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Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince William’s godmother and a longtime lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth II has stepped down from her role amid an allegation of racism. Buckingham Palace said Wednesday it launched an investigation into an accusation that Lady Susan Hussey made racist comments to an attendee at a palace reception hosted […]

Chris Jackson/Getty Images (BOSTON, Mass.) — Prince William thanked the “people of Boston” as he and his wife Kate arrived in the city to kick off their first U.S. tour in nearly a decade. Their whirlwind tour ends with an awards ceremony for the Earthshot Prize, an initiative William launched in 2019 to create solutions […]

KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The family of Paul Whelan, the American former Marine held hostage by Russia, say they are worried for his safety after he dropped out of contact at the prison camp where is being held last week. Whelan’s brother, David Whelan, on Tuesday said camp authorities had claimed […]

yorkfoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the past several days, protests have erupted in cities across China, as citizens push back against the country’s so-called “zero COVID” policy. Since the virus began spreading across the world in January 2020, China has enforced harsh restrictions, including lockdowns and mass testing in an attempt to prevent outbreaks. […]

Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — A top jailed Belarus opposition leader, who became the face of its pro-democracy movement, is reportedly in intensive care after being hospitalized for an unknown reason, according to her supporters. Maria Kalesnikava was one of three women who found themselves at the head of mass street protests […]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — China continues to rapidly build its stockpile of nuclear warheads, according to the Pentagon’s latest annual report on China’s military that now estimates China could have as many as 1,500 warheads by 2035. The U.S. is also concerned by what a senior defense official described as China’s establishment […]

Chris Jackson/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Prince and Princess of Wales are coming to America. Prince William and Kate will travel to Boston this week, marking their first visit to the United States since 2014, when they visited New York City and famously shook hands with Beyoncé and Jay-Z at a New York Knicks game. […]

Kevin Frayer/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing the greatest challenge to his signature zero-COVID strategy as unprecedented anti-lockdown protests have spread across the country over the weekend, popping up in major cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and even the capital Beijing. Anger stemming from a deadly apartment fire Thursday night […]

Chris Jackson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry and Meghan’s highly-anticipated docuseries is due to air in December, one month before Harry’s memoir is published. An exact premiere date for the docuseries, which will air on Netflix, has not yet been announced by the streaming platform. The only hint so far of what the docuseries […]

yorkfoto/Getty Images (JAKARTA, Indonesia) — At least 271 people have died since a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday, while dozens of others remain missing, according to Indonesian authorities. The death toll has continued to rise in the days since the disaster hit, as thousands of rescuers search for the dead […]