Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff

More than 88 chikungunya cases have been reported in the U.S., but this is believed to be the first to be contracted locally.

Switzerland is home to some of the world’s most famous watch, chocolate, pharmaceutical and precision instrument brands in the world.

Netflix will reportedly not renew its $100 million contract with Prince Harry And Meghan Markle when it expires in September after making five shows with the couple that debuted on the streaming service to various levels of success since 2020. 

Shipping billionaire John Fredriksen is reportedly preparing to sell his famous $337 million home, known as The Old Rectory, in Chelsea.

The popular children’s cartoon “Bluey” has been streamed for more than 25 billion minutes so far this year and outranks some of streaming’s most popular new shows—including “Squid Game,” “Reacher” and “The Night Agent”—on a recently released Nielsen list of the year’s most-streamed programs. Key Takeaways 2025’s Most-Streamed Shows (from Dec. 29, 2024 To June […]

A 40-year-old purse that inspired the world’s most prestigious line of handbags sold at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Thursday morning for €8.6 million (AU$15.2 million) after fees to an unidentified Japanese bidder after more than 10 minutes of intense bidding by nine potential buyers vying for the very first Hermès Birkin bag ever […]

The long-awaited live-action remake of Disney’s classic “Snow White” has been hailed by critics as the worst of 2025’s widely released films so far after years of pre-premiere controversies that included racist backlash, concerns about the casting of dwarves and politically motivated criticism of its two leading ladies. Key Facts Surprising Fact Despite also being […]

Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke said allowing West into the country would be “deliberately importing bigotry.”

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, had said for weeks he planned to file a suit against Lively, Baldoni’s co-star on “It End With Us,” and Reynolds, Lively’s husband.

Clive Palmer, the billionaire famous for plans to rebuild the original Titanic ship to scale, is trying to bring Donald Trump’s politics to Australia.