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.

Meghan Markle, wife to Prince Harry, has won nominal damages of £1 from one of Britain's biggest newspaper groups over a privacy case.

Two unvaccinated French TV star twin brothers, who made their name on a science programme in the 1980s, have died within a week of each other from Covid-19. 

Congolese chef Dieuveil Malonga learned his craft in Europe's top restaurants, but says he owes his success to grandmothers across Africa.

Ghislaine Maxwell comes from a family dominated by her father, Robert, whose mysterious drowning at sea left behind conspiracy theories, financial scandal and a fallen empire.

Thousands of Sudanese pro-democracy protesters rallied Sunday outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, braving tear gas, armed soldiers and a telecommunications blackout.

Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and has entered self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday.

Actress Betty White, who made US television audiences laugh for more than seven decades, died Friday at age 99.

South Africa bids farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero in its struggle against apartheid.

Two senior editors of Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail Thursday, following a raid that drew international condemnation over China's crackdown on press freedom in the city.

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in New York on Wednesday of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Bollywood "bad boy" Salman Khan has revealed how he starred in his own real-life action drama when he was bitten by a snake and spent six hours in hospital.