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Charles H Ellis III, the Bishop who oversees Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan, has apologised for touching Ariana Grande’s breast while on stage with her, during the funeral of Aretha Franklin. In pictures, which have gone viral, the cleric is seen holding Grande close to him with his f…

The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and husband Prince William welcomed their third child, a boy, weighing in at 8lbs, 7oz, at 11.01am, on Monday in London. A statement by Kensington Palace said: “Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge, was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs. The bab…

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Tuesday in London urged countries that had made laws banning same-sex marriage to change their stand. She described such laws as outdated legislations. May made the call while addressing leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting holding…

Late Winnie Mandela Photo: The Advertiser Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s Soweto township on Saturday to bid farewell to anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a funeral ceremony that united the nation as people from various political divides celebrated her life. M…

Late Winnie Mandela Photo: The Advertiser Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s Soweto township on Saturday to bid farewell to anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a funeral ceremony that united the nation as people from various political divides celebrated her life. M…

American President, Donald Trump announced that a coalition of America, Britain and France have begun airstrikes against the Syrian government to punish its alleged chemical attack that presumably killed more than 70 people. He announced the airstrikes in a national address on Friday evening, sa…

One person was killed and four firefighters were injured on Saturday evening when fire broke out at Trump Tower in New York. First responders reportedly performed Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on one person, and he was rushed to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where he later died. The four firefi…

This image released early Sunday, April 8, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack collapsed on the floor of a building in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. Syrian rescuers and medics say a poison gas attack on Douma has…

Fire at Trump Tower in New York A fire has broken out at Trump Tower in New York, with black smoke and flames seen billowing from one of the upper storeys. The New York Fire Department tweeted that it was responding and that one person was reported to be injured. US President Donald Trump has a…

• Funeral with military honours to hold in Soweto • National flag to fly at half-mast at diplomatic missions abroad South  Africa yesterday declared 10 days of national mourning for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela who died after a long illne…

Terminator star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has undergone emergency open-heart surgery, according to US reports. The 70-year-old underwent the medical procedure on Thursday, according to TMZ. Schwarzenegger was scheduled to have a catheter valve replacement and developed complications, US reports …

No fewer than 12 Palestinians were killed and several hundreds wounded by Israeli forces during protests in Gaza. It was one of the worst days of violence in recent years. Late in the day, Israel’s military targeted three Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip with tank fire and an air strike after wha…

Moscow will retaliate against a series of expulsions of Russian diplomats from European countries and response with regard to each case, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Monday. “There will be a mirror-like response. We will work it out in the coming days and give our re…

Earlier today we reported that Donald Trump Jr . and his wife Vanessa Trump are reportedly set to divorce after 13 years together and five children together. According to a new TMZ report, Venessa, the wife of the eldest son of the US President has finally filed for a divorce to end her marriage.…

Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday levied sanctions against Russia’s top spy agencies and more than a dozen individuals for trying to influence the 2016 US presidential election and conducting separate cyberattacks. The announcement follows a lengthy delay that had caused anger on Capitol …

She walked away from her marriage with golfing legend Tiger Woods with a whopping $100m settlement. And Elin Nordegren has put her custom-built Florida mansion which she bought with the settlement on the market for a whopping $49.5m. The Swedish former model, 38, who divorced the adulterous…

Vladimir Putin will return to the Kremlin with 69 percent of the vote, according to the last survey by state pollsters before the Russian presidential election on Sunday. The figure has dipped from highs of 77 percent shortly after Putin announced his candidacy in December, but there is little dou…

More than 500 Canadian doctors and 150 medical students have signed a public letter protesting the recent government policy to increase their pay. "We, Quebec doctors who believe in a strong public system, oppose the recent salary increases negotiated by our medical federations," the le…

Prince Harry and his fiancee, Meghan Markle, have invited 2,640 people to the grounds of Windsor Castle to help celebrate their wedding. The guests, who will come from all corners of the United Kingdom, will be able to watch the arrival of the bride and groom and be in a prime location to see t…

A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital’s Domodedovo airport, Russian media reported. The Antonov An-148 plane operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines was flying to Orsk, a city in the Urals, and crashed in the Ramens…