One of the trinkets on display at the brand’s store in Soho, New York was of a monkey-like figure with brown skin and large red lips similar to the controversial Sambo figure from the era of ‘blackface’. The Prada figure at the centre of the uproar, on sale for $550, looks almost identical to this racist imagery and was on […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez jabbed first son-in-law Jared Kushner on Friday amid reports that he was in still in the running to be President Trump’s next chief of staff. “Ah yes, of course, it’s classic Republican ‘bootstrap’ meritocracy: where the smartest, hardest-working, most fitting person for the job just so happens to be your son-in-law,” the congresswoman-elect wrote on Twitter, referring to […]

Disney Channel actor, 48, arrested for ‘trying to have sex with a 13-year-old he met on an online dating app’ Stoney Westmoreland has been arrested for trying to lure a teen in for sex The Disney Channel actor met the 13-year-old victim on an online dating app He requested naked photos from the teen and sent them pornographic images Westmoreland […]

The memorial, designed by sculptor Hazel Reeves, marks the climax to a year of highlighting the centenary of women winning the right to vote. Hundreds of modern-day suffragettes gathered to see Pankhurst honoured by her home city. Her great-grandaughter Helen Pankhurst said the campaigner "defied social norms, defied the establishment and said we can do so much more". She said: […]

Conway appeared on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time’ with Chris Cuomo on Thursday night. Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN this week, where she got into a heated debate with Chris Cuomo. Conway defended President Donald Trump for his alleged involvement in the hush-money scandal surrounding Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels and, as the Daily Beast reported, claimed that it was a […]

A jury in St Louis, Missouri initially awarded £418million in compensation and added £3.1billion in punitive damages in the latest court case against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson. However, the payout amounts to just 6.17 per cent of the firm's £58.35billion annual revenue. The verdict comes as the company fights some 9,000 legal cases involving its signature baby powder. J&J […]

What are MOO doing down there? Cow has to be rescued after falling down a manhole Firefighters were called in to rescue a cow stuck in down a hole in Adana, Turkey The cow was found by a dog who continued to bark by the entrance to the pit The entrance was enlarged so that a harness could be attached […]

BC Ferries has resumed service on several key southern routes, after cancelling sailings due to strong winds on Friday. According to BC Ferries, the following vessels are resuming scheduled service on key routes. Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay (Coastal Celebration) resuming service with 3 p.m. departure from Swartz Bay Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay (Spirit of British Columbia) resuming service with 3 p.m. departure from Tsawwassen Tsawwassen-Nanaimo/Duke […]

Heartwarming moment flash mob of volunteer singers and rail staff delight commuters at London Bridge station with a choral version of Lean On Me Flash mob perform the Bill Withers classic Lean on Me at London Bridge Station Commuters stop in their tracks as the harmonies echo across the busy station The group stage their spectacle every 15 minutes during […]

Washington: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called China's seizure of two Canadian citizens "unlawful," language likely to further inflame tensions already running high over a trade dispute and the detention in Vancouver of a senior Chinese technology executive. Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, speaks as Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, right, listens.Credit:Bloomberg The comments from President Donald Trump's […]