Researchers reported a link Monday between PMS and drinking alcohol, but could not conclude whether premenstrual suffering causes women to hit the bottle, or the other way round. A trawl of data from 19 studies…
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South Africa wine production drying up in water crisis
South Africa is set for a steep decline in wine production in 2018 as the country grapples with a water crisis ravaging Cape Town and surrounding areas, a Paris-based global organisation said Tuesday. Africa’s top…
World’s first penis, scrotum transplant done in US
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University said Monday they have performed the world’s first total penis and scrotum transplant on a US military serviceman who was wounded in Afghanistan. The 14-hour operation took place on March…
Madonna loses bid to stop auction of intimate items
Madonna on Monday lost a nearly year-long bid to stop an auction of intimate items including a breakup letter from rap legend Tupac Shakur. A judge ruled that the Material Girl had directed her legal…
Prince William’s wife Kate gives birth to baby boy
Kate, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a boy on Monday at the hospital in London, the third child for the british royal couple. Kensington Palace said the baby was born at 1001…
No charges in Prince death after two-year probe
Two years after pop icon Prince died of an overdose, prosecutors said Thursday they would not file any criminal charges and announced a settlement with a US doctor who prescribed powerful painkillers for the star….
#RIP: Top DJ Avicii dead at 28
Avicii, one of the world’s most successful DJs who helped lead the global boom in electronic music, died Friday in Oman, his representative said. He was 28. Two years after his unusually early retirement due…
Back from therapy, Kanye announces two albums
Kanye West, the once-omnipresent rap superstar who vanished a year and a half ago amid a purported mental breakdown, on Thursday re-emerged to announce not one but two albums. The 40-year-old rapper and fashion designer…
King renames Swaziland as ‘eSwatini’
The king of Swaziland, one of the world’s few absolute monarchs, announced on Thursday that his country had changed its name to eSwatini to mark 50 years since independence from British rule. Meaning “place of…
Prince Harry’s exes: The ones that got away
Before he fell for American actress Meghan Markle, Britain’s Prince Harry, 33, had several other girlfriends. Here are some of the women who reportedly had a chance of becoming a princess. – First love, Chelsy…