Warm winter forecast for Australia as SA and Victoria face unseasonal fire risk BoM prediction follows much wetter than average autumn for northern and eastern Australia, and much drier one for south The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2025
White genocide, white guilt and Trump Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter Salon · May 25, 2025
Gary Winslett: The American Dream Has Migrated South Middlebury professor Gary Winslett argues the South—not China—poached the Rust Belt’s manufacturing base by out-competing it on policy. Reason · May 22, 2025
Philippines accuses China of ‘aggressive’ tactics in South China Sea China’s coastguard says Philippine vessel ‘dangerously’ approached its ship, resulting in a collision. Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025
Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It's about anger and pain over slavery, too A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, has sparked mass jubilation and consternation The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
Residents dig out from tornado damage after storms kill 27 in Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia Residents in Kentucky and Missouri are digging through tornado-stricken neighborhoods and clearing debris after severe storms swept through parts of the Midwest and South and left more than two dozen people dead The Independent UK · May 18, 2025
At least 18 killed as severe weather lashes Kentucky, and 9 more die elsewhere Severe storms across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 27 people dead The Independent UK · May 18, 2025
'A big missing part of the story' — Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt in the battle for U.S. manufacturing jobs "The Rust Belt’s manufacturing decline isn’t primarily about jobs going to Mexico. It’s about jobs going to Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee." Fortune · May 17, 2025
Severe storms kill at least 21 across US Midwest and South with death toll expected to rise A violent storm system tore through central US, killing at least 21 people in Kentucky and Missouri. Euronews · May 17, 2025
This is the worst US state for drivers with road rage Worst three states for aggressive and dangerous drivers are found in the South, Southwest, and West — the safest is in the Northeast The Independent UK · May 17, 2025
After chaos of the Yoon era, South Korea prepares to pick a new president Koreans hope politics can return to a focus on record high youth unemployment and a cost of living crisis after impeachment drama The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2025
America is saying goodbye to the Southern accent The diminishment of the ‘yat’ accent is most noticeable in millennials The Independent UK · May 10, 2025
2025 AFC South Offseason Report Card: Titans Take Big Step With Cam Ward The Texans were the only AFC South playoff team in 2024, while the Titans, Colts and Jaguars picked high in the draft. So who got better and who stagnated? Sports Illustrated · May 6, 2025
A pope of the Americas: What Francis meant to 2 continents Most stories about Pope Francis mention that he made history as the first pontiff from Latin America. In fact, Francis was the first pope in centuries to be born outside Europe. But what impact did that actually have on the Catholic Church? The Conversation U.S. asked Neomi De Anda, a… The Conversation · May 5, 2025
The Independent UK · May 1, 2025 The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated
International Business Times · Apr 30, 2025 Bunker-cafe On Korean Border Paints Image Of Peace Reclining on sofas at a South Korean cafe, customers sip iced americanos as they gaze past barbed wire fences and watchtowers at the mountains of North Korea.
Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2025 UK could hit 30C temperature at earliest point in year on record Parts of southern and central England are expected to see temperatures reach 26C on Tuesday, and they could climb to 30C on Thursday.
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025 Voices: ‘The system is broken’: Independent readers divided over plans for ‘postcode lottery’ energy pricing YOUR VIEWS: Our community share their views on ‘zonal pricing’ for electricity – from concerns about a ‘postcode lottery’ and higher bills in the South, to the potential benefits for Scotland's renewable energy sector
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2025 Miliband confirms he could charge homes in the South more for electricity The energy secretary confirmed ministers are looking at the plans, which have been dubbed ‘madness’ by Labour donor and eco-tycoon Dale Vince
Latin Times · Apr 23, 2025 Trump Continues to Make White House 'Tacky' With 'Massive' American Flags After Covering the Oval Office in 'Gaudy' Gold Decor, Users Moan President Donald Trump is allegedly paying to install two 100-foot flag poles to the White House's North and South lawns next week.
Louder · Apr 18, 2025 "He threw me in the lake and I had to learn to swim": Remembering Dickey Betts, southern rock pioneer A celebration of the life and music of Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia's highest court Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black people descended from slaves
Inverse · Apr 12, 2025 Xbox Game Pass Just Added 2025's Most Original Action Game The year's most unique action platformer, 'South of Midnight,' is available now on Xbox Game Pass, and it's absolutely worth your time.
Euronews · Apr 10, 2025 North Korean commando involved in plot to kill South Korean president dies at 82 Kim Shin-jo, who later reinvented himself as a Christian pastor, took part in the failed 1968 attempt to assassinate Park Chung-hee.