UPDATE (May 30, 2021):  Last week, Naomi Osaka announced that she wanted to prioritize her mental health by not speaking to any press during the French Open. "If the organizations think that they can just keep saying, 'do press or you’re gonna be fined,' and continue to ignore the mental health of the athletes that are the centerpiece of their cooperation then I just gotta laugh," Osaka said in her post.However, according to NBC, the four-time Grand Slam singles champion was in fact fined by ...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has announced that skinny jeans and ripped denim are now banned in the country.Deemed symbols of a "capitalistic lifestyle," the fashion items are considered illegal in order to prevent North Korea from falling "like a damp wall," Yonhap News reports. The nation's official newspaper Rodong Sinmun shared: "History teaches us a crucial lesson that a country can become vulnerable and eventually collapse like a damp wall regardless of its economic and defense power ...

Nike has issued a statement explaining that it ended its partnership with Neymar after an employee of the footwear giant came forward with sexual assault allegation against the Brazilian soccer player.According to Nike, the company cut ties with Neymar because he "refused to cooperate in a good faith investigation of credible allegations of wrongdoing by an employee." The allegation, brought forward to Nike in 2018, stems from an incident that allegedly occurred in 2016. The employee initially w...

Asian hate crimes have seen a significant increase since the coronavirus pandemic broke out. Stop AAPI Hate received over 6,600 complaints on discrimination against Asian-Americans in the past year. Two Asian women in San Francisco were stabbed while they were waiting for a bus; in New York, two others were attacked with a hammer after being asked to remove their face masks; an 11-year-old and 17-year-old were arrested for assaulting an elderly Asian-American man, and the list goes on.Unfortunat...