Singer Lorde has announced her first original solo single in almost four years with What Was That. The 28-year-old singer, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor, announced the track in a post on ...

Lawyers for hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to delay his May 5 sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defence. The lawyers ...

A piece of semi-precious gemstone jewellery slated to sell for £8,000 has sold at auction for more than three times its asking price to an unnamed collector. Woolley & Wallis auctioneers sold a ...

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City’s medical examiner has said. The office said in a statement that it amended the cause and manner of death ...

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg emphasised in court on Wednesday that he bought Instagram and WhatsApp because he saw value in the companies, not to take out competitors, as the Federal Trade ...

Liam Payne’s sister Ruth Gibbins has said she feels “plunged underwater” without the late One Direction singer, on the six-month anniversary of his death. The singer died on October 16 last year at ...

A player has scooped the £5.2 million jackpot in Wednesday’s National Lottery Lotto draw. The winning numbers were 27, 36, 39, 48, 57, 59 and the bonus number was 45. Some 29 players each won £1,750 ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war. Nicholas Haysom ...

US actor John Lithgow has said he is “very excited” and “very intimidated” to play wizard and Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in a new Harry Potter TV series. The upcoming HBO Original series has ...

Nora Aunor, who became one of the biggest stars of Philippines cinema during a career that spanned seven decades, has died. Aunor died on Wednesday, according to social media posts from her children.

A MAN has appeared in court accused of domestic abuse, including shoving his partner into a storage bed and trying to close ...

A WOMAN who alleges she was raped, assaulted and urinated on by a man wept in court as she was questioned about her account.