Month: November 2019

A district court in Gothenburg, Sweden on Monday fined 22-year-old Elin Ersson 3,000 kronor ($325) for violating aviation laws last July by refusing to take her seat on an airplane at Landvetter Airport in Sweden’s second-largest city to protest the deportation of an Afghan asylum seeker. “Although it is not a lot of money, this…

The next chapter—or should we say heist?—from the Ocean’s franchise will drop in June with Sandra Bullock as Danny Ocean’s ex-con sister Debbie. She’ll lead a team of thieves (played by Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, and Sarah Paulson, among others) as they crash New York’s Met Gala to swipe a priceless necklace off a celebrity…

Click:confetti cannon Charlie Rose has been suspended after eight women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against the veteran broadcast journalist. The Washington Post published a report Monday in which eight women alleged that Rose, 75, made non-consensual sexual advances towards them, including groping, lewd calls and walking naked in their presence, while they either…

A new landmark United Nations report on biodiversity set for release on Monday will say that a perilous and miserable future awaits the natural world and human civilization unless we rapidly bring an end to humanity’s destructive “business as usual” approach to the economy, food production, and energy usage. Signaling the need for urgent “transformative…

Hou Xueying, a mother from Shanghai, was tired of food safety scares and of a city life disconnected from the land. So she moved her family to the country to learn about sustainable farming. Her parents disapproved; they had struggled to give her a comfortable life in the city—they could not understand why she would…

You didn’t need a calculator to notice that men dominated the 2018 Grammys. During the show, #GrammysSoMale began to trend on Twitter, and only one out of nine major awards went to a female artist, Alessia Cara. Other than Cara, only Rihanna took to stage to accept an award. And that was in the best…

As the Trump administration continues to level evidence-free accusations against Iran and dangerously escalate the risk of another catastrophic war in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Thursday that his country is acting with “maximum restraint” in the face of U.S. belligerence and denounced threats of force by White House officials. “We…

While most of America is bundling up, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton have been enjoying a romantic beach escape in sunny Mexico. Stefani posted two Instagram stories on Thursday showing off the couple’s personal piece of paradise in what fans have determined is likely Riviera Maya. (Shelton is currently performing at Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa, a four-day concert…

British pop rock band The 1975 released the first track of their forthcoming album Wednesday, which features Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg delivering an instrumental-backed speech about the global climate emergency. “Music has the power to break through barriers, and right now we really need to break through some barriers if we are to…

The United States is pumping out so much oil as a result of the so-called “shale revolution” that it’s set to become a net oil exporter in 2021. That’s according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which announced the projection Monday in its five-year forecast. “U.S. production growth has exceeded expectations,” the analysis states. Calling…