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South Africa’s last white president, Frederik Willem de Klerk, has died at the age of 85. "Former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle against mesothelioma cancer," a statement from his foundation said. He was diagnosed in March with the disease, which affects the tissue lining the lungs. Mr de Klerk oversaw the end of South Africa's white minority rule as the country's last apartheid president. While he was head of state from 1989 and 1994, he and his government dismantled the apartheid system of institutionalised racial segregation and introduced voting rights for black people. In 1990 he announced he was releasing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years, in a speech that made history.   Mr de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mr Mandela in 1993, but his role in the transition to democracy remains a source of controversy. After multi-party election...

Travis Scott has been accused of 'exploiting' the Astroworld tragedy and 'profiting' off of concertgoers' trauma after partnering with the controversial virtual therapy provider BetterHelp.  The 30-year-old rapper was performing on stage at his Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday when a crowd surge left at least eight people dead and hundreds of others injured.  Scott, who has had more than 40 lawsuits filed against him following the concert, released a statement on Monday pledging to cover all funeral costs and refund the cost of all tickets.  He also announced that he was partnering with BetterHelp to supply free one-on-one online therapy to any concertgoers impacted by the tragic events at Astroworld.    However, the initiative has been met with backlash with Scott being accused that he would financially benefit from the partnership, which BetterHelp has denied.    A source close to Astroworld told DailyMail.com Scott is fully ...

Steven Gerrard has been appointed as the new Aston Villa head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal.   The former Liverpool midfielder left his role as Rangers manager to replace Dean Smith, who was sacked last weekend after a run of five successive defeats.   Compensation of between £3.25-4m agreed with the Scottish champions for Gerrard and his assistant Gary McAllister.   Gerrard said: "Aston Villa is a club with a rich history and tradition in English football and I am immensely proud to become its new head coach.   "In my conversations with Nassef, Wes and the rest of the Board, it was apparent how ambitious their plans are for the club and I am looking forward to helping them achieve their aims.   "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everybody associated with Glasgow Rangers for giving me the opportunity to manage such an iconic football club.   "Helping them secure a record-breaking 55th league title will always hold a sp...

Jerry Douglas, best known for his starring role on soap opera The Young and the Restless, has died at the age of 88.   In 1982, Douglas made his debut on the CBS TV series as John Abbott, the patriarch of the Abbott family, taking over from Brett Halsey.   While the character’s death was depicted on the show in 2006, Douglas continued to make appearances as hallucinations seen by other characters, his last appearance being in 2016.   The actor’s family has announced that he died on November 9 following a brief illness, with Anthony Morina, executive producer of The Young and the Restless, paying tribute in a statement.   ‘On behalf of the entire company of The Young and the Restless, we send our deepest sympathies to the Douglas family on the passing of Jerry Douglas,’ he said.   ‘Jerry came to Y&R in 1982 with an impressive resume of credits. Our show was lucky to have an actor of his caliber join the Y&R cast and intr...

The first human trial of an Ebola vaccine which was developed using the same technology as the AstraZeneca Covid jab, began on Thursday November 11 at the University of Oxford.   The jab is designed to tackle the Zaire and Sudan types of Ebola. which together have caused nearly all Ebola outbreaks and deaths worldwide. The University of Oxford launched a Phase I trial to test the vaccine in human volunteers and is currently recruiting.   The vaccine "ChAdOx1 biEBOV", will be tested on 26 volunteers aged 18 to 55 years old in order to determine its safety and immunogenicity. Few people lined up and the first vaccinations have already started.    Dr Daniel Jenkin, principal investigator of the trial at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, said;    “There are three other important species of Ebola virus out there that these vaccines aren’t approved to prevent. "We are conducting a clinical trial of a new Ebola vac...

Paul Rudd has been crowned People Magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' for 2021  The 52-year-old actor was named People's 2021 Sexiest Man Alive on Wednesday, November 10.  The 'Ant Man' star showcased his signature sense of humor as he talked about the honor and even joking that he's going to get business cards to brag about new title Paul explained: 'As they should. I would. I mean I'm going to lean into it hard. I'm going to own this. I'm not going to try to be like "Oh, I'm so modest."  'I'm getting business cards made. But all of my friends will destroy me and I expect them to. And that's why they're my friends.'     The Clueless actor has big plans now that he has been giving the title including private events with his fellow iconic handsome men. He explained: 'I'm hoping now that I'll finally be invited to some of those sexy dinners with Clooney and Pitt and [Michael] B Jordan. 'A...

  A judge on Tuesday again, November 10, refused to let British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell trade a jail cell for home detention, citing previous rulings that the nature of charges alleging Maxwell recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse and her ability to flee make it impossible to let her out. It was the fourth time that U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan has rejected a bail application for Maxwell, 59. Previous applications were also twice rejected by a Manhattan federal appeals court.   Nathan made the rejection in a two-page order in which she also promised that Maxwell will be transported from her Brooklyn federal jail to her trial “in a way that is humane, proper, and consistent with security protocols.” The judge said lawyers for the Metropolitan Detention Center assured these protocols in a sealed letter.   One of Maxwell’s lawyers complained that she was brought to the courthouse last week for a hearing nearly six hour...