Vittorio Hernandez

The embarrassment caused by an 80-foot tall art installation on Place Vendome in Paris was addressed by vandals who deflated the large inflatable green structure that looked like a giant sex toy - a butt plug, to be specific.

A raid on a brothel in Gdansk, Poland, found that the female sex trade workers had the names or descriptors of their pimps on their bodies as a sign of loyalty to them, even if what are written on their skins could be considered degrading.

During the first few incidents involving the hacked nude selfies of celebrities, actresses who naked photos were leaked didn't need any further introduction, except to list their names since they are certified A-listers like Jennifer Lawrence.

A growing number of restaurants in Australia are limiting the time that patrons could dine in their establishments to just 90 to 120 minutes. The restaurants would only accept the diners if they are to vacating their table after a specified time.

VKontake, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, has organised a Miss Hitler 2014 beauty pageant. The Nazi-inspired contest has so far 14 participants from Russia and Eastern Europe.

The Fappening has struck again, and this time the victim of the celebrity nude leaks is Lindsay Clubine, the wife of Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz.

Global property portal Lamudi has listed 5 top tourists destinations in the Philippines which are also known as being close to nature spots which it recommends to people seeking properties in the country.

In what appears to be a rapist getting a dose of his own medicine, Inquisitr reported on Saturday that Daryell Dickson Meneses Xavier, a Brazilin jujitsu instruction, allegedly raped his eight-month-old stepson, Michael Star, who was confined on Sept 27 at the Anchieta Hospital but died two days after.

The medical phenomenon called penis captivus claimed an Italian couple as its latest victims. This is the situation when a woman's genitals captures the private parts of her male partner's anatomy while engaged in sexual intercourse.

American boxer Floyd Mayweather's problem with the Nevada State Athletic Commission over two objectionable scenes shown in his All Access TV show is far from over. A lawsuit filed by sons of a former heavyweight champion could support a claim by Showtime employees that Mayweather lied to the commission when he said the two scenes in the TV show he produces are just fake or stage managed.

Andrew Walls from Dover in Delaware woke from a colonoscopy at the Delaware Surgery Center in October 2012 and realised he was the victim of a prank because he was wearing a pink panty when he gained consciousness.

Global markets finished mixed overnight with investors shrugging off earnings results from Google, Goldman Sachs and Netflix together with better than expected economic news on jobless claims and industrial production. Investors paid more attention to comments by James Bullard (non-voting member of the FOMC). He said the Fed should consider delaying the end of its stimulus program with recent sharpmarket moves and falling inflation two main reasons.

A subreddit page dedicated to sharing the leaked nude images from messaging site Snapchat was created on message board Reddit after reports of the hacks came out on Oct 10. However, the board's Snappening community insisted it only discusses the leaked images.

With the dream match definitely out of the way for both Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino champ is now focusing more on his Nov 22 bout against American boxer Chris Algieri.

The Fed can't stay out of the market at the moment. St Louis President Jamie Bullard has done a complete about-face by calling for the Fed to hold off on unwinding the asset purchase program at the end of the month.

Is it Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's way of repairing the diplomatic ties between Jakarta and Canberra after the mobile phone scandal that marred the relationship between Indonesia and Australia?

The global aviation industry could once more be under siege as the Ebola virus crisis expands with the discovery of a second patient in the US who flew via a commercial flight.

Briton nudists are against the Revenge Porn Bill in the United Kingdom because the proposed law could be discriminatory against naturists. Under the bill, it would be considered a criminal offence to post intimate photos or videos as a way of getting back at one's former partner.

The Pacquiao-Mayweather dream match is dead. Besides the denial from Floyd Mayweather Jr, who even threatened to remove his father from the Money Team for confirming the bout, coach Freddie Roach announced on Wednesday that Manny Pacquiao would move back to the junior welterweight division.

In US economic data, the Philadelphia Fed business activity index fell from 22.5 to 20.7 in October. Across the sub-indices new orders and prices paid lifted while employment eased. The NAHB Housing market index fell from 59 to 54 in October - the first decline in five months and suggested moderation in the pace of new construction. US industrial production rose by 1% in September, well above forecasts. Strength in mining and utilities drove the result. US jobless claims fell 23,000 to 264,000 l...

Having started Wednesday on the front foot, trading higher from the opening bell Australian shares consolidated early gains by finishing off the best levels of the day. The ASX 200 finished the session ahead by 38 points or 0.73%. At the best levels of the day the index was ahead by 46 points. The lows of the Wednesday were seen in opening trade when the market was down by 1 point.

The police had filed homicide charges against a 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy for killing a 90-year-old woman. The incident happened on Saturday when Tristen Kurilla visited his grandfather, Anthony Virbitsky, who looked after the victim, Helen Novak.

Two technology giants have upped the game insofar as retaining their employees are concerned. Apple and Facebook are offering their female workers up to $20,000 to have their eggs frozen so they could keep their engagement with their companies while tapping science to ensure they could still bear children when they decide to later.

While American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr continues to provoke Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in what seems to be a marketing strategy to drum up interest in the so-called dream match in 2015, one former adversary appears to had mended fences with the unbeaten pugilist.

US equities remained choppy as investors juggled various factors, including a raft of key earnings. JP Morgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo reported, with the dominant theme a pick-up in trading revenue. Earnings were mixed and didn't really give a good picture of what to expect from Q3 earnings. Earnings that enjoyed the biggest positive reaction were Citigroup and Intel. Intel reported after-market and impressed, resulting in a 2.8% rise in its shares.

After hitting record-low iron ore prices in the international market, there are indicators that the market has bottomed out. On late Monday, price of the key steelmaking ingredient went up 4 per cent, logging its largest one-day gain in seven months.

A new model of a Japanese love doll is the toast of bachelor parties because the plaything also doubles as a drink dispenser. It comes, however, with a high price tag of $5,000.

Rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded on Monday Finland's credit rating to AA+ from AAA over concerns that the pace of its economic growth is slower. The next day, Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb blamed American tech giant Apple for the economic woes of the nation.

Barely a week after the fourth release of nude leaked photos of celebrities happened, the fifth edition of Fappening took place on Monday with more female celebrity victims. Among the known personalities whose naked images were posted on a sub-Reddit page are model Sahara Ray, actress Lauren O'Neil and Allegra Carpenter.