Month: November 2019

Citing widespread dissatisfaction with inequality and a government reticent to take effective action against it, the leader of the German movement Aufstehen (“Get Up”) said Wednesday that the world can expect major protests in the country in 2019, inspired by the recent Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vest, protests in France. Sahra Wagenknecht, a member of…

Well, as it turns out, being the Queen of England comes with some serious perks, one of which is the ability to grant knighthood. (To be honest, we’d be more interested in the tiara situation, but granting knighthood is cool too.) The Queen, 91, took the romantic occasion as an opportunity to appoint her husband, 96,…

It’s clear that 2018 was a terrible year for Earth’s climate. California saw the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in its history, the continually thawing Arctic got down to the last 5% of its oldest and thickest ice, and after slowing in recent years, greenhouse gas emissions were once again on the rise. This year…

Christiane Amanpour has been tapped to take over Charlie Rose’s former PBS time slot on an interim basis. Beginning on Monday in New York, PBS and WNET announced Amanpour on PBS will air at 11 p.m. ET, with the program expanding to the rest of the stations on Dec. 11. “Christiane Amanpour is a fearless and uncompromising…

Kylie Jenner hasn’t been around — as pregnant sister Khloé Kardashian has duly noted by calling her the new Rob Kardashian — and there’s a specific reason why. “Kylie wants to disappear and be out of the spotlight and focus on her health and happiness,” a source close to the KarJenner family tells PEOPLE about Jenner, who is expecting her…

An estimated ten thousand students took to the freezing cold streets of Berlin, Germany on Friday as they added their voices to the growing youth-led global uprising that is demanding urgent and far-reaching action to address the world’s climate crisis. Following others using the #ClimateStrike tactic inspired by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg of Sweden, the…

Naomi Watts is full of holiday cheer this season and, like Santa Claus, she’s choosing to share that with the world. The actress and her two sons, Alexander “Sasha,” 10, and Samuel “Kai,” 9, wore matching striped onesie pajamas and posed in front of a decorated tree in her latest Instagram posted Thursday—and the three of them could not look…

During a press conference just hours after the U.S. released video footage that purported to show an Iranian boat removing an unexploded mine from the side of an oil tanker, the Japanese owner of that vessel said Friday that the ship was likely damaged by a “flying object” and called claims of a mine attack…

Fans of Big Little Lies will almost certainly be shocked by the latest casting news to emerge ahead of the much-anticipated second season. TV Line reports that Alexander Skarsgård—whose character Perry was seemingly killed in the first season—is “expected to return in some capacity.” That leaves quite a conundrum for viewers. Is he coming back…

Politico magazine (5/3/19) took a deep dig into Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “bizarre, charming and, at times, startling cable-access TV show,” Bernie Speaks With the Community—produced in the 1980s when Sanders was mayor of Burlington, Vermont. While the article and accompanying video are relatively friendly to the senator—remarking on his humor (“who knew?”) and other agreeable…