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The US is approaching gender equality—on social mediaAmerican women still face an uphill battle in the workplace, but there’s one setting in which they have had the upper hand: social media.
Updated July 21, 20221 min read
American women still face an uphill battle in the workplace, but there’s one setting in which they have had the upper hand: social media.
The epic Gotthard Base Tunnel connecting Zurich, Milan, and Turin is almost finished.
Another contraband-carrying drone has been caught red-handed, this time at a maximum-security prison near Cumberland, Maryland.
Even after the Supreme Court’s historic decision to legalize gay marriage, there are still plenty of legal ways to discriminate against LGBT people in many US states. In last night’s episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver asked the 2016 presidential candidates whether they would support a comprehensive bill protecting LGBT rights. Most declined to answer; the campaign of Republican Rand Paul responded: ”We’ll pass. Thanks.”
Four rare takahē birds, part of a remaining population of only 300, were killed by hunters’ shotgun pellets on Motutapu Island, New Zealand last week.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators plan to recommend a vehicular manslaughter charge against reality TV star and transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner, after concluding that she was driving at an unsafe speed during a multi-car accident that resulted in the death of another driver.
The first rainfall since the devastating explosions rocked the Chinese city of Tianjin has produced a mysterious white foam, sparking widespread concern among the city’s residents.
Two American female soldiers have officially passed the “swamp phase” of training to graduate the country’s army ranger course, the US military announced today (Aug. 18).
Bad news for time-crunched techies seeking to avoid the “friction” of preparing meals for themselves: Soylent Super Food is facing a lawsuit.
As of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver has established “Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption,” a tax exempt, TV ministry.
Abdul Rahman Haroun climbed four fences, avoided 400 security cameras, and walked 30 miles underground from Calais, France toward England in the Channel Tunnel.
Nilloy Neel, an openly secular and atheist blogger in Bangladesh, was hacked to death at his home in the capital city of Dhaka today (Aug. 7), according to authorities.
The Tube is out of service again today (Aug. 6) and Londoners—a sweary bunch at the best of times—are displeased.
The Tonight Show host did a segment during Wednesday night’s show on the pros and cons of watching Thursday’s GOP primary debates. Consider it a preview for the debates, which will be hosted by Fox News in Cleveland, Ohio, at 5 pm ET for the bottom candidates and 9 pm ET for the top 10:
China’s island-building spree in the South China Sea has come to a halt, according to its top diplomat.
It’s just two days until the first debate of the Republican presidential primary season, when the top 10 Republican nominees will duke it out in a televised free-for-all.
After Friday’s decision to select Beijing was to host the 2022 Winter Olympic games—despite the city’s lack of snow—another controversy has emerged, this time over one of the official songs:
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has cut short his vacation to the French Riviera, scheduled to last three weeks, after just eight days, after a torrent of criticism from his beachgoing neighbors.
Most of the time, happening upon a broken link while browsing the internet is just plain annoying.
For newly elected member of Turkish parliament Uğur Işılak—a singer turned politician—a campaign promise has proven difficult to uphold.
Amid worldwide outrage at the killing of a beloved Zimbabwean lion, the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFW) is investigating whether Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer broke any US laws by killing Cecil.
Nabiré, one of the five remaining white rhinoceros in the world, is no longer with us.
Happy birthday to the whole world, free of charge? A contentious lawsuit over “Happy Birthday,” the world’s most popular song, has taken a surprising twist, which could make it more accessible for people to use in commerce and art.
Why decide between clean-shaven and going full hipster beard when you can have both?