‘Love Island South Africa’ under fire for mostly White cast
The latest spin-off of the reality dating show-turned-cultural-phenomenon premiered on Sunday on South Africa’s M-Net network. However, the launch was
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Exxon aims to quell shareholder revolt by adding activists to board
Exxon, once the world’s largest company by market value, has lost $200 billion of its market value since mid-2014. Last
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Top trainer Gordon Elliott apologizes over dead horse photo
Elliott, who trains horses at Cullentra stables in County Meath, Ireland, has won a slew of major titles including two
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Opinion: Do we even need the Golden Globes?
Flashy, corny exercises in self-aggrandizement like Sunday night’s Golden Globes awards were made for the late, great insult comic to
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How one documentary reframes the history of Black women
Oge Egbuonu’s new documentary, “(In)visible Portraits,” is what she calls a love letter to Black women, and a reeducation for
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Budweiser Select is making a comeback as light beer sales surge
The 99-calorie beer, previously available only in St. Louis, is now rolling out nationwide, in “response to growing consumer demand
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Domestic violence incidents rose in the US during pandemic lockdowns, analysis finds
The analysis, released Wednesday, was based on a review of 18 US and international studies that compared domestic violence incidents
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Opinion: Why Biden must stop Erdogan’s abuse of counterterrorism rhetoric
As outlandish as these accusations might seem, they follow Erdogan’s long pattern of abusing the rhetoric of “counterterrorism” to justify
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Germany’s Covid death toll tops 70,000, as Bavaria PM warns that mutations are “starting to dominate”
A crematorium employee affixes a “Corona” marker to a coffin in Dachsenhausen, Germany on January 22. Thomas Frey/picture alliance/Getty Images
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American Express adding cell phone protection to its premium cards
American Express is adding cell phone protection as a benefit for both new and existing card members on a dozen
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