Ed Sheeran named ‘artist of the decade’
The singer has amassed a combined run of 12 number one singles and albums between 2010 and 2019.
Mexico’s naked Zapata painting causes protests
The painting shows the revolutionary hero naked on a horse, wearing high heels and a pink hat.
‘World’s first’ fully-electric commercial flight takes off
A fully electric seaplane flight has been hailed by operators as the start of a third "aviation era".
Liam Payne on alcohol: ‘My family were very worried’
The star talks about sobriety, splitting from Cheryl, and being accused of trivialising bisexuality.
Members of child abuse WhatsApp group arrested in 11 countries
The global investigation, led by Spain's National Police, tracked down 33 members of the group.
Merriam-Webster: Non-binary pronoun ‘they’ is word of year
The dictionary said searches for the non-binary pronoun on its website increased by 313% this year.
US reporter’s guilt over live TV backside slap
Alex Bozarjian said her "power" was taken after a man hit her backside while reporting in Georgia.
Ellen DeGeneres gives Ipswich drumming ace, 9, a guitar
Nandi Bushell wows The Ellen Show audience as she plays the drums to Nirvana,
Peter Handke receives Nobel Literature prize
The controversial Austrian winner of the 2019 prize was applauded at the ceremony in Stockholm.
Man beats AI drone in first race of its kind
The team behind the fasted automated drone walked away with $1m.