Every year on May 15, Palestinians around the world mark the Nakba, or catastrophe, referring to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948. Having secured the support of the British government for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, on May 14, 1948, as soon as the British Mandate expired, Zionist forces declared the establishment of the State of Israel, triggering the first Arab-Israeli war. Zionist military forces expelled at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands and captured 78 percent of historic Palestine.

The ObserverAstronomyA new play explores the short life of Jeremiah Horrocks, whose astonishing discoveries ‘changed the way we see the universe’ On a cloudy afternoon in England in 1639, 20-year-old Jeremiah Horrocks became the first person to accurately predict the transit of Venus and measure the distance from the Earth to the sun. His work proved, for the first time, that Earth is not at the centre of the universe, but revolves around the sun, refuting contemporary religious beliefs and laying the foundations for Isaac Newton’s groundbreaking work on gravity.

Dr Ryan Scoats: ‘It can be about power, it can be about fun and excitement, it can be about alcohol.’ Photograph: Axel Bueckert/Getty Images/EyeEmDr Ryan Scoats: ‘It can be about power, it can be about fun and excitement, it can be about alcohol.’ Photograph: Axel Bueckert/Getty Images/EyeEmSexA threesome is the most common sexual fantasy among Americans – as well as maybe the most misunderstood It was over dinner when it dawned on Matt that he might be having a threesome that night.

Mark Lamb, an Arizona sheriff who running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican, said he had learned that migrants crossing the border illegally were being given $5,000 prepaid Visa cards. Federal agencies denied knowledge of such a scheme and Lamb offered no evidence to support his claim on X, formerly known as Twitter. He also did not say how widespread the alleged practice was. A $5,000 payment to each family crossing the border would cost many millions of dollars a day, a program of a scale that large would be difficult to keep under the radar.

Donald Trump has been frequently referenced and recreated in hip-hop songs in 2023, endorsing his policies and the MAGA cause at large. The likes of Forgiato Blow have gained notoriety through siding with the former president and right-wing conservatives, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appearing in one of his videos, while last month the song "First Day Out" featured an A.I.-generated Trump rapping about his arrest in Georgia.