Press — 2026-05-09

140 passengers and crew on the MV Hondius vessel will be ‘completely isolated’ and evacuated, say Spanish authorities. Save Share A cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak is en route to Spain’s Canary Islands, where it plans to drop off 140 passengers and crew so they can be evacuated after weeks …

Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed various areas of the West Bank, set cars on fire and attacked Palestinians. Save Share Israeli settlers have launched another wave of raids in the occupied West Bank, with houses and cars set on fire and a Palestinian child attacked. The Palestinian Wafa news agenc…

Yemeni soldiers earn $38 to $116 monthly, but an unstable currency erodes the value of their salaries. Save Share Marib, Yemen – Inside a military facility on the outskirts of this western Yemeni city, soldier Suleiman al-Hajj sits beside two of his comrades in a sparse room where they spend most of…

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San Antonio take 2-1 semifinal series lead over Minnesota, while New York Knicks are 3-0 up against Philadelphia 76ers. Save Share A dominant Victor Wembanyama powered the San Antonio Spurs to a 115-108 win over Minnesota and a 2-1 lead in their NBA playoff series, as the red-hot New York Knicks bea…

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What to know about the Iran war today:The U.S. military says its forces fired on two Iran-flagged oil tankers to stop them from docking at an Iranian port Friday in violation of the U.S. blockade in the area.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. was expecting a response from Iran on a peace p…

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Many of us chug leftover water without issues, but there is actually a tipping point when it’s better for your health to dump it. This article originally appeared on HuffPost.

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of opting for a "reckless military adventure" every time a "diplomatic solution is on the table". Iranians would "never bow to pressure", Araghchi said in a post on X, a day after both sides accused each other of launching attacks in the Stra…

“A waitress helped me sneak out the back door so they wouldn’t follow me.” Young man with glasses sneezing, wiping his nose with a piece of tissue paper Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.

One California grandmother has been waiting for answers since she was a child and her mother spotted a UFO hovering while she hung clothes out to dry. A therapist in Texas has been an "experiencer" since childhood. And another Lone Star resident, a 36-year-old musician, has been delving into the ext…

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So, SO many celebrities have killed people while drunk driving. I'm a Senior Staff Writer based in New York City, where I've been covering classic BuzzFeed-style content since 2020. Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter. He took a plea deal to avoid murder and attempted murder charges;…

Beyoncé or Rihanna? Dolly or Johnny? R.E.M. or Nirvana? Disclaimer: Some of these artists have music that spans multiple genres, so if you think they also belong in another category, you're probably right! But for the sake of this quiz, we chose the genre each artist was most widely known for. Want …

Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have done their first joint interview in 25 years for their upcoming tour documentary. Entertainment giant Disney confirmed Steven Knight, Oscar-nominated director of Peaky Blinders, created the feature-length film that will be released in theatres on 11 Septem…

“Someone had watched me come and go from my apartment and was outside, just feet away on the other side of the front door. I froze.” I'm an Associate Editor on BuzzFeed's Pop Culture team who spends my days fangirling over all my favorite TV shows and movies. Some submissions are also from this thre…

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Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will not quit as prime minister and "plunge the country into chaos", as Labour reels from significant election losses. The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure on Sir Keir, with some Labour MPs calling for him to set a timetable for his departur…

Families displaced by recent border war fear renewed clashes with Thailand, say their children’s education among areas most affected by conflict. Save Share Preah Vihear/Siem Reap provinces – When asked how she spends her day, 11-year-old Sokna rattled off a list of chores. She first fetches water, …

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The SNP has won a fifth successive Scottish Parliament election, but fallen short of its target of an overall majority at Holyrood. The party won 58 seats, with 65 needed for a majority. Labour, who not so long ago harboured ambitions of toppling the SNP, finished a distant second on 17 seats - tied…

Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is set to be sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. Tisza holds 141 seats out of 199 in the new parliament - up from zero, a result of the party being founded just t…

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State and federal immigration officers arrested a criminal illegal alien and MS-13 gang member in a captured-on-camera takedown. Luis Merary Peralta-Sevilla, a criminal illegal alien and MS-13 gang member from Honduras, was arrested in an operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforceme…

As the MV Hondius cruise ship approaches Tenerife, the people of the Spanish island await it with a mixture of uncertainty and, in some cases, anger. The Spanish government has agreed with the World Health Organization (WHO) that the passengers of the vessel, which has seen an outbreak of the hantav…

A story called The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, in which award-winning author Dame Hilary Mantel imagined a plot to kill the 1980s prime minister, was controversial when it was published, and has now had its stage premiere in Liverpool. The title was designed to grab attention - and divide op…

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Israeli attacks killed at least 31 people in southern Lebanon on Friday, including a rescue worker, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said. Al Jazeera Live Save Share

Philadelphia police have released video showing a man punching a woman in the face inside a store near UPenn on April 22. Two inmates described as "dangerous" escaped Friday evening from a Kentucky detention center, prompting a multi-agency manhunt, police said. The Morehead Police Department warned…

Senior national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports as Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing intense scrutiny for a $12 billion Medi-Cal expansion that provides 'free' sex-change procedures, including breast implants and surgeries, to illegal immigrants. Gov. Gavin Newsom is rolling out a taxpayer-backe…

President Trump is a Chiefs fan?? It seems like forever ago that everyone was talking about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance. Honestly, for me, it was like every other halftime show of the last decade: It wasn't my bag, and I had pretty much forgotten about it completely within 36 hours. …

A U.S. Southern Command-directed strike hit a vessel linked to designated terrorist organizations and narcotics trafficking, killing two individuals and leaving one survivor. (Credit: @Southcom / X) The U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern P…

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Ben Stiller EXPOSED after choosing MET Gala over Knicks... Philadelphia fans are known for being a different breed, but it's not all throwing batteries, greasing light poles, or telling Evgeni Malkin he sucks the second he steps off the bus. No, some understand the basic economics of surge pricing. …

Jeff Paul reports the ongoing monitoring of the Hantavirus ahead of the cruise ship's docking in Spain's Canary Islands and President Donald Trump's reaction. The U.S. government is moving to evacuate American passengers from a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, with plans to transp…

On April 14, ICE conducted an operation resulting in the arrest of Luis Merary Peralta-Sevilla, a criminal migrant and MS-13 gang member from Honduras. (ICE) State and federal immigration officers arrested a criminal illegal alien and MS-13 gang member in a captured-on-camera takedown. Luis Merary P…

North Carolina officials confirmed a 16-year-old girl and an older man were arrested in connection to the deaths of the girl's parents and grandmother. (Credit: WHNS) A 16-year-old North Carolina girl and a 28-year-old man are facing murder charges after three of the girl's family members were found…

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