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Salma Hayek is hailed as Hollywood’s most influential Latina actresses as well as one of the most beautiful women in the world. As she marks her 59th birthday on September 2, 2025, here is a look at her illustrious career over the decades, and the...

Cardi B scored a major legal victory this week after a jury in California cleared her of accusations that she assaulted a security guard back in 2018.  The case, which has been hanging over the rapper for years, ended quickly when jurors needed less than...

Whatever you might think of the politics, the performance was nothing short of perfect. Tens of thousands of service personnel in lines so straight they could almost have been animated. Every flex of the foot, every turn of the head, every cry of allegiance exactly in...

Bulgarian authorities have said they suspect Russia of jamming the GPS system of the jet carrying the EU Commission president on Sunday. If someone deliberately jams your jet's GPS, it's fair to assume they are trying to threaten or intimidate you. The Kremlin hasn't responded to...

The Belgian government has said it will officially recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly this month. The country's foreign minister, Maxime Prevot, announced it will join the UK, France, Canada, and Australia in recognising a Palestinian state. Belgium will also introduce "firm...

Israel has killed the Houthi rebel prime minister Ahmed al Rahawi, the Iranian-backed militant group has said. He was killed on Thursday in a strike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa, along with a number of other ministers, the group said in a statement. The Houthis have...

Sabrina Carpenter is back with her seventh studio album, Man's Best Friend, released on August 29, 2025.  This 12-track pop album promises to be a cheeky and steamy follow-up to her 2024 album Short N' Sweet, which topped the Billboard 200 chart for four weeks. The...

It's the start of a very big week for China, and there is a clear sense they know the world is watching. Amidst a fractious time for the world order, as wars rage and previously trusted international norms are cast into doubt, China is playing...

Kim Kardashian is reportedly exploring a variety of healing methods, including hypnotherapy, as she works through what sources are calling "deep scars" left by her marriage to Ye.  According to reports, her sister, Kourtney Kardashian, was the one who initially encouraged the Skims mogul to...

The blossoming relationship between Donald Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has abruptly turned sour. After the heady days of the "Howdy Modi" event in Houston, and the mega "Namaste Trump" show in Ahmedabad, where a stadium was packed with over 100,000 people to...

Norway has agreed to buy five new British warships in a deal worth £10bn, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The planned purchase of the Type 26 frigates built in Glasgow comes as the two nations seek to deepen their co-operation in countering Russian operations...

Nine people have been killed in a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan. The earthquake struck the east of the country near the Pakistan border at 11.47pm local time (8.17pm UK time) on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. At least nine people were killed...