Playboy founder Hefner dies aged 91
Hugh Hefner, founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91.Playboy Enterprises Inc said he passed away peacefully at home, from natural causes.Mr Hefner began publishing Playboy in his kitchen at home in 1953. It
Push factors
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Long queues form at the Simón Bolívar International bridge At 05:00 in the morning, a steady stream of Venezuelans heads into Colombia. Many have queued overnight, waiting patiently for the Simón Bolívar International bridge to
Otto Warmbier body showed no sign of torture says coroner
Image copyright Reuters The coroner who examined Otto Warmbier's body has said there is no indication he had been tortured during his detention in North Korea. The comments contradict statements made by the US student's parents in a TV interview
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejects Trump bias claims
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: "Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump" Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him.The
Belle Gibson: Wellness blogger fined for fake cancer tale
Image copyright 9 News / 60 Minutes Image caption Belle Gibson falsely claimed alternative therapies helped her beat cancer after conventional medicine failed An Australian wellness blogger who falsely claimed to have cancer has been fined A$410,000 (£240,000, $322,000) for
Rick Warren Hopes His Partnership With Roman Catholic Leader Will Become ‘Model’ for World
Photo Credit Diocese of OrangeLAKE FOREST, Calif. — Megachurch leader Rick Warren, known for his best-selling book “The Purpose-Driven Life,” said in a recent interview that he hopes his partnership with a local Roman Catholic leader to collaboratively combat social
Big Ben in India
Image copyright Ronny Sen The Indian city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) has a long tradition of lavishly celebrating the Durga Puja, an annual Hindu festival that reveres the goddess Durga.It is the biggest and most popular festival in
Jared Kushner ‘registered to vote as a woman’
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Jared Kushner has been called the most powerful 36-year-old in the world Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been registered to vote as a woman for eight years, it is claimed.His gender is listed as
Google offers to treat shopping service rivals equally
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager Google says it will treat its shopping service the same as rivals to prevent further European Commission fines.And it said it would split Google Shopping from the main
Trump outlines major tax cut plans
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Top Republicans have been meeting for months to thrash out a plan to overhaul the US tax code US President Donald Trump is calling for major tax cuts for business in a speech, as