The vote underscores the staying power of Africa’s aging leaders on a continent that has some of the world’s oldest rulers despite boasting the youngest population globally.
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Farai Mutsaka,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Swift passes both Rihanna and Drake, who sit side-by-side with 14 rulers apiece.
Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.
New laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Illinois seek to curb AI bias, rein in ‘robo bosses’ and protect children from opaque, emotionally manipulative chatbots.
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Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Happily the Beemer bosses have taken the latter road.
American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Earlier this year, Quinn pounced on the opportunity to cast Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams as star-crossed fae princes from feuding kingdoms who (spoiler) have been knocking boots in secret.
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