Weekly Review

North Korea’s Clothing Research Center announced that it has created clothing that contains “high-grade protein, amino acids, fruit juice, magnesium, iron, and calcium” and can therefore be eaten to avoid starvation. Read More

The vice president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Dubai gave all Gender Balance Index awards, including “best personality supporting gender balance,” to men, but “recognized the efforts” of one woman in a press release about the prizes. Read More

Canadian air-traffic controllers purchased more than 350 pizzas for their American counterparts. Read More

Trump brought candy to meeting with Schumer and Pelosi; the governor of Ohio was sworn in on nine Bibles; a woman was banned from Walmart after drinking wine from a Pringles can while riding an electric shopping cart Read More

Jair Bolsonaro eliminated Brazil’s Labor Ministry; a coup failed in Gabon; “yellow vest” protesters walled up a member of Parliament’s garage Read More

Debate over Trump’s wall that maybe isn’t a wall continued; Ukraine ended martial law; fireworks banned on the Galapagos Islands because they cause animals to tremble Read More

“Mad Dog” Mattis resigned; Trump’s spiked slats forced a government shutdown; Canadian boy bit by coyote upset he hasn’t turned into a werewolf Read More

Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison; Mitch McConnell announced a Senate vote on long-delayed bill to decrease the prison population Read More

John Kelly resigned; “ballot harvesting” uncovered in North Carolina; a robot ran over bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse Read More

George H. W. Bush died; military law enforcement officers broke up a catfishing ring; a London ambulance trainee went rogue Read More

Migrant children were teargassed; carbon dioxide levels have reached three to five million year high; missionary killed by remote tribe Read More

Theresa May’s Brexit proposal was rejected; Trump suggested raking to prevent forest fires; Jair Bolsonaro insulted Cuban doctors working in Brazil Read More

The unresolved midterms; Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III replaced; the debut of the world’s first AI television anchor Read More

Pittsburgh protesters forced Trump’s motorcade to take a detour; “Whitey” Bulger murdered in prison; Kentucky Fried Chicken paid the family of a child named after Colonel Sanders Read More

Jair Bolsonaro wins; the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history; a robot gets a visa Read More

The Saudi government vacillates on what happened to Jamal Khashoggi; black senior citizens denied early voting in Georgia; some of the Museum of the Bible’s most valuable artifacts declared fakes Read More

Nikki Haley resigns; Jamal Khashoggi murdered; Kanye visits the White House Read More

Kavanaugh is confirmed; Earth’s governments are given 12 years to get climate change under control; Bansky trolls Sotheby’s Read More

Indelible in the hippocampus: Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh Read More

Brett Kavanaugh’s calendars; Stormy Daniels describes sex with Trump; China sponsors content in the Des Moines Register Read More

Paul Manafort accepts a plea deal; Brett Kavanaugh accused of sexual assault; Jeff Bezos gets into the kindergarten racket Read More

Trump struggles to pronounce “anonymous”; a Sackler stands to profit from a new drug to treat opioid addiction; housing development workers in the Bronx are accused of having orgies on the clock Read More

John McCain is eulogized; Rodrigo Duterte goes to Jerusalem; a new study shows goats prefer happy people Read More

Michael Cohen starts a GoFundMe; the 403rd consecutive month with above-average global temperatures passes; Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm is shut down Read More

Omarosa publishes her White House memoir; US secretary of the interior blames California’s wildfires on environmental terrorists; avocado thefts sweep New Zealand Read More

Marvel Entertainment’s CEO exerts influence over the VA; Mike Pence lays out plans for The Space Force; Paul Manafort’s trial reveals his tax evasion (and much more) Read More

The Saudi-Canadian spat; the Catholic Church’s new position on the death penalty; a few Swedish crown jewels were stolen in broad daylight Read More

Wildfires in Greece and California; Betsy DeVos’s $40 million yacht crashed; New Delhi public schools started offering happiness classes Read More

Putin throws a soccer ball to Trump, Trump says Putin is strong and powerful, and Russia’s foreign ministry warns of “Russophobic hysteria” Read More

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin puzzle out cybersecurity in Helsinki, John Kelly didn’t like his breakfast in Brussels, and a family of woodchucks ate the wiring in Paul Ryan’s car Read More