Sixty years after the Evian accords which ended French colonisation of Algeria, some Europeans remain -- and call themselves "true Algerians".

News that Britain's Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for COVID-19 drew shock, concern and messages of goodwill from across the country on Sunday, with politicians and the public willing the 95-year-old to recover.

"You make a lot of sacrifices and they don't pay you what they should," shrugs Jeronimo Martinez, a fisherman from Marin, home port of the shipwrecked Spanish trawler.

Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday carried out her first in-person official engagements since fears emerged that she could have contracted coronavirus last week.

Legendary entertainer Dorce Gamalama passed away on Wednesday after battling COVID-19 and diabetes complications. As an Indonesian icon, her life story is celebrated by many, including non-LGBT people. 

Indian singer-composer and "Disco King" Bappi Lahiri, who collaborated with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Samantha Fox, has died aged 69.

Sporting shoulder-length hair, rings and baggy trousers, teenage snowboarding sensation Su Yiming looked every inch the cool, confident ambassador of China's new youth as he swept to home Olympic gold.

Renowned presenter and multifaceted artist Dorce Gamalama passed away at age 58 on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at Pertamina Center Hospital (RSPP) Extention in Simprug, South Jakarta.

The artist's son Max wrote in a statement shared on Friday by King Crimson's label that his father had died on February 9 from cancer.

French researcher Luc Montagnier, who has died at the age of 89, shared the Nobel medicine prize for his early, vital discoveries on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), but was later dismissed by the scientific community for his increasingly outlandish theories, notably on COVID-19.

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.