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DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai's Emirates placed an order for 90 more Boeing 777X jets at the opening of the Dubai Airshow

Sri Lanka’s president boosted government workers’ pay and increased state pensions, seeking to shore up support before next

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces reached the gates of Gaza City's main hospital on Monday,

By Nell Mackenzie and Kevin Buckland LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) -European stocks started on a strong footing on Monday after Wall Street's

TikTok influencer Elphaba has confirmed that she is alive after unconfirmed reports of her death began to emerge. Social media today allows us to feel closer to celebrities than at any other time in history. So, when false rumours occur, they can spread rapidly and cause panic amongst fans. With the help of social media, death hoaxes are becoming increasingly common, with influencer Joe Bartolozzi and the singer Tom Jones being two recent targets. Elphaba Orino Doherty is a transgender woman and an influencer in the musical theatre space. The TikToker has racked up hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, posting content about performing arts as well as her daily life. Recently, she found herself on the receiving end of a death hoax and was forced to confirm that she is alive after news reports began to suggest that she had passed away. Doherty took to her Instagram stories, confirming that she is very much alive. She wrote: “I AM NOT DEAD. The effing news are posting now. I’m trying to heal and people making this up makes me feel sick that people are fantasising over this like it’s a trend…” In another story, she shared a screenshot of an online article that appeared to claim she had died. Over the top, she wrote the words “I’m not dead”, confirming that the reports are false. How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up to our free indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

As Elon Musk prepares to test his Starship rocket for the first time since an April takeoff ended

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said he didn’t invite Bank of Portugal Governor Mario Centeno to be

The chief executive of struggling Swedish landlord SBB says no other creditors have made a similar claim to

Timothee Chalamet's 'SNL' skit featuring a 'Hamas' joke has not been taken well by netizens

Investors are overly concerned about the weakening outlook for US corporate earnings, which so far merely track a

By Pesha Magid DUBAI Saudi Arabia's newest airline Riyadh Air is still in talks with planemakers to place

The host had chef and cookbook author Matt Moore demonstrating how to make a meat lover’s pizza and steak bruschetta