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Possibly lost in all the other extraordinary moments from Donald Trump’s ‘100 days’ interview with ABC News Terry Moran was this exchange in the White House when the president showed off the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office. Moran quite reasonably asked the president what the 249-year-old document means to him, and Trump’s answer […]

The fact that 25 cents is called a quarter in US money has really messed with Peyton Hardin‘s concept of time. The co-host, with Cameron Kennedy, of the smash hit podcast You Should Know occasionally has trouble grasping some concepts, which is part of the podcast’s appeal, but this misunderstanding may have to enter the […]

Bad stuff happens. We get that. We deal with it. Sometimes, though, it’s the little things that happen that can just push you over the edge. We’ve come up with a few things that, in the whole scheme of things, aren’t really terrible, but will possibly make your day just that little bit worse. 1. […]

Former Fox News presenter and current US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has had a disastrous start to his tenure – which at least gives him something in common with the President. So far, he has – Insisted Ukraine should give up all Russian-occupied territories and never join NATO. Tried and failed to send thousands of […]

Despite its appalling record on human rights, its restrictions on free speech, its well-documented exploitation of migrant workers, and its criminalization of same-sex relationships, Dubai is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and becoming more popular every year. We suppose it’s sunny and has lots of posh shops if you like […]

For anyone who has watched Donald Trump’s regime fire over one hundred thousand federal employees, mess with benefits and support programmes, deport or detain legal workers, start a tariff war, and generally lay waste to both consumer confidence and tourism, it will be no surprise that the US economy contracted over the first quarter of […]

If you spend any length of time on the internet, or reading newspapers, or watching TV, you’ll be well aware that there are an awful lot of buzzwords about nowadays. It’s the type of jargon you see people on The Apprentice regurgitating until it loses all meaning, and even Lord Sugar is bored of it. […]

The UK has a number of Clean Air Zones (CAZ), in which vehicles with more problematic emissions are discouraged from entering by a range of charges. Back in 2022, a Bradford man spoke to the BBC about the upcoming CAZ in his area and went wildly viral for what he had to say on the […]

You’ll know by now about Donald Trump’s ‘100 Days’ interview with ABC News correspondent Terry Moran which, it’s fair to say, probably didn’t go quite as well as the president had hoped. Moran did a magnificent job of politely – but devastatingly – fact-checking the White House incumbent, and possibly nowhere better did he do […]