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While everything about the story of Claas Relotius, the award-winning Der Spiegel journalist who turned out to have been faking everything from quotes to geographic details for years, should be alarming to anyone who cares about responsible journalism, possibly the most disturbing part comes near the end of the German magazine’s mea culpa about the affair: […]

Monday kicked off to a great start courtesy of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and nobody’s happier than their parents. The couple is officially engaged, and the royal family is pretty happy about the news. But in between sweet statements from Kate Middleton, Prince William, and Queen Elizabeth herself are the equally lovely words of […]

More than seven years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, prosecutors in Japan on Wednesday demanded that three former executives from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) each face five years behind bars for failing to ensure the safety of the power plant. “It was easy to safeguard the plant against tsunami, but they kept operating the […]

With tensions still dangerously high in Venezuela after the U.S. and major European nations recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as “interim president”—a move that was quickly condemned as illegitimate interference in the nation’s political affairs—Venezuelan authorities said they discovered weapons and ammunition in a “crate” that was delivered to a Valencia airport this week by […]

A coalition of more than 40 progressive advocacy groups Wednesday warned Democrats to block any Republican attempts to sabotage the effort to end U.S. complicity in Yemen’s humanitarian crisis. “We urge you to vote against any motion to recommit (MTR) presented by Republicans,” the groups wrote in a letter (pdf) to House Democrats. “A vote […]

‘Tis the season of giving, and Kate Middleton knows it. The royal stepped out on Tuesday to visit the Rugby Portobello Trust in North Kensington, which runs programs, like homework clubs and social groups, for children and parents. While there, Middleton basically played Santa Claus, bearing gifts for moms and tiny tots alike, wearing a Seraphine […]

President Donald Trump’s unofficially planned visit to Ireland in June is reportedly “in doubt” due to the Trump’s insistence that his meeting with Irish leader Leo Varadkar be held at one of the president’s golf courses in the European country.  Click Here: Golf special Varadkar, Ireland’s Taoiseach, or prime minister, is inclined to meet with […]

“As we march forward with active momentum and open ears, let’s make sure we’re leading the charge with empathy and with diligence because fear and anger never win the race,” she said during her monologue—watch it in part in the video at top. Back in December, Bell took to her Twitter account to reveal her […]

A climate change victim in Iceland is set to be memorialized with a monument that underscores the urgent crisis. The victim is the former Okjökull glacier in Borgarfjörður, which scientists say is the nation’s first glacier lost to the climate crisis. Its plight was also the subject of the 2018 documentary “Not Ok” produced by […]

After Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing women and girls, Aly Raisman delivered a powerful statement late Wednesday night. The Olympic gymnast, who was one of more than 150 women and girls to accuse Nassar of sexual assault, tweeted her thanks to her “fellow survivors” for their […]