‘I went from hiking on a beautiful day…to making a goodbye video to my family’ Trapped alone in the wilderness with a shattered body, this is the moment Claire Nelson thought she was about to die. What followed was an astonishing feat of physical and emotional endurance  Claire in the Joshua Tree national park just days before her accident From the top […]

On Saturday afternoon the Martin Gropius Bau, the site of the Berlin Festival’s European Film Market, saw a group of anonymous protestors unfurl a big banner from one of the markets upper floors, with activists shouting out “How can you celebrate Chile when Chile is killing its own people?” The protests came at the Berlinale’s throwing a large spotlight on […]

More than six million of us have fibbed about being vegan or vegetarian, a poll revealed. One in ten Brits confessed to telling porkies about adopting a trendy meat-free diet – after a surge of interest in climate change thanks to teenage eco warrior Greta Thunberg. The worst offenders are Londoners and those aged 18 to 24. They were most […]

It's hard to move in Sydney at the moment without tripping over the fact it is Mardi Gras season. ANZ has wheeled out its GayTMs (cute branding, guys), Broadway Shopping Centre has renamed its escalators as the "Yasss Express" and there are reports a building in Zetland is having its lift operated by drag queens. Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi […]

When Love Is Blind contestant Rory Newbrough first stepped into one of the Netflix reality TV show’s soundproof pods to speed-date 15 women he couldn’t see, he was skeptical that he could really find love this way—until he heard Danielle Drouin’s voice. “Danielle was the first pod that I went into, and I felt it the second I walked in,” […]

A bear on the loose for two days in a residential California neighborhood, at times wandering near a local elementary school, was tranquilized Friday morning, but not before passersby got very close, capturing images on their phones. The large black bear was spotted on North Mayflower Avenue in Monrovia, about 2:30 a.m. local time, according to KTLA. At one point, […]

A shopper has been left scratching her head after believing she had picked up a grey rug for her bathroom only to discover it was a different colour altogether. The woman was thrilled to snap up the bargain bathmats from ALDI for $9.99 in New Zealand (£4.89), but when her puzzled husband returned home and asked why his wife had […]

The jury in the Harvey Weinstein trial appears to be deadlocked on the two most serious charges against the producer, which carry the potential of life in prison. After lunch on Friday, the jurors sent a note to the judge asking what to do if they could not reach a verdict on two counts of predatory sexual assault, but were […]

Whether as co-founder of Black Sabbath or as a solo artist, Ozzy Osbourne spent his life and art (at least, the non-reality television part) conjuring death, summoning its spirits and welcoming its hold on heaven or hell. You know the drill: his albums were filled with graveyards, devils and bloodlust. At times Ozzy was ferocious, even if the hair metal scene […]

Trump, Cuomo fail to reach deal on Global Entry ban Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, who attended the Trump-Cuomo meeting on the Global Entry ban, says the meeting was ‘productive’ despite not coming to a solution. As the October deadline for air travelers to present Real ID-compliant driver's licenses instead of regular licenses approaches, airports and DMV administrators worry […]