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Update, 12:30pm 3/29/21: The boat stuck in the Suez Canal has now become unstuck. There’s no telling when we, collectively, will be free from this ex

After his vacation-gone-wrong during Texas’ deadly winter storm, Sen. Ted Cruz returned to Mexico this week to investigate the ongoing crisis at the

In their first public interview since leaving the royal family, the former Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, revealed the myriad

Meghan Markle is speaking openly about her experiences with the royal family in a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey that will air on Sunday. In a previ

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination process across the United States has been, to put it lightly, a hot mess. Since the first shot was administered on

Since she first rose to prominence, 18-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg has faced (and expertly handled) opposition and harassment from many corner

A Chinese citizen journalist who began independently documenting Wuhan’s response to the coronavirus pandemic from February to May was sentenced to four

In Lagos, Nigeria, on the evening of October 20, men in military uniform reportedly fired live rounds at peaceful protesters demanding an end to police bru

Over 20 Nigerian security forces reportedly opened fire on hundreds of peaceful demonstrators in Lagos on the 12th night of protests against poli

In what amounts to the largest demonstration of any kind in the Belarus’s history, an estimated 50,000 protesters descended on the capital in Minsk on Su

One week after a deadly explosion at the Port of Beirut killed at least 160 people, injured more than 6,000 others, and laid waste to the city, Lebanese Pr

The fallout from the massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday continues, as officials search for answers about what happened. The city’s port was demolishe

Amid already hard times, a massive explosion shook Beirut on Tuesday, causing widespread damage both to the city’s port and elsewhere. The explosion rock

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest child of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Mandela, died on Sunday at the age of 59. Mandela was S

Every time a Black woman hits my timeline with yet another horrifying account of workplace racism, images of my own rush to my head.

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Many of the world’s women leaders are causing a surge in “leadership envy” across the U.S. Their swift and effective responses to the COVID