Spotify says it’s axing 17% of its global workforce, the music streaming service’s third round of layoffs this year as it moves to slash costs while focusing on becoming profitable. In a message to employees posted on the company’s blog Monday, CEO Daniel Ek said the jobs were being cut as part of a “strategic […]
Oxford’s word of the year for 2023 is…
Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person. It topped “Swiftie” (an enthusiastic fan of Taylor Swift), “situationship” (an informal romantic or sexual relationship) and “prompt” (an instruction given to an […]
Conservative leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools
New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the ambitious agenda he released Wednesday for his first 100 days in office. Christopher Luxon outlined 49 actions he said his conservative government intended to take over the next three months. Sponsored: Eat THIS 1 Natural Food to […]
US Air Force Osprey crashes off Japan during training, killing at least 1
A U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed during a training mission Wednesday off of the country’s southern coast, killing at least one of the eight crew members, the Japanese coast guard said. The cause of the crash and the status of the seven others on board were not immediately known, Japanese coast guard […]
Astronomers discover a solar system of six planets in rare synchrony
Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation […]
86-year-old Pope Francis has serious health concerns
Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican, but admitted that he’s still unwell and needed an aide to read his remarks for him on Wednesday, a day after canceling an overseas trip. Francis, who will turn 87 on Dec. 17 and had part of one lung removed as a […]
41 Indian minders rescued after 17 days, minister says
All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks were pulled out on Tuesday, bringing an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country’s attention for days. A crowd of local residents gathered around the tunnel erupted in joy and shouted […]
Israel and Hamas ceasefire extended
Israel and Hamas terrorists agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, the Qatari government said, bringing the prospect of a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war and further exchanges of the terrorist kidnap victims in exchange for Palestinians criminals held in prison in Israel. The announcement, made by […]
Ukraine bypasses Russian blockade
Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers of companies turned to as they struggled to export their food to people facing hunger around the world. Now, more of the grain is getting unloaded from overcrammed silos and heading to ports on the […]
Missiles fired from Yemen at U.S. warship after it stops hijackers
Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding the tanker in the Gulf of Aden, raising the stakes amid […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 450
- Next Page ›