what's new

English

what 's new (uncountable)

(idiomatic) The latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life.
We send out a newsletter to our clients every week to tell them what's new in the company.

the latest developments in a particular situation or a person's life

(informal) An informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their life. A typical response might be "Not much; you?". The greeting is not always literal and may just be used to say hello.
Synonyms: hello, hi, what's up
(rhetorical question, idiomatic) A rhetorical request for some real news, on hearing a report that was not news because it represents a continuing predictable and unsatisfactory situation.
Synonym: what else is new

You're still having problems with that idiot you employed last year? So, what's new?

informal greeting asking what has happened recently

Abkhaz: иҟеи (iqʼej)
Azerbaijani: nə var, nə yox
Chinese:
Mandarin: 最近怎麼樣？／最近怎么样？ (zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?)
Danish: noget nyt?
Finnish: mitä uutta?, mitä kuuluu? (fi)
French: quoi de neuf? (fr)
Galician: que hai de novo?
German: was gibt's Neues?
Greek: τι νέα; (ti néa?)
Hungarian: mi újság? (hu), mi újság van?, mi a helyzet?
Irish: cén scéal?
Italian: novita?
Japanese: お変わりありませんか？ (o-kawari arimasen ka?), (informal) 最近、何かあった？ (saikin, nani-ka atta?)
Korean: 별일없이 지내세요? (byeorireopsi jinaeseyo?) (polite), 별일 없니? (byeoril eomni?) (casual)
Lithuanian: kas naujo?
Macanese: qui nova?
Persian: چه خبر؟
Polish: co nowego?
Portuguese: quais as novas?, quais as novidades?
Russian: что но́вого? (što nóvovo?)
Spanish: ¿qué pasa?, ¿qué te cuentas?, ¿qué es de tu vida?, ¿quihubo?

implies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory