Knives being stabby are a big problem in the United Kingdom. Not the people wielding them, you see, but the knives themselves. It wasn’t long ago that Idris Elba, distinguished British actor that he is, was doing public service appearances. He mournfully spent his time vilifying the stabbiness of knives – particularly that most dangerous...
Yuna Ku BBC Korean Service Getty Images Starbucks has temporarily disabled the use of seven particular names on its app Walk into any Starbucks in South Korea right now, and there are some names you definitely won’t be hearing. Six to be exact – and they happen to be the names of the candidates running...
Progressives warn the ruling could backfire if too many people see it as an attempt to preemptively subvert democracy. The far-right French politician Marine Le Pen was convicted on embezzlement charges by a national court on Monday, sentenced to four years in prison and barred from seeking elected office for at least five years —...