Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams came under fire for posing maskless around school students Georgia gubernatorial candidate and former US state legislator Stacey Abrams has apologized after attracting sharp criticism for appearing maskless in a photo from her visit to Glennwood Elementary School outside Atlanta last week. “I took a picture and that was a […]
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Australian Parliament apologizes to victims of rape and bullying
An in-depth review of Parliament workplace culture is underway for national govt offices Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other high-ranking authorities said they were sorry on Tuesday to every worker who had experienced sexual assault and bullying during their career in federal Parliament. The statements were made both in the House of Representatives and […]
NYC mayor apologizes for racial slur
A video clip from 2019 wherein Eric Adams refers to white NYPD officers as ‘crackers’ has surfaced recently New York City Mayor Eric Adams apologized on Friday for comments he made in 2019 in which he referred to his white colleagues in the city’s police department as “crackers.” An old clip showing Adams using the […]
Joe Rogan apologizes as podcasts disappear from Spotify
The host has offered his “sincerest deepest apologies” over past use of the N-word in “context” More than 70 episodes of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast have vanished from Spotify, as first reported by JRE Missing, a service that monitors the popular podcast. The episodes disappeared this week and feature a variety of guests, from […]
Publisher apologizes for book naming Anne Frank betrayal suspect
Ambo Anthos will suspend the printing of further Dutch copies of the book The Dutch publisher of a book which accuses a Jewish man of “most likely” betraying Anne Frank to the Nazis in 1944 has apologized to “anyone who feels offended” and stopped printing further copies. Ambo Anthos – which publishes the Dutch version […]
Company apologizes for comparing women to cows (VIDEO)
South Korea’s leading milk producer, Seoul Dairy Cooperative, has found itself in hot water after releasing an ad that depicts women as cows. It was forced to remove the clip from the internet and apologize. The controversial video, which has since been re-uploaded by the public, was made to promote the company’s flagship brand, Seoul […]
Finland PM apologizes over Covid-related mishap
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologized for going out to a nightclub after coming into contact with Covid-infected person in her office, citing a misunderstanding of the rules as the cause of her mishap. In a lengthy explanation posted on Facebook on Monday, Marin, 36, explained that she was aware of her foreign secretary […]
Dutch government apologizes for sterilizing trans people
The Dutch government has apologized for a past law requiring that transgender people be sterilized to legally change their gender. The law existed until 2014, and similar laws are still on the books in some European countries. “Nobody should have experienced what you went through. I am truly sorry that it happened,” Minister for Education, […]
EU country apologizes for forced sterilization
Slovakia has apologized for the forced sterilization of women under the communist regime and the following decade, condemning the practice which aimed to regulate the birth rate of the socially disadvantaged Roma peoples. On Wednesday, the government adopted a resolution condemning the practice of forced sterilization and apologizing for the actions of previous administrations. “The […]
Austrian chancellor apologizes to vaccinated over ‘drastic’ lockdown
Austria’s chancellor has apologized to vaccinated citizens as the country once again descended into lockdown on Monday in an effort to tame a spiralling fourth wave of Covid-19 that threatens to overwhelm the healthcare system. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told public broadcaster ORF that he empathized with the millions of his countrymen and women who had been […]
Reuters apologizes for ‘offensive’ tweet
Reuters has apologized for its poor choice of photo to illustrate a story about a monkey brain study that was deemed offensive and racist in China. On Thursday, Reuters published a story titled “Monkey-brain study with link to China’s military roils top European university.” The report was about a Chinese professor studying how a monkey’s […]
Call of Duty apologizes for insulting Muslims
Scandal-hit game developer Activision-Blizzard has had to apologize to Muslim gamers for featuring smeared and scattered pages of the Koran in ‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’. Such images are considered highly offensive to Islam. The gaming giant caused anger among the Muslim community this week over ‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’, the newly released 18th installment of […]
German public TV channel apologizes for showing projected election results 2 days BEFORE voting begins
As Germany’s elections inch closer, one TV channel has jumped the gun by displaying vote projections on a news ticker days before the poll. Drawing concerns and mockery, the broadcaster apologized for the false start. German broadcaster ARD’s Das Erste (‘The First’) television network gave its viewers an unlikely glimpse into the future on Friday, […]










