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Brazilian company Santher stirred some racial controversy when they used the civil rights slogan "black is beautiful" to advertise back toilet paper with a white model

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is set to visit Japan but will not meet Emperor Akihito.

"It's absolutely stunning that people let this monumental level of bullsh*t slide," Cougar Town actor Bob Clendenin tweeted.

The actress felt compelled to speak out after seeing the former US president at a hurricane relief fundraiser.

Spain's interior ministry did not name the suspect, but described him as a 52-year-old "already convicted for his involvement in the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda".

One Twitter user wrote: "Someone needs his diaper changed, he's cranky."

The man is reported to have hit his head on the roof and fell to his death on the tracks of a nearby bridge.

The origin of the spooky annual holiday goes back centuries and some believe it has its roots in an ancient European tradition.

Air strikes, artillery and machine-gun fire have left the lakeside city of Marawi in the southern Philippines a smouldering wasteland of shattered buildings and bullet-pocked mosques and houses.

Students are warned to remain indoors as police search for a man who is not believed to be a student at the university.

North Korea bought the Volvo 144 model cars in 1974 some of which are still running as taxis.

Casey Waldner faces charges of injuring a police horse, resisting arrest without violence and cocaine possession.

Isis continues its campaign of terror, but the group is progressively losing territories due to multinational offensives in Syria and Iraq.

Russian politician Sergey Popovich somersaulted into the foam pit and landed on his head, breaking his back in the process, as he son looked on.

Elisha Cooke-Moore alleged her doctors recommended she go forward with surgeries based on their misinterpretations of her blood report.

The incumbent ran on predictable platform in unpredictable times and prevailed despite his ambition to change the constitution few have an appetite for.

When police officers tried to perform CPR on the victim, the dog moved to attack them as well.

Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman pledges the Saudi kingdom will be "open to all religions" as he signals sweeping socio-economic reforms.

Ahmadreza Djalali, is an emergency medicine specialist and a lecturer at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.

Ethnic tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims have existed in Myanmar for decades. Almost one million Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh as violence erupted.

The absence of a potential heir for President Xi Jinping indicates his strong grip on the country's politics as well as future.

Republican Senator Jeff Flake gave a blistering speech on the Senate floor criticising President Donald Trump and announcing he will not seek re-election in 2018.

Cambridge University is facing proposals to ensure there are more black and minority ethnic writers on their English literature course.

Ayhan Uzun filmed himself firing a gunshot into his head whilst broadcasting on Facebook Live. It was reported that his family and friends begged him not to kill himself.

A man identified as Ryan Clayton appeared to throw Russian flags at the US President while yelling "Trump is treason".

Mother-of-one Natalia Nemets suffered a horrific death when molten caramel spilled into a huge vat that she was cleaning at a confectionery factory in Russia.

A study by the University of Glasgow found that unemployed people had a mortality rate three times bigger than health and business professionals or teachers.

Despite torrential rain in Bangkok, crowds of mourners have begun camping on the streets around the royal palace ahead of the funeral of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Rex Tillerson hailed Saudi Arabia as a "terrific partner" during his visit to Riyadh, but failed to condemn Saudi forces' demolition of Shia-majority town Awamiya.