China lodged a diplomatic protest Saturday against President-elect Donald Trump, after Trump spoke on the phone Friday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen. Trump’s 10-minute call with Taiwanese leadership marked the first contact between the U.S. and Taiwan’s government since 1979, when President Jimmy Carter broke ties in order to preserve the relationship with mainland China,
Hey Brad, heyyy. It’s well established that Hollywood heartthrob and show biz multi-hyphenate Brad Pitt has endured a strange year. Not only has he gone through a very public divorce and custody battle, but he has also recently experienced the death of a good friend, Soundgarden rocker Chris Cornell. Despite the hardships, Brad isn’t letting
The United States, Britain, and the U.N. peace envoy to Yemen called Sunday for an unconditional ceasefire in Yemen to take place “within hours.” The two nations are trying “to seize on outrage caused by the killing of 140 people in a Saudi airstrike,” the Guardian reports. The newspaper describes the details of the proposed ceasefire: The
Katy Perry’s a self-proclaimed “courtside killer queen,” the kind of diva you’d expect to see on the city streets trailed by a posse of staffers and eager paparazzi. That being said, we were pretty confounded when we came across a photo of the “Swish, Swish” singer on the sidewalk in London, seemingly holding an umbrella
They call themselves the U.S. “Intelligence Community,” or the IC. If you include the office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which in 2005 began as a crew of 12 people, including its director, and by 2008 had already grown to a staff of 1,750, there are 17 members (adding up to an alphabet
There are only six episodes left of this season of Game of Thrones, and we finally have our first look at what to expect as Dany, Jon, and Cersei battle it out for the Iron Throne. After last week’s incredible premiere (Arya, way to be a badass), the long wait for new episodes is over, but
Underscoring the need for a global shift to a low-carbon economy, a new report finds a record number of U.K. fossil fuel companies went bust in 2016 due to falling oil and gas prices. The Independent reported the analysis from accounting firm Moore Stephens which found “16 oil and gas companies went insolvent last year,
Things appear to be going well between Khloé Kardashian and her basketball player beau, Tristan Thompson. Nearly a year has passed since reports of the pair’s romance first arose and this past June the reality star even went as far as to admit that she and the 26-year-old NBA star have discussed starting a family
After violent clashes over the weekend between migrants and police in the “Jungle” refugee camp in Calais, France, clearing of the infamously crowded site is finally underway. “I am so worried for these children. They trust us adults here and yet we don’t have the answers.”—Michael McHugh, Youth Refugee Service volunteer But rights groups and
Sports bras can be just as essential as sneakers for women when it comes to working out and that’s exactly why Nike is using the technology from one to help the other. Nike’s new Fe/Nom bra is the lightest bra Nike has available, and it uses Nike’s Flyknit shoe tech in a whole new way.