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Brazil's environmental authority has approved one of the final requirements for state-run oil company Petrobras to proceed with oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River. ... Read full Story
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains of Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai were recovered and returned to Israel in a special operation. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/5/2025 9:28 AM
At least five people were killed, including a child, and more than two dozen injured after Russian forces launched more than 100 drones, guided bombs and missiles at regions all across Ukraine overnight. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/5/2025 9:18 AM
The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union announced Thursday that she feels a ban in Hungary in regard to particular LGBTQ content has violated EU law. ... Read full Story
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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power announced Thursday that it had signed a deal to build two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic, worth at least $18 billion. ... Read full Story
Trump said after a phone call with Putin on Wednesday that time was running out for Iran to make a decision on its nuclear program. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/5/2025 7:30 AM
The jury in the Erin Patterson mushroom meal murder trial was told Thursday it will likely be weeks before it ends as Patterson spent her fourth straight day on the witness stand. ... Read full Story
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By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/5/2025 6:53 AM
Israeli forces have returned the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages to their families following a special military operation in southern Gaza. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/5/2025 12:01 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would "unconditionally support" Russia's war against Ukraine, state-run media reported Thursday, in the latest sign of growing military ties between the two countries. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/4/2025 5:56 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin will respond to the Ukrainian drone strikes that destroyed Russian military aircraft in several locations on Sunday, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. ... Read full Story
An investigation noted several inconsistencies in Yujiang's video, including his helmet changing from black to white, and his legs switching from a cocoon position to dangling. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/4/2025 3:25 PM
Japan's imperial family honored the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday, where the last major battle of World War II occurred 80 years ago, from April 1 to June 22, 1945. ... Read full Story
Global Affairs Canada again called on Israel to allow the United Nations to resume humanitarian work in Gaza after days of shooting incidents at aid distribution sites. ... Read full Story
The U.S. president said in a social media post that his lengthy call with Putin 'was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.' ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/4/2025 12:13 PM
The European Union's Internal Affairs and Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner spoke Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium to announce the EU has extended its deadline in regard to the unchallenged, but temporary, provision of ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 6/4/2025 12:07 PM
German and Portuguese police Wednesday continued their search near the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal for Madeleine McCann, the British child missing since 2007. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 9, 2025 is:
eloquent • \EL-uh-kwunt\ • adjective
An eloquent speaker or writer expresses ideas forcefully and fluently; an eloquent speech or piece of writing likewise expresses ideas in such a way. Eloquent can also describe something that is vividly or movingly expressive.
// She received high marks for her eloquent essay about gardening with her grandmother.
// Their success serves as an eloquent reminder of the value of hard work.
"Her [author Michelle Cusolito's] concise yet eloquent text immerses young people in the watery setting, letting them feel the whales' clicks as they 'tingle' and 'vibrate' and emphasizing the strength of these animals' social bonds." — Kirkus Reviews, 1 May 2025
Did you know?
Words are powerful, especially when strung together in just the right sequence. A well-crafted sentence (or one who crafts it) might be described as eloquent, a word that comes from the Latin verb loquī, meaning "to talk or speak." (The adjective loquacious is another loquī descendent; it describes a person who is skilled at or has an affinity for talking.) Words are not alone in conveying emotion, and eloquent is also used to describe what we find vividly or movingly expressive, as when novelist and poet Thomas Hardy wrote of "a burst of applause, and a deep silence which was even more eloquent than the applause."