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In surprising fashion news we didn’t expect, Walmart has a brand new partner just in time for the holidays, and they might change the way you Christmas shop this year. Walmart is delving deeper into the fashion world, and it all starts with an unexpected new partnership—with Lord & Taylor. The duo announced that Lord […]

Reputation, the long-awaited sixth studio album from Taylor Swift, was released late Thursday night, sending the internet into an immediate tizzy. With 15 tracks, including new songs ‘I Did Something Bad’ and ‘Dancing with Our Hands Tied,’ Reputation has generally been well received online and by critics too. Swift, who has long been vocal about […]

Ahead of incoming Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration, scheduled for Jan. 1, 46 global civil society groups issued an open statement warning that he poses “a serious threat to democracy, human rights, and the environment,” and vowing to challenge “hateful rhetoric and acts of violence, intimidation, or persecution” against communities and organizations he has attacked. […]

Meghan Markle’s engagement to Prince Harry has caused worldwide excitement. It seems everyone is over the moon with the news, well, everyone except for The Crown actor Matt Smith that is. During an interview at the 92nd Street Y in N.Y.C., Smith, who plays Prince Philip on the Netflix show, didn’t hold back when discussing her […]

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 […]