A study looking at more than 55,000 pairs of words has found why word pairings like “funk fungus” and “gnome bone” seem to be more amusing than their constituent parts Humans 13 May 2022 By Jesse Staniforth Some pairs of words are funnier than others Shutterstock / fizkes On their own there is nothing particularly […]
Fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine intensified on May 10 as missile strikes hit the southern port of Odesa in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines, and the United States warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for a long war. Washington’s prediction came as Germany sent its foreign minister to Kyiv for […]
Russian forces have escalated their attacks on a steel plant in the southern port of Mariupol where the last Ukrainian defenders, many of them wounded, and at least 100 civilians are still holed up, as missiles rained down on the strategically important Black Sea port of Odesa. Deputy Ukrainian Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on […]
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Issued on: 26/04/2022 – 16:33 Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is spending $ 44 billion to acquire Twitter with the stated aim of turning it into a haven for “free speech.” There’s just one problem: The social platform has been down this road before, and it didn’t end well. For more analysis on this […]
Sequoia Capital India, one of the most prolific and successful investors in India and Southeast Asia, addressed the fraudulent practices allegations levelled against some of its portfolio startups and pledged to take proactive steps to do more to drive increased compliance. In a blog post published Sunday afternoon, the storied venture fund said it’s still a “work-in-progress” […]
A week after 800 P&O Ferries workers lost their jobs without notice, the CEO of the company is now facing calls to lose his. Peter Hebblethwaite is under pressure from the UK government to resign after he admitted the company had broken the law. Facing questions over the video call sacking of his employees, Hebblethwaite […]