Missy Elliott has become the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Taylor Swift's fans have praised her for releasing a pro-LGBT single, which includes the lyric “shade never made anybody less gay”.
The boss of guarantor lending firm Amigo has stepped down due to ill-health.
Women across Switzerland are going on strike, burning bras and staging other demonstrations to demand fairer pay, more equality and an end to sexual harassment and violence — the first such protests in the Alpine country in 28 years.
Canada Women earned a World Cup boost from pop royalty after Shania Twain retweeted to her fans a video on their team coach of them singing her hit ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!'.
The European Union has agreed a deal to allow US farmers a larger share of Europe's beef market.
Sealing a free trade agreement with South American bloc Mercosur after 20 years of talks is the European Union's top priority, EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom said on Thursday.