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Facebook Tweet Email Link London  —  UK regulators have banned a TV commercial for Sanex shower gel after ruling that it “could be interpreted as suggesting that white skin was superior to black skin.” The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) acted after receiving complaints about the ad from two people “who believed the ad perpetuated negative stereotypes about people with darker skin tones,” it said in a statement Wednesday. The spot, which aired in June, featured a Black model whose skin is covered with red scratch marks and another covered with a cracked material that looks like clay. “Try to take…

Facebook Tweet Email Link In an escalating international dispute, Israel launched a series of diplomatic attacks against several of its Western allies as they prepare to recognize a Palestinian state next month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent two strongly worded letters to the leaders of France and Australia, accusing both men of fueling antisemitism with their decision to recognize a state of Palestine. In both letters, Netanyahu cited antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents that occurred in recent months, linking them to the governments’ positions on the Gaza war and Palestinian statehood. “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Another day means another opportunity to explain how KPop has conquered pop culture. Netflix has a hit on their hands with the animated film “KPop Demon Hunters,” which debuted in June and is on course to become the platform’s most-watched original film. Here’s a primer on what you need to know about it: K-pop is short for Korean pop, which originated in South Korea and has produced global superstar groups like BTS and BlackPink. “KPop Demon Hunters” plays on that with their storyline about an all-girl singing group, who, in addition to being stars in that…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Paris  —  French police are investigating the death of a popular streamer, who died during a nearly 12-day live stream after apparently suffering abusive and humiliating treatment. Raphaël Graven, 46, known online as Jean Pormanove or JP, is one of the biggest streamers in France on the platform Kick and died on Monday. The 46-year-old military veteran had built a following numbering more than a million across different platforms streaming himself playing video games and had often appeared in extreme challenges. He had been collaborating since 2023 with several other streamers, principally Owen Cenazandotti, known as…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Republican lawmakers have been overwhelmingly complimentary of President Donald Trump meeting with Vladimir Putin and attempting to put the Russian leader in a room with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But as the administration teases at least the theoretical possibility of a peace deal – however unlikely that might actually be – something else has crept into many of these GOP comments: A not-so-subtle fear that Putin might get too much. Numerous Republicans and Trump media allies have in recent days layered their almost perfunctory praise of Trump with notes of caution about what happens next. They’ve…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Jerusalem  —  As the earliest stages of a massive assault on Gaza City take shape, Israel is calling up tens of thousands of reservists to take part in the impending military operation. The takeover and occupation of the largest city in northern Gaza, which Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was one of the last Hamas strongholds, will require the military to bring in 60,000 more reserve troops and extend the service of another 20,000. The Israeli military is already on the outskirts of Gaza City, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Dr. Jake Scott is on the front line of his second pandemic in five years and he is not getting much sleep. Scott works full-time as an infectious disease physician at Stanford Health Care’s Tri-Valley hospital in Pleasanton, California. When he is done taking care of his patients and his two grade-school aged kids, he often stays up past midnight writing — furiously penning op-eds, collecting studies, leading evidence reviews and posting meaty threads on social media, most of them correcting the record on vaccines. Often, he’s reacting to the latest maneuvers by US Health and…

When a hurricane barrels across the ocean, it doesn’t just kick up waves, it stirs the water beneath it like a blender. That mixing drags cooler water from the deep ocean up to the surface in a process called upwelling. Normally, that leaves behind a trail of chillier water that acts like natural storm repellent. Hurricanes need warm water to grow, so the cooler wake usually makes it harder for the next system to strengthen. But Erin’s churning hasn’t put much of a dent in development potential for the storms trailing behind it: Two areas in the Atlantic have a…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said. The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship with a crew of more than 360 sailors and capable of carrying 800 troops, began about 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday and was extinguished early Thursday morning, according to the statement. But a statement from the Japan Coast Guard, which helped fight the fire, said firefighting efforts did not end until just after 9 a.m. local…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Southwest Airlines, primarily a domestic airline throughout its over 50-year history, is looking at expanding to overseas markets, a further sign that the once-distinctive Texas airline is following the path of rival carriers. “Southwest Airlines is continuing to consider ways to grow our business as we evolve to meet the needs of our current and future customers,” Southwest said a statement to CNN. “One of the things we are exploring is the potential to expand our network to new international destinations on our Boeing 737 aircraft.” Southwest currently flies to a handful of international locations in…