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This year’s Global Citizen Festival is set to be another epic event. The annual festival will take place on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City on Sept. 23. Headliners include Stevie Wonder, The Lumineers, The Killers, Green Day, and featuring The Chainsmokers. Pharrell Williams, Andra Day, Big Sean, and Alessia Cara will…

On Monday evening, an unknown driver ploughed a truck into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin, killing at least 12 people. Hours later, the German police arrested a suspect at the defunct Tempelhof airport, which now houses Berlin’s biggest refugee accommodation centre. According to multiple German media outlets, the suspect is a 23-year-old…

A prince falling in love with an actress—the story may sound familiar. And that’s because it has happened before. Just ask Prince Albert of Monaco, whose late mother Princess Grace was a famous movie star and Oscar-winning actress before marrying Prince Rainier in one of the most celebrated fairytale weddings of all time. Though he didn’t follow…

Director Christopher Nolan has revealed he didn’t know how famous Harry Styles was before casting him in Dunkirk. Styles appears alongside Mark Rylance in the movie about the evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk in 1940. “I don’t think I was that aware really of how famous Harry was,” Nolan said on Friday (July 7). “I…

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered his “Liberty Medal” acceptance speech at the National Constitution Center Monday night, and his remarks were immediately met with “fawning” praise by former presidents, current elected officials, and cable news talking heads. But critics were quick to warn that such adulation risks further normalizing American interventionism and endless war—both of…

Jessica Simpson’s adorable little ones know a thing or two about getting into the Halloween spirit. Maxwell Drew, 5, and Ace Knute, 4, put on their best spooky faces as they posed for a photo near the pumpkins they were decorating, with Max even hopping up on a chair barefoot in her printed nightgown for…

We knew it was a great place to work, but the benefits are way greater than being around coffee all day. Starbucks is helping employees struggling with infertility by covering in vitro fertilization—even for part time employees. VIDEO: 5 Inexpensive Ways to Baby Proof Your Home   Let’s discuss the facts. Around one in eight couples…

International support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan or NBA movement, who defends the interests of the dam affected people in the Narmada valley, is pouring in. A letter to Prime Minister Modi send on 4 August was signed by civil society organisations from 29 countries asking him to order a reopening of the floodgates, which…

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly “war on drugs”—which U.S. President Donald Trump has praised as an “unbelievable” success—has continued to intensify in recent days with at least 60 people killed this week, Duterte raised further alarm on Wednesday by suggesting that human rights activists attempting to document the possible crimes of his administration should…

If Pete Buttigieg, 37, won the U.S. presidency, he would be the youngest person to hold the office. But so far, his campaign appeals slightly more to older voters than younger ones. Above, he speaks on Sept. 16 in Galivants Ferry, S.C. Age has been a defining factor in the race for the Democratic presidential…