The “Karen” meme has left most Britons with negative thoughts about the name, a new study has revealed. Karen is being used to describe middle-class women who act in a privileged and demanding manner. New data shows 62% of UK adults now associate the name with traits including entitlement, obnoxiousness, and privilege.
‘World’s oldest man’ dies
A South African thought to be the world's oldest man has died at the age of 116. Fredie Blom was born in the Eastern Cape in May 1904. He lived through both world wars and also survived the Spanish flu and Covid-19 pandemics. Blom’s family told the AFP news agency that he had died of natural causes.
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