The northern meteorological summer — June, July and August — averaged 16.8 degrees Celsius (62.24 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Copernicus. ... Read full Story
Canada plans to send 80,840 surplus small unarmed air-to-surface rockets to Ukraine as well as 1,300 warheads in the coming months, Defense Minister Bill Blair said. ... Read full Story
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan arrived in Seoul on Friday as he looks to give a final boost to improved bilateral ties before stepping down from office later this month. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/6/2024 3:06 AM
The United States and nine of its allies are formally accusing the Russian military of perpetrating wide-ranging cyberattacks for espionage and sabotage purposes since at least 2020, including targeting Ukraine. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/6/2024 3:06 AM
The United States and nine of its allies are formally accusing the Russian military of perpetrating wide-ranging cyberattacks for espionage and sabotage purposes since at least 2020, including targeting Ukraine. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 11:16 PM
People in the small Dutch village of Kinderdijk celebrated "Illumination Week" on Thursday by illuminating the Netherlands' iconic windmills starting at dusk. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 11:16 PM
People in the small Dutch village of Kinderdijk celebrated "Illumination Week" on Thursday by illuminating the Netherlands' iconic windmills starting at dusk. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 3:26 PM
An initial round of autopsies shows some of the people who died in the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht off Sicily last month succumbed to asphyxiation after initially surviving in an air bubble, according to reports. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 1:15 PM
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said on Thursday that they have launched an investigation into Ticketmaster regarding the sale of Oasis tickets and its use of so-called "dynamic pricing." ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 12:32 PM
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died of burn injuries after being set on fire by her ex-boyfriend Sunday in a horrific attack that caused burns on 80% of her body. Her family Thursday called for justice. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 11:27 AM
On Thursday YouTube rolled out what it said are additional safeguards for content recommendations for teen users. They were developed in consultation with YouTube's Youth and Families Advisory Committee. ... Read full Story
The appointment of Michel Barnier follows weeks of intense efforts by Emmanuel Macron and his aides to bring an intense period of political turmoil to an end. ... Read full Story
The U.S. took wide-ranging actions on Wednesday, alleging Russia had engaged in disinformation campaigns targeting the 2024 presidential election. ... Read full Story
The shootout coincided with the 52nd anniversary of the Munich Olympics terrorist attack and authorities speculate the gunman planned his attack for the anniversary. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 9:26 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday appointed the right-wing Les Republicains Party's Michel Barnier as the new prime minister. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 9:13 AM
Police shot and killed an armed man in Munich on Thursday close to Israel's consulate in the city and a museum documenting the history of Nazism on the anniversary of a terror attack on the Munich Olympics in 1972. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/5/2024 8:49 AM
Pope Francis and one of Indonesia's most prominent Muslim imams called for peace and religious harmony Thursday during the pontiff's final day in the country. ... Read full Story
“The eagerness to vilify ‘the other side’—usually on social media—complicates the less reactionary work that defines our mission.” — Jerry Brewer, The Washington Post, 11 June 2024
Did you know?
It seems reasonable to assume that the words vilify and villain come from the same source; after all, to vilify someone is—in some ways—to make them out to be a villain. Such is not the case, however. Although the origin stories of both vilify and villain involve Latin, their roots are quite different. Vilify came to English (via Middle English and Late Latin) from the Latin adjective vilis, meaning “cheap” or “vile.” Someone who has been vilified, accordingly, has had their reputation tarnished or cheapened in such a way that they’re viewed as morally reprehensible. Villain on the other hand, comes from the Medieval Latin word villanus, meaning “villager,” and ultimately from the Latin noun villa, meaning “house.” The Middle English descendent of villanus developed the meaning of “a person of uncouth mind and manners” due to the vilifying influence of the aristocracy of the time, and the connotations worsened from there until villain came to refer to (among other things), a deliberate scoundrel.