A Japanese teenager who has become an advocate for children urged politicians to become the leaders they would have admired as youngsters, after winning a prestigious youth award on Monday.

Armed with a little more than a smile, a growth chart and a big heart, Naomi Laiputa oversees more than 10,000 mothers and children across Kupang regency, some 3,000 kilometers from the sprawling metropolis of Jakarta.

A woman who claims actor Warren Beatty coerced her into sex with him almost 50 years ago when she was a young teenager has filed a lawsuit against him seeking damages.

Colombian music superstar Shakira and Spanish footballer Gerard Pique have reached an agreement over the custody of their two children following their breakup.

Julie Powell, the writer whose yearlong mission to cook through Julia Child's French Cooking masterpiece was immortalized in print and film, has died of cardiac arrest.

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An Iranian man nicknamed the "dirtiest man in the world" for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94.

Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who made the energy drink brand a global phenomenon and forged a title-winning Formula One team and a sports empire, died on Saturday aged 78, the company said.

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72.

Track record and achievements of Ben Bernanke, one of the three Nobel Economic Prize winners.

French author and feminist figure Annie Ernaux received a standing ovation at a New York bookstore on Monday as the recent Nobel literature prize winner attended an event.

Tiza Mafira is the star of Pulau Plastik (Plastic Island), a documentary on plastic pollution. The lawyer and mother of two shared what she learned from more than two decades of fighting to save our planet.  

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, whose breathtaking deception of New York's financial elite inspired a hit Netflix series, was released Friday from an immigration detention center but still faces deportation from the United States.

"I will go to Doha no matter what, even if I have to walk!" said Abdullah Alsulmi earlier this year.

Leung, who was awarded the "Asian Cineaste of the Year" prize at South Korea's Busan International Festival, is best known for his work with famed director Wong Kar-wai. 

The former couple, once one of Hollywood's highest profile pairings, have been embroiled in a lengthy dispute over their marriage, custody of their six children and shared assets, including a French winery.

Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist and actress who was booed in 1973 as she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, has died aged 75.

Noah took over in 2015 after the exit of Jon Stewart.

The 'Hips Don't Lie' singer, 45, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, rejected in July a deal to settle the case, which meant she would have to stand trial in a case that could see her sent to prison for eight years.

His record label, Luaka Bop, said he died peacefully around friends and family in Los Angeles.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director William Burns said in the United States spy agency's first-ever podcast on Thursday that his life was nothing like Jason Bourne and James Bond.

Amanpour, the chief international anchor of CNN who also has a show on US public broadcaster PBS, said she was ready for the interview Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly when an aide insisted she cover her hair.

Rainier Wardhana Hardjanto is the first teenager to launch donations on an NFT platform for disabled communities. 

Eighteen years after Munir's death, his legacy and bravery continue to inspire Indonesia’s new generation of activists. 

Indonesians in the United Kingdom have their own opinions about the longest-reigning monarch. 

Celebrities around the world bade a fond farewell on Thursday to perhaps the biggest global star of them all, with heartfelt tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Reza Gunawan, an influential holistic teacher, passed away after battling with a stroke.

The BBC said on Friday it had donated sales proceeds derived from a 1995 interview with Princess Diana to charity after it was found she was tricked into the bombshell expose.

Survivor of a terror attack at the Olympic Village in Munich in September 1972 reminsices the tragedy.

US actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has cancer, and has begun chemotherapy in her battle against the disease.