My great-great Irish family: when US leaders ‘come home’
It's been a rite of passage for American leaders since John F. Kennedy, one which many describe as a highlight of their time in the Oval Office.After a whistlestop visit to Northern Ireland on...
Former teen idol alleges sex abuse by Japan music mogul
A former teen idol on Wednesday said he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Japan's biggest boyband empire, in a rare public allegation against the late mogul.The talent agency Johnny...
Zelensky demands global response to beheading of soldiers in video
First discovered by Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei more than 400 years ago, these ice-covered moons are so far from the Sun that they were long dismissed as possible candidates to host life in our...
Lindsey Graham changes his tune on Saudi Arabia after a $37 billion South Carolina...
After the brutal death and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) proclaimed he would never go to Saudi Arabia as long as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was...
Cardi B defends ‘predator’ Dalai Lama remarks, rejects being called the ‘wrong messenger’
Regardless, in the most gerrymandered state in the nation, you can bet the GOP is not going to give up power easily.
There’s been a lot of speculation that Republicans could use their new supermajority...
Amsterdam at war over ‘erotic center’ plan
The atmosphere was tense as residents confronted Amsterdam's mayor on a controversial plan to move legal prostitution from the city's historic red light district to a suburban "erotic center".In a meeting hall in the...
Egypt’s female social media influencers face arrest, jail on ‘morality’ charges
Egyptian authorities have since 2020 carried out a campaign to silence female social media influencers, using a cybercrime law to detain them on vague charges such as violating “public morals” and “undermining family values”....
Punching Pooh: unofficial air force badge all the rage in Taiwan
But let’s be real. White power was always already present in the Tennessee House (as it always is everywhere in these United States). If white power were the reason for expulsion, they’d have been...
Volcano erupts in Russian far east, carpeting villages in ash
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia (Reuters) - One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that smothered villages in drifts...
Cuba announces surprise reversal of US dollar deposit ban
Cuba's government on Monday announced a surprise lifting of its ban on US dollar deposits in banks, reversing a policy which had been in place across the communist island nation since June 2021."From this...
