Unstoppable singer and pop icon Tina Turner turns last page of her life at 83, waves goodbye forever
Turner was among the first celebrities to speak candidly about domestic abuse, becoming a heroine to battered women and a symbol of resilience to all. Ike Turner did not deny mistreating her, although he tried to blame Tina for their troubles. When he died, in 2007, a representative for his ex-wife said simply: “Tina is aware that Ike passed away.”
Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Roman god of strength statue hit by lightning
Visitors drawn to the ancient wonder at the time included Pope Pius IX, who later added the work to the papal collection. The statue depicting Hercules after he finished his labours had the last names of the pope — Mastai — and of the banker, Pietro Righetti, added to its title.
Fertility rate: China launches projects to build ‘new-era’ marriage, childbearing culture
Concerned about China’s first population drop in six decades and its rapid ageing, the government’s political advisers proposed in March that single and unmarried women should have access to egg freezing and IVF treatment, among other services to boost the country’s fertility rate.
Pope: Only rich can have children in Italy as savage free market scares youth from marrying
A shrinking population is a major worry for the euro zone’s third-largest country, with the economy minister warning this week that Italy’s GDP risked dropping by 18 percentage points over the next two decades if current birth trends continued.
How Nintendo’s concept of ‘Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ transformed film making
Anyone with even a cursory interest in Zelda could recite these facts in their sleep, but stating them plainly hammers home a simple truth: There was not a snowball’s chance on Death Mountain that Nintendo would reinvent the series a second time. Duly, Breath’s follow-up, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, out tomorrow, is very much a sequel.
Pop celebrity Beyonce dazzles 46,000 star-struck fans in Stockholm as she begins 40-city world tour
Beyoncé will make stops at more than 40 cities including London, Paris, Barcelona and Toronto before wrapping up the tour on September 27 in New Orleans.
Texas investigators link Texas gunman to white supremacism as US records 200 incidents of mass killings this year
Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology on Sunday as they work to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official has revealed. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early...
Not my king: Anti-monarchists criticise ‘heavy-handed’ arrests at King Charles’ coronation
The police said on Saturday that they understood public concern following the arrests, but said they acted after receiving information that protesters were determined to disrupt the coronation procession.
Why King Charles III coronation ceremony has changed little for a thousand years and still happens at London’s Westminster Abbey
Sitting on the historic Coronation Chair, known as St Edward’s chair and containing the Stone of Destiny, he will be anointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, with holy oil consecrated in Jerusalem.
How Kenyan starvation cult morphed into ‘Doomsday evangelism’ in Shakahola Forest
Mackenzie planned the mass starvation of cult members in three phases: first children, then women and young men, and finally the remaining men and he himself, according to six of the people including the investigator, who declined to be named due to the confidential nature of the details.
