201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears
Australians are outdone by Americans and Brits, both in how often they swear, and in how many users swear online...
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138 million child workers globally in 2024, number down from 2020
Child labour rates have fallen by almost half since the year 2000, but the world has missed the global target
Israel deports Greta Thunberg, other activists from Gaza aid flotilla
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg arrived in her home country Sweden on Tuesday after having been deported from Israel following the
Several Western governments sanction two far-right Israeli ministers
Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway said Tuesday they have imposed sanctions on National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister
Ghana and Zambia have snubbed Africa’s leading development bank: why they should change course
The actions of Ghana and Zambia set a dangerous precedent by sidelining African financial institutions...
Do you talk to AI when you’re feeling down? Here’s where chatbots get their therapy advice
Generative AI models are like auto-complete on steroids. Bots learned to converse by reading text scraped from internet sites – and
Those ‘what I eat in a day’ TikTok videos aren’t helpful. They might even be harmful
They might seem like harmless fun but in fact they can reinforce dangerous ideas about food, weight and body image...
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82
The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognitive disorder akin to dementia...
Stephen King, Mick Fleetwood, John Cusack and More Pay Tribute to Brian Wilson: ‘The Maestro Has Passed’
The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my summers," author Stephen King writes The post Stephen King, Mick Fleetwood, John
Opinion: Oilers playoff run shows the potential of investing in downtown Edmonton
Any story about Edmonton nowadays has to include the Oilers — even when it’s about the economy and downtown revitalization.
