Aspiring influencer breaks her spine while attempting a viral challenge
New mum and wannabe influencer Mariana Barutkina, 32, had to go back to hospital just weeks after she gave birth when an online trend gone wrong left her with a…
How Many Oxygen Atoms Are Present in a Dimer of Nitrous Dioxide?
You wanted more quizzes, and we’ve delivered! Now you can test your wits every day of the week. Each weekday, your host, Ray Hamel, concocts a challenging set of unique…
There’s Been a Shift in How Many Jews Are Thinking About Gaza
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last week, more than a thousand rabbis and Jewish…
The Trump Economy? Some Reagan Parallels
Politics / August 7, 2025 In contrast with the now sober-seeming Reaganites, Trump has taken credit for the economy from day one. Ad Policy A painting of former US President…
Donald Trump vs. Reality Itself
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Zoo bombarded with death threats after feeding 12 healthy baboons to the lions
The director of Tiergarten Nuremberg in Germany, Dr Dag Encke, said that zoo staff have been compared to Josef Mengele, the monstrous Nazi physician who experimented on prisoners in Auschwitz…
Woman escapes boyfriend who ‘chained her to bed’ while he’s distracted at ATM
Broadie McGugan, 32, had only been in a relationship with Zane Woodward for 11 months when he began isolating her from her family and friends and confiscated her phone, court…
Landlocked nations ‘invisible to much of the world’: UN trade and development chief
At a major UN conference underway this week in Awaza, Turkmenistan, calls are growing to tackle the high trade costs, investment gaps and growing digital divide that continue to hold…
‘I listened to my husband’s heart until it stopped beating three days after our wedding’
Dean Dunphy, 33, was diagnosed after experiencing stroke-like symptoms and muscle twitching 07:25, 07 Aug 2025 Dean Dunphy died just three days after the wedding(Image: PA Real Life/@tomclarkephotography) A widow…
Student killed in freak helicopter horror as pal snapped pictures of tragedy
Isiah Otieno, who was the son of a Kenyan minister, was 23 and a student when he was instantly killed in the horror accident in Canada. His dad found out…