A Saudi prince who battered his manservant to death is facing a life sentence after he was convicted of murder.

He's in cinemas right now playing an FBI agent. But it's been his television turn as Mad Men's flawed but smouldering Don Draper that made Jon Ham a star - and helped elevate him to the sexiest man alive.

Scientists have raised serious concerns about the widespread use of one of the world's most common painkillers.

The Australian dollar has finally hit parity with the US dollar.

With both The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things behind him, Carl Barat has taken the cathartic step of writing a book.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has paid tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland, who died in Switzerland on Sunday.

On-screen, she's the queen of food porn. But off-screen Nigella Lawson is much messier, grumpier and shyer, she tells Stephen Jewell.

The Independent looks at a vanishing breed - the investigative journalist.

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A gay Saudi prince beat his servant to death in a London hotel room in a sexually motivated murder, a court heard today.

A Queenstown man who went to Britain to get married was turned away at London's Heathrow airport as he didn't have the appropriate visa.

Dannii Minogue has opened up about the loves of her life in her autobiography, My Story.

When Eric Watson boarded an Air New Zealand flight in Los Angeles on September 17, 2008, en route to New Zealand from London, he had a lot on his mind.

Researchers found people who were more introspective tended to have larger volumes of nerve tissue in an area of the prefrontal cortex.

Beleaguered singer George Michael has been placed in solitary confinement for his own safety after inmate taunts.

A global survey of fertility treatment covering more than 100 countries has revealed wide variations in international laws governing IVF, which are fuelling the growth of "fertility tourism".

Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen have reportedly become parents for the second time.

The two singers made their first live appearance together for 15 years at the Heroes concert at London's Twickenham Stadium.

When Brian Mackie brought his translation service from Britain to New Zealand in 2003, fast internet access was essential and shouldn't have been a problem.

World celebrates 21 years in the fashion business and its ongoing plans to keep breaking barriers.