Commuters faced chaotic conditions and severe delays across Hong Kong throughout Tuesday as anti-government protesters attempted to enforce a strike for the second day. Unrest broke out at three universities and many schools and businesses were closed. The financial district was also paralyzed. Local media reported that protesters had thrown objects and at least one…
It was a lot to take in, even in these whipsawed media moments. In one 24-hour news cycle, President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, appointed the war and torture-backing CIA chief Mike Pompeo to replace him, and then tapped Gina Haspel—who covered up CIA torture in Thailand—to replace Pompeo. While the media…
The self-driving Uber SUV that struck pedestrian Elaine Herzberg on March 18, 2018, in Tempe, Ariz. The self-driving Uber SUV involved in a crash that killed a Tempe, Ariz., woman last year did not recognize her as a jaywalking pedestrian and its braking system was not designed to avoid an imminent collision, according to a…
Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting next week, American expats in Switzerland are planning a protest for Saturday, the one-year anniversary of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inaguration, to say “we are sorry” for his administration’s “efforts to undermine peace, human rights, and environmental justice around the world.” “Almost all the Americans I’ve spoken to abroad,…
Scores of leading global economists this week demanded an end to the funding of fossil fuel projects and called for a massive increase to investments in renewables, saying “it will take unprecedented actions to limit the worst consequences of our dependence on oil, coal, and gas.” The declaration, signed by economists including James Galbraith, Juliet…
Anti-fascist Brazilians expressed horror late Sunday as they watched the misogynist, racist former military officer Jair Bolsonaro advance toward a likely victory in the country’s presidential race, days after hundreds of thousands of women and allies protested his extremist agenda. Shocking journalists and poll-takers by unexpectedly winning 46 percent of the vote in the general…
Paris Jackson wants to change the way the world thinks about beauty. The daughter of music legend Michael Jackson graces the cover of i-D magazine‘s fall issue, where she opens up about breaking the mold in the fashion industry. “I’m not symmetrical, I’m not a size zero, I eat hella burgers and endless amounts of pizza. I…
Project Runway is making a big change this season by including models of all sizes, but Heidi Klum says the designers weren’t all thrilled. “They kind of went like this, ‘Ah?’ ” Klum, 44, tells Entertainment Tonight, while making a displeased face. “A lot of them actually weren’t too happy about it.” The supermodel and…
Kim Kardashian West is taking New York Fashion Week by storm. Last night, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star wore not one but two very sexy looks for day one of NYFW. For her first event of the night, she caused quite the commotion in a skin-tight latex dress at the Tom Ford show, where she…
Kim Kardashian West’s plea for the public to help her up her Instagram game is really paying off. We’re not sure what kind of feedback she got, but her Insta’ game has been ***flawless for the past couple weeks. One of the major reasons for the improvement lies in her inclusion of Kanye West. Historically,…