David Bowie dead at 69: Look back at the rocker's life and career

David Bowie David Bowie, the legendary British rock star behind hits "Space Oddity," "Major Tom," "Young Americans" and "Fame," has died after a 18-month battle with cancer on Jan. 10, 2016, just days after his 69th birthday. The news of Bowie's death was confirmed on the artist's.

Robert Kardashian LAUGHED about 'cross-dressing' Bruce Jenner after Kris divorced him - Kim reavealed

Kim Kardashian has revealed her late father Robert used to joke with friends about Bruce Jenner dressing up as a woman.

The reality star said she heard her late father discussing rumours about Bruce - now called Caitlyn - when she was just 11.

History, Ancient and Modern: Ile-Ife in 2015

Every time I reflected on the passage of the 50^thOoni of Ife, Oba OkunadeSijuwadeOlubuse 11 while his demise remained unconfirmed in deference to tradition and after it was affirmed that the great King of the Yorubas had joined his ancestors;my thoughts centred on tensions between ancient traditions and modernity that Oba Sijuwade, the chiefs and people of Ile-Ife, Yorubaland and the world continuously grappled with. The phrase “ancient and modern” lurked in the inner recesses of my sub-conscious and I needed a burst of mental energy to bring it forth. “Ancient and Modern” is a popular hymnal in the Church of England (in Nigeria, Anglican Church) introduced in 1861 through the so-called “Oxford Movement”, an ecclesiastical reform movement that sought to recover ancient Christian Hymns as well as write new ones, hence “Hymns Ancient and Modern”. I was born and educated within Anglican and Methodist traditions accounting for the phrase’s residence in my remote memory. Oba OkunadeSijuwade’s early upbringing and education at Igbein School, Abeokuta and Abeokuta Grammar School were within a CMS-Church Missionary Society (Anglican) context.

White backlash as colonial statue comes down in South Africa

As preparations were made to remove the statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town Thursday, white groups launched protests to protect what they see as their heritage.

South Africa’s oldest university voted Wednesday to remove the monument from its campus after a month of student protests against a perceived symbol of historical white oppression.

The government welcomed the move.

“It marks a significant… shift where the country deals with its ugly past in a positive and constructive way,” Sandile Memela, spokesman for the arts and culture ministry, told AFP.

British Model becomes First Woman to Dance Underwater with Tiger Sharks

Some dream of swimming with dolphins – but they’d probably be happy to leave dancing with tiger sharks to Hannah Fraser.

The British model wore just a bikini and striped body paint as she waltzed with the world’s deadliest shark species in the Bahamas.

She even touched the heads and fins of her sharp-toothed partners, which could have maimed her with a single bite but seemed quite content to share the water with the 38-year-old.

The stunt was set up to call attention to the plight of the sharks, which – already threatened by fishing – are being culled after attacking swimmers in Australia.

Ms Fraser, who lives in LA, admitted: ‘I was feeling very anxious the first time I got into the water. The most important aspect was knowing how their minds worked, finding out what triggered them to use their mouths and teeth to inspect or react to situations.

‘I learned how to touch them in the right way to allow a connection that they felt comfortable with – and I found out that they actually love being tickled on the nose.’