A pioneering new drug appears to have cured a British man with advanced skin cancer who had been given months to live.

The lesbian daughter of a flamboyant Hong Kong tycoon, who offered millions of dollars to any man who could woo her into marriage, appealed to her father in an open letter to accept her for who she is.

China’s landmark trade agreement with Southeast Asian leaders is the latest example of how the communist giant is claiming a growing role in a region long dominated by the United States.

THE Earth has suddenly become fatter round the middle in the last four years, researchers have found.