The law firm of human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin has congratulated her and George Clooney on their engagement, confirming media speculation.

If you think your drive to work is bad then spare a thought for commuters in the cities of Beijing, Mexico City and Johannesburg.

Depressed by reading bad news and with his marriage failing, Neil Pasricha decided to focus on the positive and come up with 1 000 awesome things.