Jamaican author Marlon James wins Man Booker PrizeJamaican author Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for best novel for "A Brief History of Seven Killings", a re-telling of the attempted assassination of musician Bob Marley.
14 October 2015
Jennifer Lawrence tackles Hollywood sexismOne of Hollywood's top movie stars Jennifer Lawrence hit out against film industry sexism in a blunt essay for an online feminist newsletter.
14 October 2015
Coco Chanel would have hated my work says LagerfeldChanel's artistic director Karl Lagerfeld reckons founder Coco Chanel would have hated his work as an exhibition dedicated to the luxury fashion brand opened in London.
Playboy throws in towel, ends nude photosPlayboy said it will stop publishing nude photos in its iconic magazine for men, throwing in the towel in the face of rampant online pornography.
Ukraine PM blames MH17 downing on Russian security serviceUkrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Russia's security service for last year's downing of the MH17 airliner over pro-Kremlin separatist territory in the east of the ex-Soviet state.
Facebook to test mobile app shopping tabFacebook said that it will begin testing a shopping tab for its mobile app as it works to ramp up advertising and online commerce offerings.
13 October 2015
Italian Senate to vote on own demise in coup for PM RenziItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was poised for a historic victory as the Senate votes to relinquish most of its power in a revolutionary move to end decades of political instability.
Japan considers pulling UNESCO funding over Nanjing rowJapan warned that it might pull funding for UNESCO to protest last week's decision to inscribe documents related to the Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World register.