Joe Rogan, comedian Andrew Schulz puzzled by Canada’s land acknowledgements: ‘Feels like I’m bragging’

Such was the case for Schulz, who broached the subject on the Oct. 18 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience during a wider ...
Tiny Tim's Adventures on MSN

Prank Call to a Couples Therapist With a Strange Request

I called a couples therapist with a very specific and very odd problem… let’s just say it wasn’t your average session. Just a ...

I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia

How did I get here—sitting in Saudi Arabia, listening to Louis C.K. do jokes about Barely Legal magazine? Honestly, I thought ...

Does the Controversy Over the Riyadh Comedy Festival Actually Matter?

Comics were roasted and dragged for performing at the event, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's abominable human rights record ...
Opinion

Riyadh Comedy Festival Raises Question: Do Situational Ethics Count in Cash-Rich Saudi Arabia?

The Riyadh Comedy Festival discourse roped in comedians across the political spectrum, with some comics defending their participation by claiming the U.S. didn’t fare much better when it came to free ...
AllAfrica

Lesotho: Biggest Joke Since the Donkey Taxi

Like him or loathe him, you can always count on Machesetsa (aka Mofomobe) to toss a cat among the pigeons. And what a cat he has thrown this time! His claim that Lesotho's top brass -- Prime Minister ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

LIV's financial losses do not deter SA premier from $50m golf course

The SA premier has rejected suggestions LIV Golf's losses of more than $1 billion will make his government's North Adelaide golf course redevelopment plan a risky investment. The state government this ...
Jurist

Comedians criticized for silence on Saudi Arabia human rights record after comedy festival

On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged comedians who performed at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival to address the nation's dire human rights situation, and raise awareness of unjustly ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Jimmy Kimmel grills Aziz Ansari about controversial appearance at Saudi Arabian comedy fest

Jimmy Kimmel pressed comedian Aziz Ansari this week about his controversial decision to perform at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival, with Kimmel calling the Saudi government a "pretty brutal ...
FarmOnline

Big crowd at SA auction to witness bidding war over long-held farmland

Lots of history up for grabs today (Thursday) with the auction of the well-known Freebairn family's Argyle Farm at Alma in SA.
Radio-Canada

’It is a day for optimism,’ Carney says as Israel, Hamas edge closer to ending war

Prime minister says there may be role for Canada in post-war period. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday it is a day for optimism as Israel and Hamas agreed to the terms of a U.S.-brokered plan ...
Daily Sabah

Turkish Parliament unanimously condemns Israeli attack on flotilla

The Turkish Parliament on Wednesday unanimously adopted a motion condemning Israel’s attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Coalition in international waters, calling it a “shameful assault” on ...