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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Why July 9 May Be the Shortest Day in Recorded History
Originally appeared on E! Online The summer months may bring longer daylight hours, but the days themselves are actually getting shorter. In fact, July 9 could end up being the shortest day ever recorded by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), which tracks the length of each day down to the millisecond. It's expected to clock in at roughly 1.3 milliseconds shorter than the typical 86,400 seconds in a 24-hour span, according to the BBC. The phenomenon may even occur more than once, as July 22 and Aug. 5 are also predicted to be slightly shorter than normal. On these dates, the moon will be furthest from the equator, which experts have tied to the momentum of the Earth's rotation, per the outlet. Indeed, experts have observed a steady acceleration in the Earth's rotation since 2020. Currently, the shortest day ever was logged on July 5, 2024, which was 1.66 milliseconds shorter than usual, according to Time and Date. For some of the most out-of-this-world celebrity quotes, keep reading. More from E! Online Kanye "Ye" West's Wife Bianca Censori Looks So Different With Bold New Hairstyle Kate Middleton's Personal Assistant of 15 Years Exits Palace Camp Mystic Survivor, 13, Details "Hysterical" Scene During Texas Flood But the moon's placement alone doesn't account for the years-long trend of Earth's rotation speeding up. 'The cause of this acceleration is not explained,' Moscow State University researcher Leonid Zotov told Time and Date in an interview published June 16. 'Most scientists believe it is something inside the Earth. Ocean and atmospheric models don't explain this huge acceleration.' While most people are unlikely to notice the effects of the occurrences, the IERS has periodically added a leap second to the year—most recently in 2016—to ensure high-precision clocks are unaffected. But the recent string of condensed days could have a subtle effect in the future, resulting in a leap second being taken off the clock for the first time in 2029. Fortunately, though, Zotov predicted that the Earth's momentum would eventually subside. 'I think we have reached the minimum,' he said. 'Sooner or later, Earth will decelerate.' For some of the most out-of-this-world celebrity quotes, keep reading. Gayle KingKaty PerryWilliam ShatnerLance BassMichael StrahanKim KardashianElon MuskLeonardo DiCaprioJustin BieberTom HanksAshton KutcherPrince WilliamCameron DiazMichael FassbenderCharlize TheronParis Hilton For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Man infuriates thousands of Australians with a simple three-second action online: 'That's criminal'
An Aussie TikToker has managed to enrage an entire nation over one simple tomato sauce sachet. Jake Sheader, a content creator who brands himself as an 'Australian living as an American in Australia', has gone viral after posting a hilariously infuriating video demonstrating (incorrectly) how to use an Aussie tomato sauce packet. The clip has racked up more than 2million views and a jaw-dropping 114,000 comments -mostly from irate Aussies. The one-minute video showed him bumbling to open the sachet, explaining in a faux-American accent how he'd discovered Australia's iconic 'Master of Foods' sauces. 'Aussies are so cute, look at what they have,' Jake began, holding up a humble sauce packet. 'You peel it off like this…' he said, while very clearly struggling to peel the top off and eventually resorting to his teeth. He then proudly described how to dip French fries directly into the mutilated, sliced-open sachet, declaring: 'It's the perfect amount of dipping sauce. The Aussies really have everything here!' But to millions of Australians watching, the only thing he didn't have was a clue. 'The second you said peel it off, I went into a blind rage!' wrote one viewer. While Jake's calm, doe-eyed delivery may have convinced some international viewers, Australians were collectively losing their minds. The correct way to use the sauce sachet, known to virtually every local who's ever been near a servo sausage sizzle, is to fold the packet in half and squeeze the sides together, causing the sauce to burst cleanly from the middle. Instead, Jake's deadpan tutorial sparked mass online outrage, and quite a few laughs. 'Aussies are all screaming at the screen!!' one follower commented. 'A lesson in 'How to trigger the Aussie population in less than 30 seconds.' Well played, sir!' said another. Even the brand MasterFoods themselves chimed in to the debate, noticing his satirical tone and mimicking it in return: 'Easy squeezy there, mate! - Master of Foods, an Aussie icon.' 'I'm Australian and you ain't allowed to come back until you master that tomato sauce,' one person joked. 'That's criminal what you just did.' Perhaps the biggest twist, Jake isn't actually American, he's Australian through and through. Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL, Jake revealed the entire video was a piece of satire, and that he's actually 100 per cent Aussie, born and bred in regional NSW. 'I grew up in regional NSW, so I am a country bumpkin through and through!' he said. The viral sauce video was born out of a conversation with a close friend. 'She suggested that there is no better way to outrage Australians than to take an everyday item and misuse it! It is funny to see how spot on she was!' While some savvy viewers clicked onto the joke (his TikTok bio does clearly state that he's 'Australian Living as an American in Australia'), others were fully convinced by the accent, and outraged by the so-called 'blunder'. Jake, who studied marketing at Macquarie University and works full-time in the industry, says his TikTok series is part social experiment, part creative outlet. 'I began as a way to mirror the absurdity I was seeing online [and] how many US social media personalities fail to see that there is an entire world outside of their country,' he explained. 'What I did not expect to see, however, was the Australian viewers banding together to defend cultural practices and colloquialisms that make our nation wholly unique. 'It is quite heartwarming to see actually!' Only time will tell.
SBS Australia
10-07-2025
- Business
- SBS Australia
A plan for the government to combat antisemitism
It's been recommended that the federal government adopt new measures in in education, workplaces, public institutions and the media to combat antisemitism in Australia. Amongst the recommendations is a nationally-consistent plan to teach about relevant history, as well as modern forms of antisemitism. The recommendations come from a report undertaken over the past nine months, overseen by Jillian Segal, the special envoy appointed by the government to combat antisemitism. A key finding of the report that informs the recommendations, is a 300 per cent rise in reported incidents of antisemitism since 2023. The reported incidents include threats, vandalism, harassment, physical violence and destruction of property. Ms Segal says all Australians, not just Jews, have a stake in stopping antisemitism. "These are not isolated events, and they form part of a broader pattern of intimidation and violence that is making Jewish Australians feel very unsafe. And this should concern every Australian, because the safety and dignity of one community effects us all." Nine newspapers are reporting the United States is considering changing the terms of the AUKUS deal, asking Australia to pay more for promised submarines. The $368 billion pact is under review by the U-S - to ensure it meets Donald Trump's America First criteria. Shadow Finance Minister James Paterson has told Sky News the federal government isn't moving fast enough on the issue. 'Any country with any diplomatic heft or ability to move quickly would be all over this, and I've got no sense that all of that's happening from the Albanese government. It is now 247 days since President Trump was elected and Anthony Albanese is one of the only world leaders not to have had a face-to-face meeting with him.' Property website Domain's latest quarterly rental report reveals Darwin is the only capital city in Australia in which rental prices have lowered in the past three months. For much of the country, the median rent for houses has been unchanged for the past year, after a surge in rental prices in recent years. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, house rents across combined capitals have climbed 47.7 per cent and 44.4 per cent for apartments. The report also points to a lack of available homes for renters, with a vacancy rate around 2 per cent for most cities. The mother of missing German backpacker - Caroline Wilga - has made an emotional appeal in the search for her daughter. She posted on social media, saying she needs help as she can't do much from Germany, adding that anyone with information must contact police. The 26 year-old was last seen in Western Australia's wheat belt in Beacon, a town 330 kilometres north east of Perth on the 29th of June. The state's major crime squad and homicide unit are now investigating the disappearance, after her phone was switched off and she failed to maintain contact with loved ones. Ms Wilga is of slim build with dark blonde or brown hair and could be travelling in a two-toned black and silver Mitsubishi van. A European court has found Russia was responsible for downing Malaysian Airlines flight M-H 17 in 2014. All 253 people on board the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, died - 38 of them Australians. This ruling is largely symbolic - Russia did not participate in the probe and is disregarding its findings. European Court of Human Rights Court President, Mattias Guyomar says Russia did not make efforts to identify M-H 17 as a civilian aircraft. 'No measures were taken by Russia to accurately identify the intended target of the missile in breach of international human law. The killing of the civilians onboard flight MH17 could not be described as a lawful act of war and violated the right to life under the Convention." Judges also unanimously found Russia had tortured and raped civilians, kidnapped children and used sexual violence as a war weapon since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The United States has retaliated against United Nations special rapporteur on human rights, Francesca Albanese, laying sanctions against her. U-S Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the move against Ms Albanese, saying it is made due to her efforts to have the International Criminal Court take action against the U-S. Mr Rubio used social media platform, X, to describe what he claims is her "campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel that will not be tolerated". In a statement, he accused the expert of bias and malicious activities, antisemitism and support of terrorism. This month, Ms Albanese presented a list of companies she said were profiting from what she sayys is illegal occupation and genocide of Palestinians by Israel. In tennis, Novak Djokovic has extended his world record by qualifying for a 52nd major tournament semi-final. The 38 year-old has defeated Italy's Flavio Cobolli in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, winning in four sets, 6-7, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. Djokovic says he's coming out the match not feeling his best, and has some recovering to do before his semi-final against Jannik Sinner tomorrow night. "I'm hoping the next 24, 48 hours that the severity of what was happening on the court and what happened is not too bad, that I'll be able to play at my best and free of pain in two days." The winner of the Djokovic-Sinner semi-final will play play either Carlos Alcaraz or Taylor Fritz in the final.
SBS Australia
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
Jerga australiana: el arte de los insultos amistosos
Enlaces: Transcripción HOWIE: Do you feel like you understand English… and then the moment you arrive in Australia, suddenly you don't? Hi, I'm Dr. Howie Manns. I study language and the way people use it. I grew up in the US, so I thought I knew English really well. But when I first got here, a friend texted me and said: 'Let's meet in the arvo. Maybe 1pm.' I looked everywhere for a café called Arvo. Turns out "arvo" means "afternoon." Australians use a lot of slang. It can be weird and confusing, especially if you're new here. This series explores why we use Aussie slang, and where these words come from. The Aussie way with words Australians love to shorten words. Why? Because we like to sound easygoing and relaxed. Even our folk heroes are chill. One word for this kind of laidback character is 'larrikin.' And Aussies love to joke around – with coworkers, friends, even strangers. We even have a word for this kind of teasing: 'chiacking.' It started as a British word, but we made it our own. 'Chiack' probably came from an old fruit-seller's call: Over time, it turned into the playful banter we know today. A kind of friendly teasing — a way to show you like someone. Drop bears and nicknames If someone warns you about dangerous koalas in the trees — 'drop bears' — don't worry. They're not real. It's just more Aussie humour. Nicknames are another way we show friendliness. We like to add an -o or -ie to people's names: John becomes Jonno Sharon becomes Shazza Gary becomes Gazza Even politicians do it. Albo and Scomo are short for Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison. But here's the rule: You don't give yourself a nickname — your mates do. Keeping it casual Aussies love being informal. It's part of our identity — especially compared to more formal cultures like Britain. That's why even in serious places like workplaces or Parliament, we still use nicknames and casual talk. And yes, we swear a lot — but even swearing can be friendly here. Some of our favourite words? 'Bugger,' 'bastard,' 'bullshit' — and especially 'bloody.' 'Bloody' has been called The Great Australian Adjective. We say things like 'bloody tough' when something is really bad. It helps us stay grounded — and human. The power of "mate" No matter who you are, Aussies will probably call you "mate." Originally, 'mate' meant a friend or work partner. But in Australia, it became something more. It reflects a history of shared work, food, and space. A symbol of equality and connection. Words like 'mate,' 'larrikin,' and 'chiacking' all came from Britain — but we gave them new life. Language is always evolving Australian English is always changing. We're constantly adding new words and new meanings. Some of our freshest words come from migrants. We used to call the kookaburra things like 'laughing jackass' or 'ha-ha duck' before using its proper Wiradjuri name. Today, we're embracing more migrant words than ever: Foods like 'nasi goreng' Friendly terms like 'habib' 'Habib' isn't replacing 'mate' — it's just another way to show friendship in a diverse Australia. Grouse Aussie English One time, a tradie came to fix the plumbing at my house. My partner made him a cup of tea. He said, 'That's a grouse cup of tea.' We weren't sure if that was good or bad. We looked it up — 'grouse' means 'really good!' Aussie English can be weird. But that's what makes it so wonderful. Aussies joke, tease, and give nicknames to show they care. If they're doing it with you — it means they probably like you. And the best part? You can be part of it too. Just keep listening, keep speaking — and one day, you'll be adding your own words to Aussie English. Weird and Wonderful Aussie English Credits Video production company: New Mac Video Agency
RNZ News
09-07-2025
- RNZ News
Jury shown police interview with murder-accused DeLuney
A high court jury has seen video footage of murder-accused Julia DeLuney's interview with the police, where her story is put under the microscope. Reporter Kate Green has more.
