Johnson urged to ‘get a grip’ on virus strategy
Image copyrightReuters Boris Johnson’s “mismanagement” of the easing of virus restrictions risks a second wave of infections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned. In a Guardian interview, he …
Ariana Grande, Halsey, Kehlani, And More Joined Protests Against Racist Violence
At the end of last week and into the weekend, thousands of Americans in cities like Minneapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Chicago, New York, and more gathered to protest police violence in light of the recent deaths of unarmed civilians George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more. Soon, the movement had grown global, with notable demonstrations in New…
Look Over There! Jaida Essence Hall Is A Drag Race Winner, Baby
By Christopher Rudolph Look over there, it’s a winner! On the Season 12 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race Jaida Essence Hall stomped into the workroom, making her presence known with her line: “Hey bitches, she’s here!” Throughout the competition Jaida was not only the “essence of beauty” on and off the runway, she was also…
Drag Race’s Crystal Methyd Wants More Mullet Representation
By Christopher Rudolph Crystal Methyd might not be America’s next drag superstar, but she was definitely crowned the kookiest queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12. The Missouri girl wowed Ru and the judges with her imaginative runway looks; somehow, she transformed Freddy Kreuger into a fashion icon. But Ru was also obsessed with her…
Couture Queen Gigi Goode On Her Drag Race Exit And Coming Out As Genderfluid
By Christopher Rudolph Gigi Goode is not just good, she’s great. Or as she would say, “I’m not just good, I’m incredible.” The Los Angeles queen kept the judges and viewers gagging throughout Season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race with her candy-colored couture high-fashion runway ensembles, like her orange button extravaganza and ice cream queen…
Why The Half Of It’s Leah Lewis Will Never Stop Growing Up
By Crystal Bell Less than a minute into our conversation, Leah Lewis tells me how she’s been taking care of herself — “mentally and physically” — while quarantining in her Los Angeles home. It’s late April, and the usually benign question of “how are you doing?” is now a loaded phrase that means, in essence,…
Breland’s Already Putting Some Horsepower Behind His Viral Success
He might’ve started behind the scenes, but Breland’s country-rap/R&B prowess is now front and center. The chameleonic songwriter and powerhouse vocal talent is the artist behind the infectious hybrid viral hit “My Truck,” a point of pride he makes clear early in the video when, grinning a prankster’s smile, he pushes a cowboy lip-synching his…
George Floyd death: ‘We cannot turn a blind eye to racism,’ Pope says
After a police officer shot and killed Greg Crockett’s best friend, he left Minnesota for good. Then in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, he decided he couldn’t stay away. How everything and n…
Johnson urged to ‘get a grip’ on virus strategy
Image copyrightReuters Boris Johnson’s “mismanagement” of the easing of virus restrictions risks a second wave of infections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned. In a Guardian interview, he …
Further widespread US protests but violence falls
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Protesters defiant on New York’s Manhattan Bridge Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated, mainly peacefully, across the United States for an eighth …
Cyclone Nisarga intensifies as it approaches Mumbai
Image copyrightEPAImage caption Fishing boats anchored in Mumbai, having been told not to venture out A cyclone moving across the Arabian Sea to the Indian coastal city of Mumbai has intensified, …
Coronavirus updates: Italy reopens borders to Europe with no quarantine
The Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg is speaking on the just-released GDP figures – which showed a 0.3% contraction in the first three months of the year. This was inevitable given the impact of…
Trump says Republicans ‘forced’ to move convention
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Event held last November ahead of the convention that was expected to take place in Charlotte US President Donald Trump says Republicans have been “forced” to f…
Ariana Grande, Halsey, Kehlani, And More Joined Protests Against Racist Violence
At the end of last week and into the weekend, thousands of Americans in cities like Minneapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Chicago, New York, and more gathered to protest police violence in light of the recent deaths of unarmed civilians George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more. Soon, the movement had grown global, with notable demonstrations in New…
Look Over There! Jaida Essence Hall Is A Drag Race Winner, Baby
By Christopher Rudolph Look over there, it’s a winner! On the Season 12 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race Jaida Essence Hall stomped into the workroom, making her presence known with her line: “Hey bitches, she’s here!” Throughout the competition Jaida was not only the “essence of beauty” on and off the runway, she was also…
Drag Race’s Crystal Methyd Wants More Mullet Representation
By Christopher Rudolph Crystal Methyd might not be America’s next drag superstar, but she was definitely crowned the kookiest queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12. The Missouri girl wowed Ru and the judges with her imaginative runway looks; somehow, she transformed Freddy Kreuger into a fashion icon. But Ru was also obsessed with her…
Couture Queen Gigi Goode On Her Drag Race Exit And Coming Out As Genderfluid
By Christopher Rudolph Gigi Goode is not just good, she’s great. Or as she would say, “I’m not just good, I’m incredible.” The Los Angeles queen kept the judges and viewers gagging throughout Season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race with her candy-colored couture high-fashion runway ensembles, like her orange button extravaganza and ice cream queen…
Why The Half Of It’s Leah Lewis Will Never Stop Growing Up
By Crystal Bell Less than a minute into our conversation, Leah Lewis tells me how she’s been taking care of herself — “mentally and physically” — while quarantining in her Los Angeles home. It’s late April, and the usually benign question of “how are you doing?” is now a loaded phrase that means, in essence,…
Breland’s Already Putting Some Horsepower Behind His Viral Success
He might’ve started behind the scenes, but Breland’s country-rap/R&B prowess is now front and center. The chameleonic songwriter and powerhouse vocal talent is the artist behind the infectious hybrid viral hit “My Truck,” a point of pride he makes clear early in the video when, grinning a prankster’s smile, he pushes a cowboy lip-synching his…
Migrants in South Africa face hunger, xenophobia during virus lockdown
JOHANNESBURG – The car approaches the gates of the small parish church, where an army of hands await. The precious
Millions expected to apply for govt relief grant
JOHANNESBURG – The labour department estimates some 4.6 million people could apply for the R350 social relief grant. This is
Undocumented migrants escape from Lindela as guards refuse to work without protection
A group of undocumented foreigners awaiting deportation have escaped from the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp. Home affairs minister Aaron
Seven arrested as police seize 91 Sassa cards and nearly R200,000 cash
Tshwane metro police arrested seven people for alleged Sassa card fraud. Police seized 91 Sassa cards and R191,671 in cash
SA’s richest 3,500 own more than the bottom 32 million
Since the coronavirus showed its proclivity for transmission across borders and made its way to South Africa in early March,
Protest over food parcels erupts in Johannesburg
A protest over food parcels has erupted at Booysens informal settlement in Eloff Street, Johannesburg, according to Johannesburg Metro Police
