The report, released annually around the United Nations' International Day of Happiness, ranks more than 140 countries based on how people evaluate their own lives to determine the happiest countries in the world.
The data comes primarily from the Gallup World Poll, with researchers also analyzing factors like social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and perceptions of corruption.
Denmark dispatched soldiers and explosives to Greenland in January as part of a contingency plan to obliterate key runways if the United States attempted an invasion, the country's public broadcaster has reported. Read more
he White House has denied that TV host and comedian Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, even though two sources close to the Kennedy Center told CNN he had been offered the honor. "This is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CNN. Read more
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Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion who became an action star in the hit series Walker, Texas Ranger, has died. He was 86. His family released a statement on Friday, writing, "It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning. While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace."
Mark Robinson, the former NC lieutenant governor who has stayed relatively quiet since his failed gubernatorial campaign in 2024, is back and ready to "tell the truth." In a new podcast episode titled "Mark Robinson Finally Admits It," Robinson admitted Thursday to an "obsession" with pornography and sex, and he acknowledged that he lied back in 2024 when a CNN report uncovered lewd and racist remarks he had previously made on a porn forum. He did so then, he said, in order to protect Trump's campaign. Even in his honesty, Robinson remained defensive, and he seemed to believe that he did something righteous by lying. Even though he wanted to own up to it, he said, other people would be affected, so it would be "selfish" to be truthful.
Nasa is rolling out its giant Moon rocket to the launch pad for a second time, ahead of a mission to send astronauts around the Moon " something not attempted in more than 50 years. The 98m tall Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft are making the four mile journey from their assembly building to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read more
Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect[1][2] or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, primarily by White Southerners and increasingly concentrated in more rural areas.[3]
"ICC-indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran no longer has "the capacity to enrich uranium" or manufacture ballistic missiles nearly three weeks into the illegal US-Israeli war against the people of Iran, bleating that Israel is doing its best to "propagate" cracks in Iran's leadership."
Warmonger Benjamin Netanyahu Draining US Treasury
When Joe Kent resigned as the U.S.'s top counterterrorism official over dissatisfaction with the Iran war, President Donald Trump and much of the establishment GOP shrugged him off as a nobody who was probably better off gone.
From The Lancet: "Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major human organ . UPFs, such as ready meals, crisps, sugary snacks and breakfast cereals, have been linked to poor health, including an increased risk of obesity, heart disease, cancer and early death.
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Let me explain something to the morons out there. President Piggy is going to have the Singular achievement of losing a war without having controlled the country. Let me explain. We lost Viet Nam, We lost Afghanistan, We lost Iraq. But in all of those wars we controlled all or a substantial part of the country for an extended period of time. That will not be the case with Iran. Let's be clear about something. In the 100+years where air power has been a thing, NO war was ever won by air power alone. No Regime FELL by air power alone. So, brag all you want about destroying this that or the other thing or murdering countless children. ALL IRAN HAS TO DO TO WIN IS SURVIVE Read more
I'm so tired of this s"t. I'm tired of having to learn about any of these awful people. I'm tired of them starting wars, shooting innocent people, and frittering away billions of tax dollars that you and I pay to have a functional government. I'm tired of them wearing ugly shoes, paying each other empty compliments, and pretending like they're anything but mediocrities. And I'm REALLY tired of them ruining things that you and I might otherwise enjoy. That includes the Olympics, but it also includes things like medicine, education, transportation, surfing around on the internet, and not dying in a nuclear holocaust.
President Trump recently signed an executive order that aims to end a 20-year experiment in backdoor socialism usurping private wealth to serve special interests. It affirms fiduciary responsibility and extends it to proxy advisers "that prioritize radical political agendas over investor returns." Fiduciary responsibility requires investment managers and advisers to act in "the best interest of the investor," and it applies even when the investor is seeking nonfinancial outcomes such as environmental, social, faith-based or humanitarian gains. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins's recent announcement that the commission is reviewing Biden-era rules governing so-called environmental, social and governance funds affirms this point. Fiduciary duty requires investment managers and advisers to exercise loyalty and care to ensure that investment objectives, whether financial or nonfinancial, are fulfilled
Trump invokes Pearl Harbor in talking about launching Iran war The US president was pressed by reporters in the Oval Office to explain why he did not coordinate or inform allies, such as Japan, before launching the war. "We didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise," said Trump, who then said, turning to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor, OK? Right?" Read more
"About 6 and a half years ago, on August 21st of 2019, Donald Trump made a short remark that people still talk about to this day. While discussing trade actions against China, he said "I am the chosen one" while looking up to heaven.
Almost immediately there were two reactions.
The first being that he was simply making a point about how the difficult task of dealing with China landed on his lap.
The other reaction, of course, was from those who thought Trump really WAS claiming to be the chosen one.
Personally, I always thought his comment sounded more like mockery " almost as if he was being sarcastic about the idea of there even being any "chosen one", but that's just me." Read more
