Eileen Gu and Beverly Zhu were born and raised in the US before deciding to represent China, but one has inspired adulation among Chinese fans while the other endured a torrent of online abuse.

A Sri Lankan contender for a US beauty pageant has been stripped of her local title after she claimed corruption had prevented her from winning the global event.

While the passing of a legendary Bollywood singer may seem, at first glance, to have little to do with Indonesia, the "Nightingale of India" has left an indelible mark on the birth and evolution of one of the country's most popular musical genres: dangdut.

US podcaster Joe Rogan apologized for his past use of racist language and said at least one offensive episode of his show has been deleted from Spotify.

China appeared Sunday to censor an outpouring of social media vitriol against a naturalised US-born figure skater who took a tumble at the Beijing Games.

Singer Chris Brown is being sued for rape in California, with his alleged victim claiming he drugged her and attacked her on a yacht.

A hologram monument to one of India's most celebrated independence figures was illuminated on Sunday in a tribute to a nationalist leader who advocated violent resistance to colonial rule. 

19-year-old pilot Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest woman ever to have flown around the world solo.

"Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side," read a statement on his Facebook page.

Britain's Prince Harry is challenging a government decision that he should not receive police protection when on British soil even if he covers the cost himself, his legal representatives said.

The world number one flew out of Melbourne late on Sunday after the Federal Court upheld a government decision to cancel his visa, capping days of drama over the country's COVID-19 entry rules and his unvaccinated status.

K-pop stars have "charmed the world", the president said at Dubai's Expo in the United Arab Emirates, the first leg of a trip that will also take him to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Oxfam said the men's wealth jumped from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion, at an average rate of $1.3 billion per day, in a briefing published before a virtual mini-summit of world leaders being held under the auspices of the World Economic Forum.

Andrew, 61, the Duke of York, was forced to step down from public duties in 2019 because of his connections to convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and after a disastrous BBC TV interview which the prince had hoped would clear his name.

US detectives said Thursday they are still waiting for Alec Baldwin's cell phone, despite obtaining a warrant for it last month.

Freed after nearly five years in jail for alleged involvement in a failed coup, Turkish journalist and author Ahmet Altan, 71, now counts his time by the number of books he has left to write.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled a trip to northern England Thursday after a relative came down with Covid, a day after he apologised over a lockdown-breaking party.

A US judge ruled that a sexual assault lawsuit brought against Prince Andrew can move forward, piling pressure on the royal and causing further embarrassment for the British monarchy.

Pope Francis, a lover of classical music, slipped out of the Vatican on Tuesday evening to visit old friends who run a Rome record shop and came away with a gift of a CD.

The mercurial Kanye West anticipates traveling to Moscow later this year, a trip that will see him hold a Sunday Service performance and meet with President Vladimir Putin.

Anti-monarchy group Republic plans to use the celebration of her seventh decade as sovereign next month to say it would begin a "Not Another 70" campaign to call for an end to the historic institution.

Prosecutors said the defendant, Thomas Welnicki, 72, of Rockaway Beach, threatened to do "everything I can" to ensure Trump's death, and once inquired about Secret Service protection for former presidents and their children.

Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," will be the first figure commemorated through the American Women Quarters Program, which was signed into law in January 2021.

The cause of Saget's death was unclear. Emergency responders found the actor unresponsive on Sunday afternoon in a room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando and pronounced him dead at the scene, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

The trailblazing thespian became the first male Black star nominated for an Academy Award with 1958's "The Defiant Ones" and, six years later, was the first to win the best actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."

Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital.

Tennis ace and vaccine-sceptic Novak Djokovic prepared his legal guns Sunday for a battle to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title.

Zhang, who masterminded the spectacular opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, will reprise that role for next month's Winter Games.

The case of internet shaming and loss of a young life has stirred angry demands on social media in Egypt for those responsible to be held to account.

The vaccine-sceptic tennis ace was detained on arrival in Australia earlier this week -- his visa was revoked for failing to meet Australia's tough pandemic entry restrictions.