1 hour ago About sharing Tumbling temperatures will bring widespread frosts By Ben Rich & Sarah Keith-Lucas BBC Weather You might have heard rumours that cold weather and snow are in the outlook. It is certainly true that temperatures are set to tumble by the end of the week, but before you dust off the…
The Score / November 24, 2023 You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek It’s time for Americans to claw their lives back from work. Bryce Covert Ad Policy (Infographic by Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz) This article appears in the December 11/18, 2023 issue, with the headline “The 32-Hour Week.” After six weeks of strikes against General Motors, Ford,…
Society / November 24, 2023 On Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism A “non-Jewish” Jewish perspective. Lewis Siegelbaum Ad Policy Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside the constituency office of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on November 18, 2023 in London, United Kingdom, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Mark Kerrison / Getty) Seeking some “common understanding” about the…
54 minutes ago About sharing Players had to cross a line while the singing doll faced the wall, but were eliminated if caught moving when doll turned its head to face them By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Contestants on Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge are seeking compensation for injuries they allegedly suffered on the show,…
1 hour ago About sharing Jung Yoo-jung, 23, posed as a high-school student to enter the house of the tutor she killed By Frances Mao BBC News A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger “out of curiosity”. Jung Yoo-jung, 23, had…
The former Paralympian has been serving a 13-year sentence for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
8 hours ago About sharing By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent The world’s biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor. The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island. At almost…
58 minutes ago About sharing What started as a single day of sales in November now lasts for weeks By Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat If your inbox currently looks like this: “Buy now!” “Don’t miss out!” “Deals end soon!”… it can only mean it’s Black Friday again. With the cost-of-living crisis, lots of us will…
38 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Double-decker bus engulfed in flames in Dublin violence Rioting in Dublin in the aftermath of a stabbing outside a school caused “huge destruction” and led to 34 arrests, Ireland’s police chief has said. Violence flared on Thursday after three children and a teacher were injured in a knife attack…
1 hour ago About sharing Pistorius is serving 13 years for murder, after killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013. By Daniel De Simone BBC News, Atteridgeville prison Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is making another bid for early release from the South African prison where he is serving over 13 years for murdering his…