Rapper Kanye West says he is running a serious campaign for the White House under the banner of a self-styled Birthday Party committed to a presidency modeled after the fictional nation Wakanda in the film "Black Panther".

A Balinese art connoisseur finds his passion in preserving the legacy of his kris-making ancestors.

More than 150 world renowned academics, writers and artists signed a letter published on Tuesday expressing support for global anti-racism protests while lamenting an "intolerant climate that has set in on all sides".

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who faces sex trafficking charges related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, will appear in court remotely for an arraignment and bail hearing on July 14, the judge handling the case wrote Tuesday.

Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is known for his brash style, which in part carried him to power more than a year ago. Removing his face mask after announcing he had coronavirus was perfectly on brand.

Leonie Dorado, 26, is blazing a trail as the first transgender news anchor in Bolivia, a traditionally conservative South American nation currently in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hundreds of Egyptian women are speaking out about sexual violence after a #MeToo campaign on Instagram led to the arrest of a man accused of raping and blackmailing multiple women.

Amelia Hapsari is a prominent name on the Southeast Asian film documentary scene, known for her role as the program director of In-Docs.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama launched an assault on the music charts on Monday by releasing his first album to mark his 85th birthday.

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling angered the trans community on Monday for comparing hormone treatment for people seeking to transition gender to gay conversion therapy, fueling a row over transgender rights.

Prince Harry has urged the Commonwealth, which his grandmother heads, to acknowledge its uncomfortable colonial past, in video extracts published on Monday.

Ghislaine Maxwell was detained on Monday in a troubled US jail in Brooklyn where she will undergo humiliating searches and be denied nearly all possessions, a far cry from the luxury estate where she was arrested as an accused accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein.

As he turns 80 on July 7, Ringo Starr reflects on the major turning points in his life.

If Kanye West is serious about running for president, the American rapper will face major obstacles to mount a serious campaign less than four months before the US presidential election.

A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge University and been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins.

The father and former trainer of Russian Mixed Martial Arts star Khabib Nurmagomedov has died at 57 after contracting coronavirus, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced on Friday.

Prince Andrew is "bewildered" by claims he is not cooperating with the US investigation into the alleged sex trafficking of minors by British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, felt "unprotected" by the British royal family while she was pregnant with her son Archie.

For thousands of Indian content creators, TikTok was a window into fame and fortune. But on Tuesday, the app went blank on phones across India after the government banned it along with 58 other Chinese-origin apps.

Fox News said on Wednesday it had fired Ed Henry, co-anchor of "America's Newsroom," over claims of "willful sexual misconduct" involving a co-worker from years ago.

It remains a touchy topic, and the low-key Shanghai Pride annual festival was held for the 12th time in June with organizers declining media coverage. But China's LGBT community has quietly asserted itself in recent years, forming advocacy groups and challenging the status quo.

In observance of the recent Juneteenth, pop star Taylor Swift vowed to further educate herself on the history of racial injustice and use her voice to stand up for others.

With multiple exhibitions in several countries, painter Erica Hestu Wahyuni has become a familiar face on the international art scene.

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic forced Hoàng Lê Giang to stay in Kautokeino village and Soroya Island in Norway, one of the northernmost places on Earth.

Prize-winning Lebanese documentary filmmaker Carol Mansour fears the world has learnt nothing from the novel coronavirus shock and will go back to square one or worse when normal life returns.

Nicole Richie has evolved from her days with pal Paris Hilton in which she landed in the tabloids for being involved with brawls, possession of drugs and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Senior British royal Kate joined families at a children's hospice to plant a garden this week, supporting what she described as "amazing" work made even more difficult by the coronavirus pandemic.

Just before the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, Belgian pop singer Dana Rexx was hopeful of breaking through with her first single release in April and a tour of Asia planned.

The first two weeks of quarantine was “overwhelming” for Ricky Martin, who has had to grapple with the pervading sense of “uncertainty, fear, anxiety and grief”.

Superheroes are arguably the bread and butter of pop culture around the world, with each nation seemingly boasting their own flavor and take on the genre.