Jeff Spicer/Getty Images
He s been fired, censured, investigated, rebuked by a judge and questioned by police.
He left Good Morning Britain after facing criticism for his Meghan Markle comments.
In the summer of 2015, shortly after his 50th birthday, Piers Morgan held a party of breathtaking extravagance for 300 guests in the grounds of his country home, close to the village where he grew up in East Sussex, south of London.
The theme was The Great Gatsby. There was caviar, lobster, truffles and endless cocktails, served by waiters in period costume. Female guests came as flappers and men wore tuxedos or blazers. They brought wine as gifts and Rupert Murdoch, one of Morgan s mentors, sent a case from his personal vineyard. In Morgan s indoor pool synchronized swimmers performed an homage to Busby Berkeley, while a tuba player blew fire from his instrument. The host, inevitably, was dressed in a white suit and yellow tie in imitation of Leonardo Di
ERICKY BONIPHACE/AFP via Getty Images
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has not been seen for 17 days, prompting rumors about his health.
Magufuli declared Tanzania Covid-free last May and stopped releasing data. He has rejected vaccines.
Media reports and claims from an opposition figure have fed rumors he is gravely ill with Covid-19.
Dar es Salaam Tanzanian President John Magufuli, Africa s most prominent Covid-19 denier, disappeared from public sight 17 days ago. Now, he is widely rumored to be seriously ill with the same virus that he has dismissed and downplayed over the past year.
Last May, Magufuli declared that Tanzania has beaten coronavirus after ordering three days of national prayer. The president abruptly stopped updating the number of cases, and assured foreign tourists that Tanzania s game parks and Indian Ocean resorts were open for business, leading to a wave of travel advisories cautioning travelers to avoid the country.
By broadcasting to the public, these influencers are taking real risks but also reaping big rewards. In Afghanistan, they ve earned reputations as tastemakers who are sought out by savvy business owners for their marketing power. They work out for free at Kabul s flashy new high-tech gym. But in a country still at war, safety is a serious concern. Recently, there has been a pattern of targeted killings aimed at the nation s journalists, rights workers, politicians and other influential figures. No influencer has been targeted so far, but it s a threat that s never far from their minds.
Advertisement
Ayeda Shadab is one of Afghanistan s social media stars.
Roya Heydari for Insider
A group of women in Afghanistan are breaking through as Gen Z influencers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
More Afghans are online, and dozens of Afghan women have 50,000 or more followers on at least one social platform.
As tastemakers, they re offering a fresh point of view on what it means to be Afghan in 2021.
A generation of Afghan women in their 20s have mastered the art of living their lives on social media.
Digital natives as much as any young person in Istanbul or Los Angeles, they are doing more than shaping what s
cool in Afghanistan. Over Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, these influencers are proving they are more than the post 9/11 generation, as they ve been labeled for 20 years. Afghanistan is what