Chris Pine Laughs Off Rumors of Harry Styles Feud: “It Did Look Like Harry Spit on Me”
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Chris Pine Laughs Off Rumors of Harry Styles Feud: “It Did Look Like Harry Spit on Me”

ByNews Polite

Though Chris Pine was mostly spared from all of the interpersonal drama that played out during last year’s release of Don’t Worry Darling, you’ll recall that there was one moment at the Venice Film Festival in September when it appeared that his co-star, Harry Styles, spat on Pine. At the…

Raquel Saraswati resigns after allegedly faking racial identity
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Raquel Saraswati resigns after allegedly faking racial identity

ByNews Polite

A Muslim progressive activist who has allegedly been lying for years about her ethnic identify, claiming to be a woman of color, has resigned from her position as senior inclusion officer of a Philadelphia-based social justice group. “Raquel Saraswati, who is facing public allegations that she misrepresented her background and…

Greta Thunberg detained by Norway police during pro-Sami protest
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Greta Thunberg detained by Norway police during pro-Sami protest

ByNews Polite

OSLO – Norwegian police on Wednesday briefly detained environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg during a demonstration in Oslo, removing her and other activists from the finance ministry. The campaigners are demanding the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures on Sami Indigenous land in central Norway. They have in recent days blocked…

NYC brought itself back to life once before — but can it again?
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NYC brought itself back to life once before — but can it again?

ByNews Polite

Ideas matter, policies matter, leadership is essential.  That could be a list of bromides, but those ingredients actually produced one of the great examples of urban renewal in American history. Now there is a film that tells the whole story in compelling detail.  “Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New…

Ukraine’s northeastern front could decide new battle lines
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Ukraine’s northeastern front could decide new battle lines

ByNews Polite

A tank carrying Ukrainian infantry speeds toward a target position marked with a metal sheet. The soldiers climb down, hurl grenades and unleash a crackle of machine-gun fire. Then they repeat the moves, getting faster with every iteration. It’s only a drill. But with the sounds of the real war rumbling just…

Dr. Anthony Fauci emerges from home, keeps quiet after latest COVID lab leak report
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Dr. Anthony Fauci emerges from home, keeps quiet after latest COVID lab leak report

ByNews Polite

What’s up, doc? Former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci emerged from his home Monday, one day after a bombshell report revealed that the Energy Department has concluded that COVID-19 likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Fauci, who retired after more than five decades as a federal employee…

Wild animals thrive in DMZ zone between North and South Korea, rare photos show
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Wild animals thrive in DMZ zone between North and South Korea, rare photos show

ByNews Polite

Newly released photos offer a rare glimpse into the abandoned demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, revealing rare wildlife and plant life flourishing in the space largely untouched by humans. Endangered animals and unique flora are thriving in the 160-mile-long strip of border land that has been largely deserted…