Self-made millionaire spent around £4m providing luxury housing and free meals for villagers because he says they were kind to him when he grew up in the poor area. A rags-to-riches millionaire returned to the slum where he grew up and bulldozed the place. But then the kindly philanthropist built...

KANO, Nigeria –  The father of a 14-year-old child bride accused of murdering her husband said Thursday he was appealing to a Nigerian court to spare his daughter the death sentence. Wasilat Tasi’u is on trial for the murder of her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani, who died after eating food...

It’s a month before the holidays and you’re grappling with a serious toy buyer’s dilemma: 0n the one hand, you kind of just want to get your kid a Barbie; on the other hand you’d rather not perpetuate the peddling of anatomical ideals that are so impossible to achieve —...

It’s a happy ending for the ladies of the house. A federal judge on Friday ordered a Midtown jiggle joint to dig deep into its pockets and shell out $10.8 million in damages to dancers for failing to pay them minimum wage and wrongfully retaining their tips. (Photo: New York...

Describing Burnaby Mountain protesters as having an “abundance of exuberance and an absence of judgment”, Kinder Morgan’s lawyer led a legal assault against environmentalists in a B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday to try and get its $5.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion back on track. Corporate lawyer William Kaplan, Q.C., told the...

Dying Sheila Marsh was given this one last chance to see her favourite horse after it was brought to her hospital bedside by caring staff. The 77-year-old grandmother-of-four was clearly delighted as horse Bronwen gently nuzzled her just a few short hours before she died of cancer. The scene –...

PETA is finding Eaten Alive a little hard to swallow. The animal rights  group took aim on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Discovery Channel’s controversial  upcoming documentary special, which purports to show a man, Paul  Rosolie, being swallowed whole by an anaconda while wearing a  “custom-built snake-proof suit.” Delcianna Winders,...

“A university has banned a student football team from wearing their new strip – because they are sponsored by a PORN SITE. The Rutherford Raiders initially put the logo of X-rated website PornHub on their shirts as a joke as they competed in the inter-mural football leagues at Kent University....

“By now, you’ve probably seen the video of a woman receiving scores of catcalls (108, to be exact) as she walks through New York City. The video was the brainchild of Rob Bliss, who runs his own viral video marketing agency. Bliss partnered with Hollaback, an advocacy group dedicated to ending street...

“A  woman from southeastern New Brunswick is sharing more details of the sexual violence she alleges she suffered at the hands of former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi. The woman, who spoke to the Toronto Star earlier this week, told CBC’s Information Morning Moncton that Ghomeshi choked and beat her with his belt, smothered her until she almost...