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Dua Lipa has shared her gratitude after winning a Mental Health Champion of the Year Award. The 29-year-old singer was recognised by the prominent American LGBTQ+ charity, The Trevor Project. The charity grants the Mental Health Champion award to “influential public figures who use their platform to advocate for mental health awareness and issues impacting […]
Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates paid their last respects to the singer at a private funeral on Wednesday. The former One Direction star died on 16 October at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After delays due to post-mortem tests, his body was repatriated […]
ROVANIEMI, FINLAND — Thousands of NATO soldiers are taking part in large-scale artillery exercises in Finland’s Arctic this month, seen by some as a signal to neighboring Russia over its war on Ukraine. Sounds of cannon fire and rocket artillery echo across the snowy, hilly Lapland landscape as some 3,600 soldiers from the United States, Sweden, […]
California’s public health department reported a possible case of bird flu in a child with mild respiratory symptoms on Tuesday, but said there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus and that the child’s family members tested negative. California officials said they have sent test specimens from the child to the U.S. Centers […]
The original Bee Gees drummer, Frederick Colin Petersen, has died. The Australian musician, who played on hits including Massachusetts, To Love Somebody and Words, was 78 years old. Known as Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen, he was a member of the Bee Gees from 1967 to 1969, with bandmate brothers Barry, the late Robin and the late […]
Adele has revealed what she is planning to do once she completes her Las Vegas residency. The 36-year-old has been performing her Weekends With Adele residency shows at The Colosseum Theatre inside the Caesars Palace in the Nevada city since November 2022. This weekend her string of shows will reach a climax after 100 performances […]
The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee is set to meet Wednesday to decide whether to release its investigative report on former Representative Matt Gaetz, who was accused of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use before he was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be attorney general in his new administration. Several U.S. senators, Democrats […]
Music legend Elton John and American singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile join Kate Thornton on Greatest Hits Radio on Friday for the first play on the station of his new single Never Too Late. Taken from a new Disney+ documentary – out in cinemas today ahead of a 13th December release on the streamer – the song, […]
Ed Sheeran has revealed he didn’t give permission for his vocals to appear on the new Band Aid fundraising single. Last week, it was announced that an “ultimate mix” of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? had been created for the 40th anniversary, combining vocals from those in the 1984 original as well as […]
Beyoncé is to perform at halftime during a National Football League (NFL) match to be held on Christmas Day. On Monday, producers at Netflix announced that the superstar will play a set amid the streaming service’s first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday live on 25 December. The performance will take place during the second of Netflix’s two […]