Why Mali seized gold from a mining giant.
Canadian mining giant Barrick halted its operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks worth $245 million. What's the story behind the Nigerian words added to the Oxford English ...
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The Download: what’s next for Neuralink, and Meta’s language translation AI
What’s new: Meta has released a new AI model that can translate speech from 101 different languages. It represents a step ...
Do You Know What These Words Mean? Gyatt, Skibidi, Sigma, Pookie and More
If you don't know your "pookie" from your "brain rot," Newsweek has spoken to experts to learn the real Gen Alpha definitions ...
List: The ‘overused’ words banished for 2025 by a Michigan university
“Hack,” “impact,” “slay,” “iconic,” and “rizz” dominated Lake Superior State University’s 2024 list of banished words. This ...
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Oxford Dictionary adds ‘Japa,’ ‘Agbero,’ ‘Eba,’ and 17 other Nigerian words
The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its vocabulary by adding 20 Nigerian words and expressions in its latest update.
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Most ‘words of the year’ don’t actually tell us about the state of the world – here’s what I’d pick instead
Just a few publishers selected words that reflect the state of play in the wider world. Their choices stressed a dystopian perspective. Drawing on survey data and search traffic, US dictionary ...