Paypal and Visa down LIVE: Worldwide outage as thousands can’t make payments
Paypal and Visa are down for thousands of users across the world – leaving people unable to send vital payments. There have been thousands of reports of people unable to…
Boy, 6, dragged into woods by ‘problem wolf’ in front of horrified mum
A ‘problem wolf’ called Bram is believed to have attacked and dragged a six-year-old child into wood at a nature reserve in the Netherlands as authorities hunt the predator 13:52,…
Mexican cartel decapitates pregnant teen and puts head in cooler as ‘message’
A pregnant teenage girls’ remains were found scattered amongst random vessels in Tabasco as fears surge surrounding the spate of women targeted by organised criminals 13:43, 01 Aug 2025 The…
Majorca hotels complain ‘we’ve scared them away’ as anti-tourism protesters win
The Soller Valley has seen a huge decline in tourist numbers after a wave of anti-tourism protests across Spain – with some residents now worried that the message landed too…
Family slam £8k cruise with vomiting passengers that left kids covered in ‘soot’
One family’s nightmare cruise spiralled into chaos as drunken passengers threw up on their table and their kids were left covered by soot from the ship’s funnels 12:19, 01 Aug…
Bringing Back Stagflation, Lower Growth, and Higher Prices
August 1, 2025 When Trump talks of turning the economy around, he speaks the truth—he just gets the direction of change wrong. Ad Policy Donald Trump shows his signature on…
Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Politics Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
Welcome to Slate’s weekly news quiz. It’s Friday, which means it’s time to test your knowledge of the week’s news events. Your guest host, Abby McIntyre, has concocted questions on…
Elon Musk Pretty Much Has a Monopoly on Space. We Have Obama to Thank.
Listen to What Next: Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In the 1950s, when the…
RFK Jr.’s Movement Is Hurting Children. I See It Every Day at Work.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I was standing in the emergency department at 11…
Oldest ever baby born from embryo created when his parents were toddlers
Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was was implanted into his mum after being frozen as an embryo in 1990. The incredible achievement breaks the record for the world’s oldest baby 10:16, 01…