Queen Elizabeth II has marked her 92nd birthday with a Saturday night concert in London, smiling on stage with the Royal Family in attendance and a spectacular line-up of singers including Sting and Shaggy, Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue. The Queen took her seat at the Royal Albert Hall wearing gold, while Prince Charles, the…

One of the market’s biggest bulls is urging investors to concentrate on fundamentals instead of the noise associated with geopolitical risks. Oppenheimer’s John Stoltzfus notes stocks are showing « remarkable resilience » in an environment that bodes well for gains. « Stocks have gotten through this period in relatively good shape considering we’ve had two separate 10 percent…

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Pippa Middleton is expecting her first child, according to reports. The Duchess of Cambridge’s younger sister, 34, and financier husband James Matthews, 42, are said to be ‘thrilled’ as are Kate and William. They told close family and friends last week after her 12-week scan. Sources said Kate ‘could not be more delighted’ at the…

Actor Verne Troyer has died (Picture: Getty)Actor Verne Troyer has died at the age of 49 according to his Facebook and Instagram. He was best known for playing Mini Me in the Austin Powers comedies. A tribute on his social media reads: ‘It is with great sadness and incredibly heavy hearts to write that Verne…

Parents in cities across the U.S. as well as Canada, Australia, and now, the U.K. are pulling their children out of schools Monday to protest what they view as “pornographic,” “gender-bending” sex ed curricula conducted and promoted by taxpayer-funded Planned Parenthood. (1) Wow!! The movement is growing! Even if there is not a press event in…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA short guide to the Syrian civil warInternational chemical weapons experts have finally inspected the site of a suspected attack near Damascus which caused an international crisis. The team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) travelled to the town of Douma and collected…

Mariel Padilla. Photo by Catherine Mazanek. On Monday afternoon, Mariel Padilla, a master’s student at Columbia Journalism School, sat around a table with classmates, listening to Professor Giannina Segnini lead a discussion about email encryption for reporting across borders. A couple floors below, journalism bigwigs and other members of the press crowded into the World…