- "Skibidi": How to use the newest words added to the Cambridge Dictionary Axios
- 'Skibidi' and 'tradwife' among words added to Cambridge Dictionary BBC
- Cambridge Dictionary’s latest additions include ‘skibidi,’ ‘tradwife’ and ‘delulu’ CNN
- Cambridge Dictionary ripped for adding nonsense slang term ‘skibidi’ to its database: ‘English is no longer a language’ New York Post
- Skibidi, Broligarchy, and More Words Join Cambridge Dictionary's List of New 2025 Terms IGN
‘Ketamine queen’ accused of selling Matthew Perry fatal dose to plead guilty
Jasveen Sangha, fifth and last defendant charged in Friends star’s overdose to strike plea agreement with prosecutors
A woman known as the “ketamine queen”, charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, agreed to plead guilty on Monday.
Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Having initially pleaded not guilty, her change of plea means she’ll avoid a trial that had been planned for August.
Continue reading...MSNBC reveals new name as part of corporate divorce from NBC
The US TV network has also been building its own news division separate from NBC News.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy reveals key details of private meeting with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed key details of his private White House meeting with Donald Trump.
Deadly flooding wipes out villages in northwestern Pakistan
A new wave of flooding has swept through villages in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Ex-Israel military intelligence chief said 50,000 Gaza deaths ‘necessary’ – NPR
- Ex-Israel military intelligence chief said 50,000 Gaza deaths 'necessary' NPR
- Leaked recording reveals ex-Israeli military intelligence chief calling 50,000 deaths in Gaza ‘necessary’ CNN
- Ex-Israeli intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim The Guardian
- Former IDF intel chief: Oct. 7 was ‘much deeper’ than an intelligence failure The Times of Israel
- 'Children in Gaza Don't Matter Now,' Said the 'Moderate' IDF General - Opinion Haaretz
Are US security guarantees enough to end the war in Ukraine?
European leaders join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington, DC for talks.
Israeli attacks, forced starvation have killed 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza
Israel is intensifying its strikes on Gaza City, the territory's largest urban centre, as it plans to seize it.
China angered as Hong Kong activists granted asylum in UK, Australia
Hong Kong activist Tony Chung and ex-lawmaker Ted Hui have been granted asylum in the UK and Australia.
Trump downplays need for ceasefire before private Zelenskyy meeting
Donald Trump talked down the need for a ceasefire to end the Ukraine war as he greeted Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The children abandoned by South Korea’s adoption policy
The story of Simon, a bi-racial South Korean adoptee, reveals the hidden history behind South Korea’s adoption system.
Zelenskyy arrives at White House for talks with Trump
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at the White House for a crucial meeting with Donald Trump about Russia's war.
Right-wing US network Newsmax to pay $67m over false 2020 election claims
Newsmax has paid $27m so far, and will pay $20m in 2026 and $20m in 2027 to technology firm Dominion Voting Systems.
Flight attendant union leaders ‘ready to go to jail’ as Air Canada strike outlawed
Arbitrator orders 10,000 striking staff back to work after government intervenes – unconstitutionally, union says
Union leaders representing 10,000 striking flight attendants have said they would be willing to go to jail rather than comply with an order to return to work, as Canada’s federal government seeks to end a bitter contract dispute that has halted hundreds of summer flights and stranded travellers around the world.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees said members would remain on the picket lines as part of a work stoppage that has halted Air Canada’s national and international operations during its busiest season.
Continue reading...Zambian president’s feud with late rival continues over funeral plans
Family of Edgar Lungu trying to prevent repatriation of his body for state funeral presided over by his successor
A furious row is raging over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, as the former president’s family wage a legal battle in South Africa to try to prevent his body from being repatriated.
The legal fight marks the latest twist in a feud between the two men that goes back at least a decade and has now outlasted the former president, who died in South Africa in June aged 68 while being treated for an undisclosed illness.
Continue reading...Hamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages
Deal would include 60-day halt to violence and exchange of half of living Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners
Hamas officials say they have accepted a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal that would include the release of half of the approximately 20 remaining living Israeli hostages as part of a phased resolution to the war, as Gaza health officials said 62,000 Palestinians had died in the 22 months of war.
The proposed deal follows negotiations between Hamas and Egyptian and Qatari officials that have been taking place in Cairo in recent days, and comes after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was confronted on Sunday by Israel’s biggest protests of the war, which called for a deal to secure the release of the hostages.
Continue reading...Air Canada CEO says ‘amazed’ striking workers are disregarding work order
A leader for the striking union says he would risk jail time rather than allow crew to be forced back to work.
Trump’s changing stance on Ukraine war
US President Trump has repeatedly changed his position on the Ukraine war.
Hamas agrees to latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, source in group says
The proposal from regional mediators would see Israeli hostages released in two batches during a 60-day truce, according to a Palestinian official.
Robots sprint, box and play football at first World Humanoid Games
Hundreds of humanoid robots showed of their skills at the first World Humanoid Games in Beijing.