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by Maggy DONALDSON In the months following pop icon Michael Jackson’s shock death on June 25, 2009, his inner circle found themselves thrust into the spotlight. Ten years on, as the late King of Pop faces lurid allegations of pedophilia from men he kept close as youths, here’s a look at what’s become of the […]

The 34th ASEAN Summit was held in Bangkok on Sunday, June 23. During the opening ceremonies, the 10 leaders of ASEAN countries lined up onstage for photos and the traditional ASEAN handshake. According to a report from Rappler, PM Lee stood beside Philippine president Duterte but stepped aside and left a gap between the two […]

Former Ambassador-at-Large Bilahari Kausikan has drawn criticism for saying the protestors in Hong Kong who are against China’s extradition “have lost all sense of reality.” Hundreds of thousands of people in Hong Kong gathered in massive ongoing protests in recent weeks against a controversial extradition bill that would allow fugitives to be extradited to mainland […]

Prominent Christian evangelist Franklin Graham was blocked by social media giant Facebook on its platform on Sunday for a post back in 2016 that it thought violated its community standards. Graham, the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, responded that the act was a “personal attack toward me” and that it amounts to censorship. Graham […]

A petition urging Super Bowl organisers to play the iconic “Sweet Victory” song from the hit cartoon series Spongebob Squarepants at the 2019 sports event has received over 1 million signatures. In March last year, Spongebob creator Stephen Hillenburg announced that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The beloved artist passed away on […]

Speaking to BBC in a recent television interview, Hollywood movie star Angelina Jolie indicated that she is not totally against running for politics in the future. When asked by reporter Justin Webb whether she would be getting involved in politics, Jolie replied that it would have been a no 20 years ago but the answer today […]

Thai YouTuber Wanchaleom Jamneanphol may face charged for calling a dress designed by Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana and worn by Miss Universe Thailand Sophida Kanchanarin “ugly”. Charges have been filed against the influencer by millionaire businessman and aspiring politician Kitjanut Chaiyosburana who called the YouTuber’s post “irresponsible behaviour”. He added: “I cannot accept that a well-known individual in the online world […]

The police in Wallisville, Texas have reported that a little girl between the age of 8-10 was shot dead inside a car when a gunman opened fire against her mother and sisters who were leaving a store in the vehicle, yesterday. According to the local police, a younger girl also suffered glass fragment injuries while […]

A lion at a non-profit nature reserve in the US has been shot dead after it escaped its enclosure and mauled a 22-year-old female employee to death. The incident occurred at an educational non-profit sanctuary named Conservators Centre, that is home to over 21 species and more than 80 animals, including 15 African lions. According […]

The Miss Africa 2018 beauty pageant nearly ended in disaster right after the winner was announced when her hair caught on fire due to the pyrotechnics that were set off on stage to celebrate her win. The beauty queen who won the continental pageant, Dorcas Kasinde who represented Congo, cried as she was announced as […]

A poor dog in San Lorenzo, Paraguay was left with horrific injuries after a group of local children fed the animal a lit firework. The local press reports that the children were playing with fireworks and firecrackers when one child brought the dog over. The children handed the lit firework to the trusting dog which grabbed […]

Oscar-winning Hollywood movie star Natalie Portman who got her big break as a child star in the film ‘Leon: The Professional’ has stated that she felt sexualized as a child actress. In the 1994 film, Portman acts as an orphaned young girl who expresses sexual feelings and even offers up her virginity to the much […]

A woman in the Dombivali district near Mumbai, India lured a man who was harassing her to a deserted spot, tied him to a tree and cut off his genitals in order to “teach him a lesson,” according to the local police. Local newspaper, The Times Now, reports that the 30-year-old man used to harass the […]

A medical surgeon killed his wife then kept her Facebook page updated for the next seven months in a ploy to fool her relatives and friends that she was still alive, according to the police in Gorakhpur, India. The victim, Rakhi Srivastava, had been married to Dr Dharmendra Pratap Singh. The pair split up and Rakhi remarried. […]

US President Donald Trump has thrown shade at his predecessor Barack Obama once again as he highlighted an old tweet Obama had posted seven years ago that appears to support the policies that Trump is enacting now. Putting an end to illegal immigration by erecting a wall at the US-Mexico border is one of Trump’s […]