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Visibility and solidarity with Australia’s LGBTQI community have been on full display at the colourful and inclusive Midsumma Pride March.More than 13,500 march participants made their way through the streets of St Kilda in Melbourne, with an estimated 20,000 spectators turning out in support.As per tradition, the march began on Sunday morning with the roaring motors of Dykes on Bikes, followed closely by Rainbow Riders Victoria and Melbourne Motorcycle Tourers.The march is one of the biggest events on the pride calendar and a high point of the Midsumma Festival, a major event celebrating LGBTQI arts and culture in Victoria.The 22-day…

Three decades after his death, the ‘father of Afrobeat’ Fela Kuti has made history by becoming the first African to get a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.The Nigerian musician, who died in 1997, posthumously received the commendation along with several other artists at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday, on the eve of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFor his family and friends – some of whom were in attendance – it is an honour they hope will help amplify Fela’s music, and ideology, among a new generation of musicians and music…

One day before a planned naval drill by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, an explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which sits on the strait. The blast killed a 4-year-old girl as local media footage purportedly showed a security force member being carried out by rescuers. Iran is planning a naval drill Sunday and Monday in the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil traded passes. The U.S. military has warned Iran not to threaten its warships or commercial traffic in the…

Melania Trump speaks on her new film ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy sits down with first lady Melania Trump to discuss the premiere of her documentary, ‘Melania.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Melania,” the documentary detailing the 20 days in the first lady’s life before President Donald Trump took office for the second time last year, is set to beat expectations, earning $8 million at the box office in its opening weekend, the best documentary opening in more than a decade, according to reports. The documentary will likely finish third behind horror films “Iron Lung” and…

Archivist and music historian Alex Palao worked to restore old tapes by “Sly and Family Stone” that gathered dust for decades. He co-produced the live album called “The First Family: Live at the Winchester Cathedral 1967.” He is now nominated for “Best Album Notes” at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. CBS News San Francisco’s Max Darrow has the story.

Movie posters for the documentary “Melania” featuring U.S. first lady Melania Trump are displayed in a New York City subway station, in New York, U.S., Jan. 14, 2026. Jeenah Moon | ReutersIt was a turbulent week for Amazon.From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s $75 million investment in a documentary about the first lady, Amazon heads into its quarterly earnings report next week surrounded by a deafening level of outside noise. On Saturday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and a top entertainment exec from the company joined a group of CEOs, politicians…

Signage at the Trip.com Group Ltd. headquarters building in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Chinese online travel services provider Trip.com plunged 19.23% in Hong Kong on Thursday after Beijing opened an antitrust probe into the company, making it the worst performer in the Hang Seng index.The fall also marks the stock’s worst day in Hong Kong since it was listed in April 2021. Shares had closed 17% lower on Wednesday in New York. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation late Wednesday said it was investigating Trip.com due to “suspected abuse of its dominant…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! James Holland, the Texas Ranger who helped crack “the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history,” is breaking his silence on how he finally got the murderer to confess.Samuel Little was interviewed repeatedly by Holland, dubbed the “serial killer whisperer,” from June 2018 until shortly before Little’s death in December 2020, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. During those sessions, Little confessed to killing 93 people between 1970 and 2005. More than 60 of those confessions have since been matched to victims through DNA evidence and corroborating interviews, authorities said.JOURNALIST’S DANGEROUS…

BEIJING: Average prices of new homes across 100 Chinese cities rose in January, while declines in the secondary market narrowed, a private survey showed on Sunday (Feb 1), following renewed government pledges to stabilise the sector.New home prices rose 0.18 per cent month-on-month, easing from a 0.28 per cent gain in December, according to the China Index Academy, one of the country’s largest property research firms.Cities including Chengdu, Shanghai and Hangzhou saw the launch of high-end upgraded housing projects in January, lifting both month-on-month and year-on-year prices in first- and second-tier cities, the research firm said.By contrast, third- and fourth-tier…

The brother of former Labor strategist Tim Picton has spoken of the devastation of his brother’s death on his family and revealed the final time he spoke to his brother was over a video call on Christmas Day.In his first interview since his brother’s death in early January, South Australian Health Minister Chris Picton shared his and his family’s continued anguish.“This has been the hardest thing I think our family has ever had to deal with,” he said.“The shock that we had on that Saturday morning, getting that phone call that my brother was in hospital, he was being rushed…