Putin fires nuclear torpedo in second Armageddon test
Vladimir Putin has fired a nuclear torpedo capable of reducing vast coastlines to uninhabitable wasteland in a new test he has hailed as a “huge success”. The Russian despot successfully…
Chilling twist as woman left for dead on remote island after missing cruise ship
The 80-year-old woman was found dead after disembarked and went for a hike on an island during the first stop of a £40-ticket cruise journey around the coast of Australia…
Israel says it’s resuming the ceasefire after its strikes in Gaza kill over 100 people
Displaced Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli army strike on their tent camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Abdel Kareem Hana/AP…
Greetings from high up in Colombia’s Andes, where ‘prairie-style meat’ is a delicacy
John Otis for NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. In the central plaza of…
We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain
Politics / October 29, 2025 Are we just going to sit around and pretend that the president isn’t having a lot of… questionable moments these days? Ad Policy President Donald…
Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over
Politics / StudentNation / October 29, 2025 After the state’s ban on gay marriage was lifted in 2014, advocates took a breath. But more than a decade later, with Obergefell…
What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising?
One would be hard-pressed in America presently to feel exceedingly hopeful about the prospects of the left. The administrative state is being ripped up, the economic world system is in…
Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica devastated. And, the shutdown’s impact on airports
Up First briefing: Hurricane Melissa update; Airports during shutdown Officials are assessing the damage after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5. And, how the government shutdown…
Man ridicules unclaimed £13.4m lottery win before checking his pockets months later
The man, who lives in Hesse, western Germany, had bought the ticket on March 29 but forgot all about it until six months later when he found what was in…
Chilling eight-word threat before teen doused in petrol and set on fire
Jacob Thompson, 19, was allegedly doused in petrol and set alight by another teenager amid an ongoing feud between two families – he is now being treated in hospital 10:24,…