While it has nothing to do with violating international law and the human rights of Palestinians, Israeli police on Tuesday recommended that the state indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery and corruption. The recommendation comes as part of ongoing probes into allegations that Netanyahu “improperly accepted expensive gifts from different businessmen” and “negotiated
UPDATE: Reuters is reporting: Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said on Sunday there had been no change to plans for U.S. President Donald Trump’s to come to Britain on a state visit, after the Guardian newspaper reported the trip had been postponed. “We aren’t going to comment on speculation about the contents of private phone
We hope you ’90s kids just got paid because you’re about to go on a shopping spree. A new *NSYNC fashion line is on its way and it’s bound to tear up a few hearts when it drops. To celebrate the boyband’s 20th (yes, 20th) anniversary in 2018, *NSYNC teamed up with the branding and licensing company Epic
If present trends continue, experts predict, the tobacco toll in the 21st century will reach one billion premature deaths, ten times the 100 million people who died from tobacco use in the 20th century. To avert that future will require changing the focus of current tobacco control strategies from a primary focus on changing the
Fueled by warm ocean waters and fulfilling some of the most ominous predictions from climate scientists who warned that powerful storms would occur with increasing frequency and intensity, a “ferocious” Hurricane Irma slammed into the islands of Barbuda and Antigua early Wednesday morning as the most powerful Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic
Archbishop José Gomez, 67, was elected to lead the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Tuesday. He’s seen here blessing a dog with holy water during the annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony in Los Angeles last year. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops selected Archbishop José Gomez as their next president Tuesday, making him the
The once-proud political project known as “centrism” is collapsing around the globe, despite increasingly desperate attempts by billionaire backers to revive it. The center-right’s implosion can be seen in the weakened state of Theresa May’s Conservatives in Great Britain, the recent setback for Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, and the withering of the GOP’s Mitt Romney wing.
The United States is at war in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, and possibly soon in Iran as well. Donald Trump has also sided with Saudi Arabia in its bloodless conflict with Qatar. The Saudi Arabia-Qatar standoff is no less serious than the other hot wars. The two countries are extremely wealthy and influential in
On Tuesday, the Monsanto Tribunal of international judges presented in The Hague their legal opinion after 6 months of analysing the testimonies of more than 30 witnesses, lawyers and experts. Their conclusions are that Monsanto’s practices undermine basic human rights and the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, the right to health, it calls for better protective
While celebrity mother and daughter duos, like Pink and her 5-year-old tot Willow, or Kim Kardashian and North West, continue the age-old tradition of cutesy mommy-and-me dressing, it seems as if the guys are now getting in on the game. On Thursday afternoon, Russell Wilson and his stepson, Future, were the definition of “twinning” at the 2017 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Allen Berezovsky/Getty