US prosecutors have launched a probe to determine whether film star Sylvester Stallone should be charged in connection with a sexual assault reported last year, a spokesman said Wednesday. “A case was presented today by…
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Record Australia payout to Rebel Wilson slashed on appeal
Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson’s Australian record defamation payout was slashed on appeal Thursday to just Aus$600,000 (US$454,000) in a major win for publisher Bauer Media. The “Pitch Perfect” star was awarded Aus$4.5 million in damages…
#WeirdNews: Raccoon conquers skyscraper
America breathed a sign of relief on Wednesday after a scruffy brown raccoon was captured following a perilous climb up a 23-story building in the northern state of Minnesota. Thousands of Twitter users followed the…
Ready for World Cup? Barber of Serbia snips Messi ‘headshot’ for fans
Looking for a new haircut to celebrate the World Cup in style? A hairdresser is clipping ‘portraits’ of stars Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo onto the back of heads in soccer-made Serbia. Mario Hvala gives…
Love-struck couple crosses globe taking wedding pics
Passersby cheered and cars honked as the couple in wedding clothes posed for pictures on the iconic Paulista Avenue of Brazil?s bustling economic hub Sao Paulo. Husband and wife Ademir Avelino, 52, and Glaucia Sudan,…
‘Shocking’ die-off of Africa’s oldest baobabs: study
Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest baobab trees — a few dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks — have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, researchers said Monday….
Eight months on, #MeToo conquering the US
A “Miss America” pageant without swimsuits, tougher sexual harassment laws, more women running for office: Eight months after the downfall of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement reverberates across America. At first, #MeToo, a…
Pregnant man and flower power at London Men’s Fashion Week
An imagined male pregnancy, flower necklaces and melting ice caps were some of the more striking images at London Men’s Fashion Week, which wrapped up on Monday. Here are some of the highlights from the…
Facebook out to lure eSports fans with online portal
Facebook on Friday unveiled a portal devoted to streaming video game play and commentary as it ramped up its challenge to Amazon-owned Twitch and Google’s YouTube for eSports fans. Gaming creator program lead John Imah…
Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for Sh237 million
The skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur sold for more than two million euros ($2.3 million, Sh237 million) at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday. The bones of what scientists believe to…