10 h. ago Truth behind viral 'world's worst psychic' Sylvia Browne from 90s talk show and her wildly wrong predictions

She was massively popular, with a years-long waiting list for phone consultations and fans willing to pay thousands of dollars to go on a cruise with her.

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23 h. ago 'I watched the world's worst film on Amazon Prime – here's why I'll watch it again'

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star's resident 'pain is fun' expert Adam Cailler sat down to watch the controversial new take on War of the Worlds to see just how bad it really is

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25 h. ago Gardeners' World icon shares best and worst times to water garden

You should never water your garden during certain times

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3 d. ago Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations

Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measuresTalks between nations to hammer out a plastics treaty to end plastic pollution continued behind closed doors in Geneva on Thursday, the final day of negotiations, as civil society groups urged countries to “hold the line” to secure a strong agreement.With time running out to seal a deal between 184 countries, environmental groups expressed concern that frontline communities, Indigenous people and others suffering the worst impacts of the world’s growing plastic crisis were being “sold out” in an effort to secure a treaty, without meaningful or legally binding measures that would address the scale of the problem, “at any cost”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Cheer up, Ice Cube, your War of the Worlds movie may be really bad, but it's not worthless | Saranka Maheswaran

Awful clunkers occasionally emerge from both Hollywood and Bollywood, but I have found value in most cinematic calamitiesIf the latest adaptation of HG Wells’s 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, a movie starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria, was designed to make us pause and ask questions, it has certainly succeeded. Unfortunately, what a lot of viewers have been asking is why it was inflicted on the public in the first place. Is War of the Worlds “one of the worst movies ever made?”, asked the BBC. “Shockingly bad War of the Worlds is one of the worst movies of the decade,” said the New York Post. “Amazon’s War of the Worlds update should never have been released,” declared the Telegraph.The 2005 adaptation, starring Tom Cruise, was a smash hit. Now people are flocking to the remake to see just how bad a film can be – it’s in the top 10 films watched in the UK and US on Amazon Prime. It seems that we have come to love “bad” films almost as much as those deemed good. The website Rotten ...

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3 d. ago Edinburgh Fringe cabaret and variety reviews: Apocalypse Cabaret: Songs for the End of the World | Dangerous Goods | Arthur Hull’s Flop: The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals Ever Written

If it’s the end of the world as we know it then go out feeling fine with Scout Durwood’s first-rate one-woman karaoke-confessional Apocalypse Cabaret

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6 d. ago New War of the Worlds film named one of the 100 worst movies ever

The film achieved a zero per cent score on the review aggregator site

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9 d. ago Oil exploration in the Congo basin rainforest could be a disaster for nature and the climate

The Democratic Republic of Congo is putting one of the best-preserved tropical ecosystems left on Earth up for auction, and the impact could be felt worldwide• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in fullThe “worst place in the world” to explore for oil is open for business. Again. Swathes of the Congo basin rainforest, home to okapis, lowland gorillas, bonobos and other rare wildlife, are being auctioned off by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the second time in three years.This round of licensing includes 52 blocks across 124m hectares (306m acres) of swamps and rainforest in some of the best-preserved tropical ecosystems left on Earth. Opening it up for fossil fuel extraction could be a disaster for nature and the climate.DRC to auction oil and gas permits in endangered gorilla habitatThe rangers turning the DRC’s ‘triangle of death’ back into a thriving wildlife reserveThe secret life of the Congo rainforest – in pictu...

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1 week ago 'Worst film EVER!' Why War of The Worlds is being hated on with ZERO per cent rating

Prime Video’s ‘dreadful’ new HG Wells reboot stars Ice Cube and Eva Longoria, and is being dragged through the mud

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1 week ago Calls for 90s tattoo necklace to return as Maya Jama and Millie Bobby Brown join trend

People have called for the black choker necklace to make a comeback for the second time after Maya Jama was seen wearing the nostalgic piece in the final episode of Love Island: Aftersun

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1 week ago Canada wildfires: 81 million Americans under air quality alerts as blazes continue

Hundreds of fires across Canada and parts of the US prompt alerts in 14 states from Great Lakes region to the northeastHundreds of wildfires continued to burn across Canada and parts of the US on Tuesday sending smoke from the blazes across the region and reducing air quality in both countries.US air quality tanked from the Great Lakes region to the northeast, making skies hazy from Minneapolis to New York City and even prompting a ground stop at Boston’s Logan international airport due to “low visibility” on Monday. Detroit, New York City and Chicago continued to record some of the worst air quality in the world on Tuesday, according to IQAir, ranking fourth, 10th and 11th respectively. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Canada wildfires: 81 million Americans under air quality alerts as blazes rage

Hundreds of fires across Canada and parts of the US prompt alerts in 14 states from Great Lakes region to the north-eastHundreds of wildfires continued to burn across Canada and parts of the US on Tuesday sending smoke from the blazes across the region and reducing air quality in both countries.US air quality tanked from the Great Lakes region to the north-east, making skies hazy from Minneapolis to New York City and even prompting a ground stop at Boston’s Logan international airport due to “low visibility” on Monday. Detroit, New York City and Chicago continued to record some of the worst air quality in the world on Tuesday, according to IQAir, ranking fourth, 10th and 11th respectively. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Truth about 'Ibiza final boss' as raver with crazy hair goes viral throwing shapes

A man known online as Jack Kay has gained online notoriety because of his impressive dance floor moves in Ibiza combined with a distinctive 'friar tuck'-like haircut

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1 week ago The truth behind viral footage of 'pink coat girl' in Manchester Arndale

One clip of the 'chaotic' moment has now had over 50 million views

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1 week ago Manchester Arndale issue statement after footage of girl on escalators goes viral

One clip of the 'chaotic' moment has now had over 50 million views

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1 week ago Canada wildfires prompt severe air quality alerts across country and US

More than 700 active wildfires burning across Canada and about two-thirds are currently out-of-controlBillowing smoke from hundreds of out-of-control wildfires – most of which are in the Canadian Prairies – have caused severe air quality alerts across Canada and the United States.Detroit, Michigan, and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto, recorded some of the worst air quality in the world on Monday, according to a ranking by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Henley Passport Index: What are the best passports to own in 2025?

The passport index ranks the passports based on the number of destinations their holders can travel to visa-free.

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2 w. ago Worst volcano disasters in history from 92,000 deaths to haunting last photograph

As Russia's Krasheninnikov Volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years, the Mirror takes a look at some of the worst volcanic disasters in human history

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3 w. ago Gerwyn Price insists pressure is off at World Matchplay despite 'worst loser' admission

Welsh darts hero Gerwyn Price begins his World Matchplay campaign in Blackpool as one of the favourites for the title following an excellent 2025 season so far

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4 w. ago Flight delays? These are the 7 best airports in the world And the 9 worst

At these airports you can play a round of golf, take a nature hike or learn taekwondo, says John Arlidge

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