Leah Shutkever has done it. The influencer/professional eater has set the world record for fastest time to eat a burrito for the third time to reclaim a title she had lost to speed eater Miki Sudo in 2022. According to the Guinness World Records, she has 42 records to her name. Quite an accomplishment for someone who got into it by accident. "My origin story of breaking Guinness World Records titles is one that I’ll never get bored of," Shutkever told Guinness World Records . LAS VEGAS FOODIE EA
British widow faces deportation from Sweden after 22 years A 78-year-old British widow has told the BBC she is struggling to eat or sleep as the Swedish government threatens to deport her over a late post-Brexit residence application. Joyce Thomas, a retired nurse, moved to Sweden 22 years ago with her husband, who passed away from cancer three years ago. This came after they were informed by the Swedish authorities that they should have made a formal application to stay in the country after Bre
After a fallow year in 2026, Glastonbury festival fans can start to get excited – and nervous – about tickets for 2027’s event going on sale. The price breaks £400 for the first time, at £408 including a £5 booking fee, a rise from the 2025 cost of £378.50. The usual scramble to acquire them – with all the attendant frantic spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups – will begin at 9am on Sunday 4 October. To encourage festivalgoers to take more environmentally sound coaches rather than cars, tickets bund
A flight attendant aboard a United Airlines flight sprang into action when an exhausted mother dozed off and her baby began slipping from her lap — catching the child before offering to hold the baby so the weary mom could get some much-needed rest. Passenger John Frehse shared the touching encounter on Instagram, praising flight attendant Monique Harris for her quick response aboard United flight 3486 from Newark, New Jersey , to Grand Rapids, Michigan. "United should be very proud," Frehse wro
Authorities in Miami identified the five people killed when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, crashing into vehicles and catching on fire. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz released the names of the victims in a news conference on Tuesday. They were identified as: Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and 47-year-old Javierkys Reyes Quevedo. 1 FOUND DECEASED AFTER 4 FA
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High yields threaten to wipe out at least half of the £24bn headroom John Healey was expecting to have for his budget The UK government was forced to pay the highest interest rate for a 30-year bond since 1998 on Tuesday, underlining the fiscal challenges facing the chancellor, John Healey. Echoing the global bond market sell-off that has driven up yields, or interest rates, on government borrowing across major markets, the Treasury paid 5.82% to borrow £4bn. Continue reading...
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Hungary has demanded that 10 individuals with the Russian mission depart the country. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Orban — who is not related to Hungary's former Prime Minister Viktor Orban — noted in a post on X that the 10 people had participated in actions that were "unacceptable" according to the Vienna Convention. "Acting on my instructions, on Tuesday the relevant official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Russian ambassador to Hungary that, a
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‘I have to be honest, it has been stressful,’ Lonnie Bunch III says The Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, will retire at the end of the year amid Donald Trump ’s attacks on the museum’s content and independence. Bunch, who was appointed in 2019 as the first African American to lead the museums, cited personal reasons for departing, while acknowledging the pressure that the president’s attacks on the Smithsonian’s depictions of US history had taken. Continue reading...
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Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights A US appellate court has decided that the federal constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water. That legal opinion came in the form of a decision on Friday from the fifth circuit court of appeals to uphold a lower court’s dismissal of a 2022 lawsuit from several Jackson, Mississippi, residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their constitutional rights. Contin
