A Pakistani social media star was allegedly strangled to death by her brother in an “honour killing”, police said. Qandeel Baloch, known for posting controversial photos of herself on social media, was killed in her family home on the outskirts of Multan, a large city in the Punjab province. Baloch, 26, real name Fouzia Azeem, had stoked controversy in the …

Taylor Swift will have to sit down for a deposition with David Mueller, the former radio host who she alleges groped her. A Colorado judge has rejected the pop star’s request to avoid coming face-to-face with Mueller in court. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the singer will have to appear at a heavily secure Colorado federal court. As a high-profile …

On top of the growing number of skunks and raccoons with rabies, Hamilton is now reporting its first confirmed case this year of a bat with the virus. The city’s public health department said in a release it has received test results from a rabid bat, the first such confirmed case this year and twelfth since 2010. Hamilton is already …

“Orphan Black” lead star Tatiana Maslany is nominated in the Best Lead Actress in a Drama category at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards. If you’re unfamiliar with the critically loved, and critically under-watched, series, Maslany plays several different roles. The show is based on a huge cloning conspiracy, and Maslany can be found playing close to half a dozen different …

If you’re having a hard time catching them all – a Pokemon chauffeur might be just what you need. A dozen people have posted advertisements on Craigslist’s Vancouver site offering to drive players around as they use their smartphones to locate “augmented reality” Pokemon, PokeStops and Pokemon Gyms scattered across the Lower Mainland. One UBC student offering his services says …

Scientists from the UK have successfully made a raised object appear flat to electromagnetic waves – meaning that they are a step closer to having a full-blown cloaking device that can hide objects. Scientists from Queen Mary College of London have demonstrated for the first time how a cloaking device can make curved surfaces look flat to electromagnetic waves. Though …

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Amid rapidly shrinking forests — the Philippines is one of the most heavily deforested countries in the tropics — Luzon is home to world’s greatest concentration of unique mammal species, according a paper published in Frontiers in Biogeography. Scientists only realised the importance of Luzon after identifying 28 new …

Music sensation Katy Perry has just released “Rise” her first new single in over two years, exclusively on Apple Music and iTunes “This song has been brewing inside of me for years,” Perry announced in a statement. “Now, more than ever there is a need for our world to unite.”

A truck plowed into pedestrians during Bastille Day celebrations in the popular French seaside city of Nice Thursday, leaving at least 84 people dead in what the nation’s president called “obviously a terrorist attack.” Police shot and killed the driver, who drove at high speed for over 100 meters (yards) along the famed Promenade des Anglais seafront before hitting the …

It’s a good time to hit the seas for whale watching! An unprecedented number of whales have been spotted in the last few weeks, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association. Large groups of 15-20 whales have been seen together. Executive Director of the Pacific Whale Watch Association, Michael Harris says it’s like Hawaii and Alaska right off Victoria and …

The hairdresser tasked with managing French president Francois Hollande’s receding hairline is paid an eye-watering €10,000 a month. The news was first reported in satirical magazine Le Canard Enchaîné, which claims that the stylist, named as Olivier B, travels with Hollande on most of his foreign trips. The Élysée Palace has attempted to justify the pay, telling the magazine that …