In the next few days, APD would like to take you through the turbulent 2016. We will be presenting stories of a wide range of people – some of them are big shots who have driven major shifts in world order, and others are ordinary folks whose lives have been changed by the dramatic events that occurred this year.
European Union leaders agreed their plan for Brexit negotiations on Thursday (Dec 15), pledging to move swiftly and stick together to ensure Britain does not cherry pick a sweet deal that might inspire others to unstitch the bloc.
President Park Geun-hye will make her case to the Consitutional Court on Friday in a written statement addressing a series of charges cited in the parliamentary impeachment motion via her legal representatives, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
New allegations surrounding an influence-peddling scandal involving South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her confidante emerged during a parliamentary hearing on Thursday, ranging from a cover-up attempt to spying on a top justice and bribery involving a deputy premier-level official.
President Park Geun-hye's former chief of staff has been banned from leaving the country, as part of a probe into an influence-peddling scandal surrounding Park and her close confidante Choi Soon-sil, government sources said Thursday.
South Korea's National Assembly will hold the third round of hearings on Wednesday to investigate the corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her longtime friend.
As the new Prime Minister and his deputy were sworn in by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy and the crowd at Government House applauded yesterday, Bill English kept eyes front.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's allies in Congress on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against a senator who has been an outspoken critic of a surge of extrajudicial killings unleashed by the president's campaign against drugs.
Sad and angry, the Chinese community in Rome on Sunday paid tribute to a student fatally hit by a train while pursuing muggers who had stolen her purse with her just-issued residency permit.
DNCE, Fifth Harmony, Hailee Steinfeld, Charlie Puth, Tinashe, Rita Ora, Jake Miller and Sabrina Carpenter celebrated the true spirit of the holiday season in a big way at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden in New York City Friday night (Dec. 9), performing the debut of an all-star jam of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” with all the proceeds dedicated to helping those in need.
Madonna's billboard woman of the year acceptance speech was brutally honest about the music industry. "You will be criticized, you will be vilified, and you will definitely not be played on the radio."
From making records to protecting rights, negotiating contracts to discovering talent, the female executives included on Billboard’s 2016 Women in Music list represent the best of today’s dealmakers, influencers and tastemakers. For this year’s edition, in addition to categories for labels, publishing, live music, agencies, digital, media, branding, management and performance rights organizations, the editors of Billboard have also chosen a group music attorneys and public relations executives for whom 2016 was especially busy. Read on for the profiles of the 100 most powerful women in music.
South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye over her alleged link to a corruption scandal involving her confidante that has paralyzed the government for the past several weeks.
They say that animals and children are the most difficult to work with on-camera – but these fashionista pets are clearly throwing that mantra out the window.
More than two years after doctors at a clinic in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata told her that her newborn had died, Kanon Sarkar believes that her baby girl is still alive.
Sneakers and puffer jackets are perhaps the most common uniform in luxury hotel lobbies this winter.
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