NewsFeed Activist Omer Aslan says Israel’s interception of 22 boats late Wednesday will not stop the remaining vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla from delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. Aslan also described how his boat escaped the Israeli attacks. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share…
A scanning electron micrograph of bacteria on the surface of a human tongue Science Photo Library/Alamy They say you are what you eat, but the microbes in your mouth may be just as revealing. One of the largest studies yet to explore links between the oral microbiome and metabolic health suggests they may offer clues…
Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon Musk’s lawyers may have just fucked up big. Jared “James Brickhouse” Birchall, Musk’s finance guy and all-around fixer, took the stand after Musk today. Most of his testimony was…
Labour has been urged by Tony Blair’s thinktank to scrap the pensions triple lock amid mounting pressure on government finances. With the Iran war threatening to derail public spending plans, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) said the “unaffordable” manifesto pledge to maintain the triple lock should be torn up as part of a wider overhaul…
Aussie model Miranda Kerr has suffered a wardrobe malfunction while being honoured with an award. Kerr, 43, was being honoured at the Living Beauty Cancer Foundation’s 2026 annual Spring Luncheon in Beverly Hills yesterday when the zip on the back of her dress broke, leaving her in a precarious position. Ever the professional, the mother…
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Cain have faced public questioning for the second day, this time in front of the Senate Armed Forces Committee. The hearing on Thursday came a day after Hegseth and Caine appeared before a House committee, the first time the…
Fernando Machado is best known for his stunt-driven Burger King work. Will his irreverence find success at Chipotle? Chipotle Mexican Grill needed to do something. In February, the fast-casual restaurant brand reported that traffic to its restaurants fell for the fourth straight quarter to end 2025, and it was projecting flat same-store sales growth for…
Brazil’s largely conservative congress has approved a bill reducing the prison sentence of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last year of attempting a coup. The bill had initially been passed by congress in December, but President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed it in January in a symbolic move marking three…
Jeff CarlisleApr 30, 2026, 04:23 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Multiple Authors Grant Gustavson, whose mother is billionaire Tamara Gustavson, is leading an investor group that has made a formal offer to acquire the Vancouver Whitecaps and relocate the team to Las Vegas, a spokesperson…
Cheryl Strayed has some difficult news. The author—whose memoir Wild was adapted into Reese Witherspoon’s 2014 film of the same name—shared that her “beloved” husband of 25 years Brian Lindstrom has been diagnosed with an undisclosed “serious, fatal illness.” In light of the news, Cheryl—who shares two children with Brian—explained she would be cancelling several…
