Anyone in the United States searching for Lake Ontario on Google Maps can no longer find it as of this weekend. Users in the country will now see the smallest of the Great Lakes identified as “Lake America” on that site, following…
A rescue operation was underway in the Mediterranean after a passenger boat carrying nearly 270 people heading from Northern Cyprus to Turkey capsized, killing at least seven people. The Prime Minister of the Turkish republic of northern…
Iceland has voted against resuming talks on joining the European Union 13 years after they were broken off. Public broadcaster RUV reported that 52.8% of 225,031 voters rejected the government’s proposal, while 47.2% had said yes. Some…
One person was killed and five others were wounded, some of them seriously, in a shooting at a rave party in northern Switzerland, local police said on Sunday. “The search for the perpetrators, whose identities are currently unknown, is…
Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile has been charged with treason, his lawyer has said amid heightened political tensions in the country. Mundubile was arrested on Thursday, after a deadly raid by the authorities led the opposition…
2,400 remain missing, according to the latest figures from local officials. Across the border in Tibet, Chinese state media has reported 16 deaths and 546 people missing.
For years, Arthur Kermalvezen, the child of a sperm donor, saw possible fathers everywhere he went. “I imagined it might be my teacher, the people I saw on the bus… and I was very angry because it’s impossible to live like this.” When, as…
A former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes. Lenín Moreno insisted he had not taken money from a Chinese firm which secured a contract to build a hydroelectric plant in…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has hit back at Donald Trump by installing a large sign on Canada’s shoreline with the message: “Lake Ontario. Now and Always.” The US president signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to change its name to…
If you follow North Korean news, you’ll know that leadership changes in Pyongyang rarely happen without a reason – even if that reason isn’t always spelled out. This week, we got another one of those quiet-but-significant moves. On 30…
Indian intelligence agencies have detected the presence of Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles operated by Pakistan near the Line of Control. The detection was reported in late August 2026, and the drones are being used for…
Jerusalem – Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has officially confirmed the emergency evacuation of Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from the United States to Israel last year. The following facts have been…
British right-wing political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the United States after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Yiannopoulos, 41, a former editor of Breitbart News and one time…
Former Minister for Energy Deogratius Ndejembi was sworn in as Tanzania’s new Vice President, succeeding Dr Emmanuel Nchimbi, who announced to resign from the position last week. Ndejembi took the oath of office at State House in Dodoma on…
A group of soldiers in Niger rebelled against officers at a key military base and fired at sensitive locations in the capital, Niamey, in an apparent mutiny marked by gunfire and explosions, authorities said Saturday, in what was seen as a…
