By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/30/2025 12:21 PM
Rebel officials are using elephants to help remove debris from roads closed by a massive earthquake that struck the southeast Asian country of Myanmar last week. ... Read full Story
Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia fired 111 exploding drones and decoys in the latest wave of attacks overnight into Sunday. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/29/2025 7:46 PM
A specialized U.S. Navy dive team and a Polish engineering team joined the search for four missing U.S. Army soldiers whose armored vehicle sank in a Lithuanian peat bog on Tuesday. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/29/2025 4:51 PM
Hamas' leader in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, on Saturday said the terrorist group has agreed to release five hostages, including the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, as part of a 50-day cease-fire proposal. ... Read full Story
The Tesla Takedown movement hoped to rally protestors at 277 of the automaker’s showrooms in the U.S., as well as over 230 Tesla locations in other parts of the world. ... Read full Story
In his first statement since he was briefly hospitalized on March 27, Charles said that he was 'shocked and saddened to learn of the devastating earthquake in Myanmar.' ... Read full Story
Myanmar rescuers search for missing people and injured survivors of Friday's earthquake beneath a damaged building in Naypyitaw, Myanmar ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/29/2025 2:19 PM
More than two million supporters of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu took to the city's streets in protest demanding his release after being arrested on corruption charges. ... Read full Story
'Many accusations and many allegations have been made. And of course we are open to criticism,' Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said. ... Read full Story
Elon Musk says his $33-billion sale of X to an AI company he also owns will make his social media platform an accelerator for "human progress." ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/29/2025 11:23 AM
The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar rose to more than 1,600 people on Saturday, one day after the quake, which was also felt in neighboring Thailand and China. ... Read full Story
A large-scale investigation into the Indigo bookstore vandalism, involving more than 70 police officers and 10 nighttime raids, is unlikely to achieve a single criminal conviction. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/28/2025 2:52 PM
Lithuania's President visited the site Friday where a M88 Hercules military vehicle was found submerged in a muddy forest bog, but four U.S. troops remain missing as crews work to get the vehicle out. ... Read full Story
Trump repeated his desire for U.S. control of Greenland on Wednesday. "I think we have to do it, and we have to convince them,” he said. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/28/2025 12:24 PM
Israel carried out an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs Friday in a first such attack since the Nov. 27 cease-fire agreement that ended the war with Israel. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/28/2025 12:07 PM
Five people and 3 companies were sanctioned Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department for alleged involvement in a sanctions evasion network. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/28/2025 12:04 PM
Top executives of South Korea's defense giant Hanwha Aerospace sought to calm angry investors at Tuesday's shareholders' meeting in Seoul. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/28/2025 11:40 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said it would be a "profound mistake" to dismiss American interest in taking control of Greenland, but added it is of no concern to his country. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/28/2025 11:04 AM
Turkey has arrested the lawyer for jailed political opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in what Imamoglu Thursday called a legal coup against democracy. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 3/28/2025 10:01 AM
Japan Thursday disclosed an evacuation plan for 120,000 residents of islands near Taiwan as it announced an evacuation drill in fiscal 2026. The contingency plans are in case of an emergency. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 1, 2025 is:
cynosure \SYE-nuh-shur\ noun
A cynosure is a person or thing that attracts a lot of attention or interest. As a proper noun, Cynosure may refer to the North Star or its constellation Ursa Minor.
// He was the cynosure of all eyes as he walked into the room.
"Look at any picture of Kashmir and you'll understand why it is called heaven on earth. And Srinagar, framed by the majestic Zabarwan Mountains, is the cynosure of all travel itineraries, offering a mix of breathtaking landscapes, rich culture, and spirituality." — Mallika Bhagat, Times Now (Mumbai, India), 17 Dec. 2024
Did you know?
Ancient mariners noted that all the stars in the heavens seemed to revolve around a particular star, and they relied on that star to guide their navigation. The constellation that this bright star appears in is known to English speakers today as Ursa Minor, or the Little Dipper, but the Ancient Greeks called it Kynósoura, a term that comes from a phrase meaning "dog's tail." Kynósoura passed into Latin and Middle French, becoming cynosure. When English speakers adopted the term in the 16th century, they used it as a name for both the constellation and the star (which is also known as the North Star or Polaris) and also to identify a guide of any kind. By the 17th century, cynosure was also being used figuratively for anything or anyone that, like the North Star, is the focus of attention or observation.