had been the leader of the Palestinian militant organization in the since 2017. He was considered to have orchestrated the October 7 terror attacks on Israel in which 1,200 Israelis were killed and another 250 taken hostage, prompting Israeli retaliation and the ongoing conflict across the region. After Hamas’ political leader  was killed in the […]

Infections with the illness known as “walking pneumonia” or “white lung pneumonia”  have been spreading at unusually high levels in young kids, emergency room data suggests, a year after a surge of such cases filled hospitals overseas. The worst rates of the illness, caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae, are in young children ages 2 […]

It’s been five years since Disco Elysium and its curious detective story, set in the fictional, post-communist city of Revachol, was released. Disco Elysium has since been heralded as one of the best games ever made, a testament to its complex conversation system and brilliant writing that blends a compelling mystery story with the deep […]

A 26-year-old man discovered that there had been mice living in his New York City apartment when he was making a snack, capturing the exact moment in an Instagram video. Sale strategist Alexander Mutammara is originally from Houston, Texas, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, and discovered his “NYC villain origin story” when he […]

A company called Colossal Biosciences has announced that it is one big step closer to achieving its goal of bringing an extinct marsupial back from extinction. Not save it from extinction. It’s already extinct. They want to bring it back from the dead, Jurassic Park-style. Sort of. That goal is a lot closer since it […]

Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler was arrested Thursday following a minor crash in downtown Franklin, Tennessee, according to the Franklin Police Department. Cutler, 41, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a handgun under the influence, failure to exercise due care to avoid a collision and implied consent, per a news release. Officers […]

In a now-deleted social media post, the head of operations for the left-wing British Labour Party indicated “nearly 100” current and former party staffers will be headed to the U.S. to help Vice President Kamala Harris during the final stretch before the election. The Labour Party leader, Sofia Patel, took to LinkedIn earlier this week […]

An American man living in the Philippines was shot and abducted from his home by armed men late on Thursday, according to the local authorities, who said on Friday that they were pursuing the kidnappers. The man, Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, of Vermont, was abducted from Sibuco, a coastal town on the island of Mindanao […]

Cuba’s government has announced it will halt all non-vital state services and businesses for three days as it battles an energy crisis that has caused marathon blackouts for much of the country. Prime Minister Manuel Marrero outlined the measures in an address Thursday night, saying the government had no choice but to “paralyse the economy.” […]

Jeff Bezos’ rules for meetings at Amazon have made their way to Dropbox. Dropbox CEO Drew Houston said his company has adopted the “memo-first” meeting culture. He explained why Dropbox favors memos to slideshows: “We’ve all been in those meetings where someone’s presenting, you’ve already read the slide, but you have to wait for the […]