When she was growing up in Sydney, Liz Mills dreamt of becoming a professional basketball coach. Little did she know that she would end up having fame thrust upon her thousands of kilometres away in Africa.

The tallest man in America -- he stood 7 feet 8 inches (2.35 meters) -- has died of a heart problem at the age of 38, his mother said on Facebook.

During the flight from a staging base in the Middle East, the woman went into labour and began to experience complications, US Air Force tweeted on Sunday.

Josephine Baker, the famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism, will become the first Black woman to enter France's Pantheon mausoleum.

Princess Marie, the wife of the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein Hans-Adam II, died Saturday after suffering a stroke earlier this week. She was 81.

Dragged into a conflict not of their making, members of Ethiopia's Qemant ethnic group say their only choice was fleeing to Sudan -- marking another bleak turn in a widening war.

Prominent influencers have gone dark or fled, while residents and activists are scrambling to scrub their digital lives.

The 36-year-old Sahraa Karimi has sounded the alarm about the return of Taliban rule, saying it would throttle the film industry and the rights of women.

Prosecutors described R. Kelly as a "predator" who used his fame to groom minors for sex, as an accuser told the opening day of his much-anticipated New York trial Wednesday the disgraced R&B star used to slap her for violating his "rules."

The drummer of punk rock band Superman Is Dead, I Gede Ari Astina, known as Jerinx, was vaccinated on Sunday at the Jakarta Police headquarters.

The man dubbed the "father of Sudoku" for his role in popularising the numerical brainteaser loved by millions, has died of cancer at 69, his Japanese publisher has announced.

Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini on Tuesday said that Afghans were justified to fear the return of the Taliban, with memories still fresh of the brutality of their last time in power.

A spokesman for Dylan, now 80, said the allegations were false. "The 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended," the spokesman said.

Left-wing British filmmaker Ken Loach said on Saturday that he had been expelled from the Labour Party in a "purge" by leader Keir Starmer.

Instead of crumpling in the face of adversity, Mohammed has gone on to become a highly decorated para-athlete and is the first Kenyan female rower to qualify for the Paralympic Games opening in Tokyo later this month.

Wong, 51, was one of the city's best-known provocateurs, an artist who specialised in satirising and criticising those in power. But as China's crackdown on dissent gathered pace in Hong Kong, he decided he had to leave.

Queen Elizabeth II's second son, Prince Andrew, was sued in a New York court on Monday for alleged sexual abuse of a woman who says she was "lent out" for underage sex by late US financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Guraly began preparations in January for the contest, which is said to have origins dating back to the Viking age.

Yvette Dardenne, 83, has accumulated almost 60,000 vintage tin boxes from all over the world since starting her collection some 30 years ago.

In a civil complaint filed in the US District Court in Manhattan, Virginia Giuffre accused Andrew of having abused her about two decades ago, when she was under 18 years old.

Families and friends remember a person who lived his life for others

Hollywood star Johnny Depp, who lost a libel case last year against a British newspaper that labelled him a "wife-beater", will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival, organisers said Monday.

Bangladesh police have arrested a social media star for shooting a dance video with a woman at a mosque, officials said Monday.

Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, a co-founder of the legendary soul-funk band Kool and the Gang, whose hits included "Celebration," died on Saturday at age 70, the group announced.

A veteran rebel who has survived years of bush warfare, assassination attempts and stretches in exile, South Sudan's Riek Machar is no stranger to threats, most recently from within his own party, with rivals seeking to oust him this week.

The grim milestone on August 25 will fall just a week after testimony in the trial of R. Kelly is due to begin, court proceedings that have evoked Aaliyah's name over her relationship with her one-time mentor.

A Chicago native who soared to global celebrity on a burst of megahits in the 1990s, for years R. Kelly endured as one of R&B's top stars, even as he faced a slew of sex abuse allegations.

The co-founder and former chief of Microsoft addressed the relationship in a late Wednesday CNN interview that came just two days after his divorce from his ex-wife, Melinda, was finalized.

Marietta Ivena planned to celebrate her 34th birthday on Aug. 7 with her loved ones. With her husband, Adi Chandra, 34, she was about to welcome their second child later this year. Marietta’s life was stolen on July 11 due to COVID-19 complications.

At the centre of the dispute is a fashion shoot that was delayed by the COVID-19 emergency, with the contemporary Italian fashion label alleging Jenner turned down proposals to reschedule it, according to a complaint filed by Liu Jo in the US District Court in Manhattan late on Monday.