Poem of the week: Salt, Snow, Earth by Naomi Foyle The relentless cycle of human violence plays out as a brutal symbolic game The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025
Ellen DeGeneres confirms UK move was a direct response to Donald Trump presidency The TV star moved to England in 2024 with her wife, Portia de Rossi, following the end of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and a farewell comedy tour Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025
Dow Sinks Over 100 Points As Sentiment Slips, Yet Fear & Greed Index Still Flashes 'Extreme Greed' The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed some decline in the overall market sentiment, but the index remained in the “Extreme Greed” zone on Friday. Benzinga · Jul 21, 2025
Delta pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid midair collision with military jet Incident on SkyWest flight over North Dakota took place same day as different Delta plane caught fire The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025
Stevie Wonder won't give up performing Motown legend Stevie Wonder has declared that he will continue performing on stage for as long as he can still "breathe". BANG Premier · Jul 21, 2025
Trump posts AI video of Obama being arrested after Gabbard’s coup claims: ‘No one is above the law’ President posts fake clip of Democrat being led away by law enforcement amid ongoing controversy over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025
Russia Strikes Ukraine After Kyiv Offers Fresh Talks 67BW7KF Russia fired a volley of drones and missiles at Ukraine early on Monday, hitting apartment blocks and a nursery in Kyiv, days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed holding a fresh round of peace talks. International Business Times · Jul 21, 2025
Western defence ministers meet to discuss providing Ukraine with weapons The talks come after Trump announced a plan whereby European nations would send US weapons — either from existing stockpiles or new arms — to Ukraine via NATO. Euronews · Jul 21, 2025
Ryanair boss considers increasing staff bonus to tackle excess baggage ‘scourge’ The airline is considering increasing a bonus paid to staff for identifying passenger’s oversized luggage, chief executive Michael O’Leary said. Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025
Ryanair looks to increase staff bonus for spotting oversized bags Budget airline’s quarterly profits double after surge in fares The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025
Trump Says He Doesn't Need Scott Bessent's Advice To Fire Jerome Powell: 'I Know Better Than Anybody What's Good For The Market' President Donald Trump criticized a Wall Street Journal article that reported his Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, had advised against firing Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve Chairman. Benzinga · Jul 21, 2025
Ellen DeGeneres confirms she moved to the UK because of Donald Trump Former talk show host moved to the Cotswolds in November last year with her wife Portia de Rossi The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida The Guardian - US · Jul 21, 2025
Epstein files latest: Maxwell may avoid subpoena as Trump says he hasn’t thought about pardoning her President also says he has not thought about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, but adds he has power to do so The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025
Benzinga · Jul 21, 2025 Peter Schiff Says Trump Wants Fed Chair Jerome Powell To Do 'Exactly' What He Accused Janet Yellen Of Doing For Obama: 'A Dangerous Step' Economist Peter Schiff is calling out President Donald Trump’s blatant hypocrisy on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy, saying that his demands and behaviors mirror what he had himself condemned in the past.
Benzinga · Jul 21, 2025 Trump Says He's 'Totally Revived' A Country That Was 'DEAD' A Year Ago, Hails His First 6 Months Back As 'Most Consequential Periods Of Any President' President Donald Trump marked six months back in the White House with a jubilant Truth Social post declaring the United States "the hottest and most respected Country anywhere in the World."
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025 Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba clings to power after bruising defeat in parliament Japan’s ruling alliance no longer holds majority in either house of parliament
Benzinga · Jul 21, 2025 Howard Lutnick Says Trump's August 1 Tariff 'Hard Deadline' Is Final — Smaller Nations Face 10% Base Rate On Sunday, Howard Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary, stated that August 1 is the “hard deadline” for countries to begin paying tariffs to the United States.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2025 Afternoon Update: Waters backs Greens co-founder’s expulsion; Hecs debt on chopping block; and Nick Cave gives 2,000 books to op shop Drew Hutton is considering his legal and political options after expulsion over what the party considers his pursuit of debate harmful to trans people
BANG Premier · Jul 21, 2025 Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi 'looking into' getting remarried in UK Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are considering getting remarried in the UK after Southern Baptists voted to endorse a resolution that would look to overturn Obergefell v Hodges - the Supreme Court case that legalised same-sex marriage across the US in June 2015 - last month.
International Business Times UK · Jul 21, 2025 Did The Simpsons Predict the Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal? Here's The Truth A viral moment at a Coldplay concert was falsely linked to 'The Simpsons', confirmed as coincidence and AI-generated images.
Benzinga · Jul 21, 2025 Dave Portnoy's $10 Million Elon Musk Bet Pays Off As Tesla Soars 12% In Two Weeks: 'That's A Million Bucks' Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has seemingly hit his mark on a high-stakes $10 million Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) trade he made two weeks ago.
Al Jazeera · Jul 21, 2025 In South Korea, Trump’s tariff threats place US love affair under strain South Koreans’ perceptions of the US have taken a dive amid Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy and trade agenda.
The Conversation · Jul 21, 2025 Newspoll and Resolve give Labor big leads as parliament resumes after the election With federal parliament to sit for the first time since the election on Tuesday, Newspoll gives Labor a 57–43 lead and Resolve a 56–44 lead. In Tasmania, Labor is a chance to gain a seat despite a 3% slide in their statewide vote.
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025 Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street logs a 3rd straight winning week Asian shares are mixed and U.S. futures have edged higher after U.S. stocks logged their third straight winning week