A family from Hong Kong is demanding an explanation for why flight attendants gave their three-year-old child wine on a flight from London to Hong Kong. Photo credit: The Points Guy
In Case You Missed It
🛟 The U.S. lost another fighter jet in the Red Sea just a week after losing the last one. The crew was rescued.
⚖️ President Trump said that the Justice Department will “do what’s right” in its criminal referral for New York Attorney General Letitia James.
🐱 A town in California was terrorized by a cat killer who claimed the lives of at least 30 felines. A suspect has been arrested.
👑 The King and Queen of England unveiled their official Coronation state portraits on Monday.
🏛️ The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to ban transgender people from the military – via a temporary stay.
President Trump said this in the Oval Office: “We will stop the bombings. They have capitulated… we will take their word that they will not be blowing up ships anymore, and that’s the purpose of what we were doing.”
A spokesman for the Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, said this about the truce: “Our military operations in support of Gaza will not cease until the aggression against Gaza stops and the blockade on its residents is lifted, allowing the entry of food, medicine, and fuel. As for our attacks on the US, they fall within the context of the right to self-defense. If it halts its attacks on us, we will halt our attacks on it. This position also applies to Britain. We are committed to our operations in support of Gaza, regardless of the sacrifices it costs us. If the US persists with its operations in support of the Zionist entity, even if they are immoral, the only way to stop the war and avoid escalation is for the US to pressure Netanyahu to respect the terms of the ceasefire agreement. At that point, we will halt all our military operations in the Red Sea and deep within the Zionist entity.”
In other words, Yemen is still focused on stopping Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip and they hope the U.S. will influence Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to enforce a ceasefire.
India fired missiles into Pakistan in retaliation for the April 22 terrorist attacks. Pakistani officials claim that at least eight people were killed in the strikes, including a child.
India says that it struck nine locations in Pakistan and the Kashmir region and that the attacks were aimed at “known terror camps.” Pakistan says that it struck down at least five Indian fighter jets so the attack could have been worse, presumably.
India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons, which is why the world is watching this so closely. No one wants to see this escalate.
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The Trump administration may want to rename another body of water, according to the Associated Press. This time, they may want the Persian Gulf to be renamed the Arabian Gulf, or the Gulf of Arabia.
This is not really a personal wishlist of President Trump, although the media will have fun pretending it is. Arab countries in the region have wanted this for some time but Iran has held strong to the name since Persian means refers to Iranians, although not all Iranians are Persian.
Iran is so attached to the Persian Gulf that it threatened to sue Google for leaving the name off of the map in 2012. Google Maps currently calls it the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf).
The problem is that Iran does not consider itself an Arab nation while all other surrounding nations do so neither names work for everyone.
The U.S. has referred to the area as the Arabian Gulf officially for some time but the U.S. does not have the final say on what the rest of the world calls bodies of water. That privilege lies with The International Hydrographic Organization.
News By The Numbers
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81%. That is how many travelers have REAL IDs, according to Kristi Noem, the head of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). She says that travelers can still fly without REAL IDs when the requirement goes into effect on Tuesday but may face extra airport security checks.
20 million. That is how many people watched this viral Saturday Night Live skit called “two bitches vs. a gorilla.” Most people in the comments found it offensive.
$0. That is the cost of a return flight with Australian airline Jetstar. The company launched a Return for Free sale that has customers able to book a flight to a destination with a no-cost return.
What’s Trending?
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Practical Magic 2 is trending because Warner Brothers announced the release date for the upcoming sequel. It will come out in September of 2026.
Grand Theft Auto is trending because of this new trailer for the sixth rendition of the game.
Smokey Robinson is trending because the Motown singer has been accused of sexual misconduct and false imprisonment in a lawsuit that was filed by four former employees.
Royal Pains for the BBC
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The BBC admits to “a lapse in our usual high editorial standards” during its interview with Prince Harry this weekend.
The BBC let Prince Harry drone on and on about how he is the victim of a royal life but did not fact check anything he said. He repeatedly claimed that there had been “an establishment stitch-up” but named no names and the BBC admits that it “failed to properly challenge this and other allegations.”
The BBC also failed to ask for a response from the Palace and the Home Office.
Why would they drop all journalistic protocol for Prince Harry, do you think? Well, the BBC did the same thing with his mother, Princess Diana, by tricking her into interviews when she was alive so should we expect anything else?
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