On Saturday, Prince Harry kicked off his annual Invictus Games in Toronto, and after meeting him, one fan couldn’t help but gush over how he and his girlfriend, Meghan Markle, seemed like the perfect couple. After meeting Harry, 33, at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, royal fan Camilla Vasquez, who’s already…
Read moreHow Erin Andrews Chose Her DWTS Disney Night Princess Dress
“Erin absolutely LOVES Disney, as you probably know—all the characters, the stories, the magic! So we really wanted to find a dress that paid homage to all that fantasy without being too literal,” Patrickson said of the process. “This gorgeous Maria Lucia Hohan gown was the perfect icy blue. Romantic, but also had a fashionable,…
Read moreThe Internet Reacts to Selena Gomez and The Weeknd’s Sudden Split
After 10 months together, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd have ended their relationship. The split news comes after the “Wolves” singer, 25, was photographed spending time with ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber, 23, but an insider tells People the exes have not rekindled their romance. “She and Abel have been going back and forth for a few…
Read moreChilean protests and women: One of the historic debts of pseudo democracy
30 years have passed since Chile’s return to democracy, enough time for the remains of one of the most violent dictatorships of mankind to have been overcome and for a conscious reconstruction of the country. It is important to replace the neoliberal legal mechanisms established as part of the 1980 constitution, introduce a just recognition…
Read more#ShiftThePower: from hashtag to reality
In 1995, convinced that she was becoming part of the problem rather than part of the solution to global inequality, Rita Thapa quit her job with a large development agency to establish Tewa – the Nepal Women’s Fund. Her experiences of working within the formal development system had led Thapa to conclude that “we cannot…
Read moreTurkey’s occupation and expansion in Syria
After months of negotiations with the U.S. on joint implementation of a “safe zone” in Northeast Syria, on 9 October key NATO member Turkey commenced unilateral incursions into the area. Its so-called “Peace Spring” operation began with the Turkish army conducting intense airstrikes and cross-border shelling on strategic military and civilian targets. This was then…
Read moreBolivia on the brink of an abyss
Evo Morales won the presidential elections of 2005 with 53.5% of the votes. His victory was the result of the accumulation of social movements against the neoliberalist regime set up in the country in 1985 that generated cracks in this economic model, creating public mobilizations in different fronts. That regime blew up in 2003. The…
Read moreFor a truly global peace agenda in a multipolar world
Those working in international affairs would not be surprised to observe that a small number of countries and institutions spearhead a “global peace policy agenda”. In reality, several asymmetries in peacemaking knowledge and decision-making demonstrate that the adjective “global” is merely cosmetic. Within the United Nations, this historic inequity is clearly reflected in the way…
Read moreChelsea Handler Donates $1 Million to Puerto Rico Relief
It’s only been one day since Chelsea Handler decided to end her Netflix show after two seasons, and she’s already crushing her goal to become more politically involved. The comedian took to Twitter to announce that she’s donating one million dollars to aid the relief effort in Puerto Rico. “I just gave 1,000,000 dollars to Unidos…
Read more23 Times Birthday Boy Hugh Jackman Made Us Fall in Love with Him
Hugh Jackman is celebrating his birthday today! The versatile and Golden Globe-winning actor is turning 49, and we’re sure he’s ringing in the special day with a bit of Jackman-esque whimsy. We’ve been keeping up with the Australian actor’s Instagram feed from the beginning, and it’s been a constant flow of Jackman’s dapperness mixed in…
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