© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
British CMA opens investigations into Apple, Google mobile ecosystems
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Two killed in knife attack at German park, 28-year-old suspect arrested
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Houthi rebels release Galaxy Leader crew 14 months after seizing ship
© Copyright Global News
world
Provincial nominee application for Ukrainian family in Winnipeg stalled for 2 years
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Hundreds in Thailand to wed in mass ceremony as popular same-sex marriage law takes effect
© Copyright Global News
world
Mittens the cat becomes frequent flyer after being overlooked in cargo hold
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Dutch government ordered to cut nitrogen emissions by 2030 or face $10M penalty
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
In India, rail passengers die after jumping from train, being hit by another
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Report: Hezbollah-Israel war deepens Lebanon’s acute food insecurity
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
One dead, two hurt in stabbing attack at Japan's Nagano train station
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Britain warns of Russian spy ship in its waters
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Colombian armed groups violence kills over 80, displaces tens of thousands
© Copyright Global News
world
Trump admin cancels travel for refugees already cleared to settle in U.S.
© Copyright Global News
world
‘Mr. Trump, f— off’: Danish politician lashes out over Greenland proposal
© Copyright Global News
world
Prince Harry gets apology, big settlement from Murdoch’s UK tabloids over intrusion
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
126 NGOs oppose funding of TotalEnergies Mozambique LNG project
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Australia investigating if overseas actors funding anti-Semitic activities
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
British competition watchdog taps former Amazon exec Doug Gurr as interim chair
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
At least 10 killed, dozens injured in Israeli raid on Jenin in West Bank
© Copyright United Press International, Inc.
world
Prince Harry settles complaint against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers
United Nations

Click here for detail

Google Earth

Click here for detail

art
connecticut
exercise
fashion
FFNEWS
golf
lifestyle
people
politics
real_estate
religion
shopping
technology
upstate
world

Word of the Day

sward

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 28, 2025 is:

sward • \SWORD\  • noun

Sward is a literary word that refers to an area of land covered with grass.

// The hikers emerged from the forest to find a green sward stretching out before them, and dotted with yellow and purple flowers.

See the entry >

Examples:

“A century or so ago, if you lived in the Boston area and were obsessed with trees, you were in good company. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which had united enthusiasts of rare apples and ornamental maples since 1832, had helped found Mount Auburn Cemetery and endowed it with an immense, exotic plant collection. ... Tree mania seems to have come late to Greenlawn, however. Photographs taken sometime before 1914 show a bleak, bare sward.” — Veronique Greenwood, The Boston Globe, 18 Dec. 2023

Did you know?

Sward sprouted from the Old English sweard or swearth, meaning “skin” or “rind.” It was originally used as a term for the skin of the body before being extended to another surface—that of the Earth. The word’s specific grassy sense dates to the 16th century, and lives on today mostly in novels from centuries past, such as Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles: “The sun was so near the ground, and the sward so flat, that the shadows of Clare and Tess would stretch a quarter of a mile ahead of them, like two long fingers pointing afar to where the green alluvial reaches abutted against the sloping sides of the vale.”



Truce between SNA and YPG terrorist group ends on Monday
“Listen to your people”: Marches held around the world ahead of 1-year anniversary of Gaza conflict
Israeli forces detain, blindfold Palestinians from Qalandiya camp, occupied East Jerusalem
ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Hamas officials
More than 200 people rescued from burning building in South Korea
Trump won't rule out military, economic action to acquire Greenland
Displaced father in Gaza carries two special needs children amid war
How Trump's “America First” policy could affect Canada
Trump says Kamala Harris was born 'mentally impaired'