Too much Lena Dunham, Lorde’s new album and a book to break your heart: what to watch, listen to and read this week: When I first watched Girls, I remember marvelling at Lena Dunham’s four twenty-something New Yorkers. Sex and the City it was not. I realised wistfully just how much I wished the series …
AI makes Silicon Valley’s philosophy of ‘move fast and break things’ untenable: yhelfman / Shutterstock The unofficial motto of Silicon Valley has long been “move fast and break things”. It relies on the assumption that in order to create cutting edge technology and to be ahead of the competition, companies need to accept that things …
Niger coup: Ecowas must do these 3 things to break the stalemate: It’s been a month since military guards under the command of General Abdourahamane Tchiani ended 12 years of democratic governance in Niger. The situation seems to have reached a stalemate as the junta has refused to restore democracy immediately. In a national broadcast …
How the tourism industry – and other travellers – can help families of autistic children get the break they deserve: Tom Wang/Shutterstock Going on a family holiday is not always a relaxing experience. It can involve traffic jams, airport queues and stress. Even so, most of us look forward to going away for the change …
Cities are central to our future – they have the power to make, or break, society’s advances: Dharavi slum in India. Billions of people live in terrible conditions in the world's cities. Punit Paranje/AFP via Getty Images We live in tumultuous times. In the space of just a few years, we have witnessed a surge …
Biodegradable plastic in clothing doesn’t break down nearly as quickly as hoped – new research: Discarded clothing is responsible for millions of tonnes of plastic waste each year. Yudhistira99/Shutterstock Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million tonnes of plastic enters the environment each year, …
Rishi Sunak’s new law could force workers to break strikes: Amid ongoing strikes across multiple sectors, Rishi Sunak’s government has announced plans to introduce new legislation that would dramatically tighten restrictions on unions in England, Scotland and Wales. The strikes (minimum service levels) bill, currently being debated in parliament, would mean that people working in …
African debt: how to break unequal relationships in financing deals: Africa needs an alternative approach to restructuring government debt Gettyimages Africa is facing some impossibly difficult choices when it comes to financing its development. Countries need hundreds of billions of dollars each year to meet their climate, poverty, unemployment and inequality challenges. They cannot meet …
World Cup 2022: either Morocco or Senegal could break the glass ceiling: Hakim Ziyech celebrates after scoring for Morocco against Canada. Chen Cheng/Xinhua via Getty Images Sixteen remaining teams are playing in the knock-out phase of the 2022 men’s football Fifa World Cup in Qatar, among them two African teams – Senegal and Morocco. The …
Disenchanted: Disney attempts to break stereotypes of motherhood only to reinforce them: Disney Mothers in fairy tales have a way of being absent, typically through untimely deaths (think Cinderella, Snow White or Beauty and the Beast) or thanks to storylines that position them as background characters. Disney’s Disenchanted turns this on its head. Here, at …
Ukraine recap: Russia’s ‘modern siege tactics’ fail to break the people’s will to resist: First, let’s clear up some unfinished business from last week. We reported here that Russia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, had been talking up the idea that Ukraine was planning to use a “dirty bomb” and specified a couple of facilities which …
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Myrkl: new anti-hangover pill said to break down up to 70% of alcohol in an hour – what you need to know: Rawpixel/Shutterstock A new anti-hangover supplement has just gone on sale in the UK. It is marketed by Swedish firm Myrkl as “the pre-drinking pill that works”. The pill is said to break down …
BTS take a break: world’s biggest K-pop group is caught between Korea’s soft power ambitions and national security: MediaPunch Inc/Alamy The decision by K-pop sensations, BTS, to take a hiatus is breaking hearts globally. But, unlike the Beatles or One Direction, their decision is tied to Korean peninsula politics and the challenge of balancing national …
Kenya’s judiciary can break the cycle of electoral violence — if it’s independent: The Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi. John Ochieng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Kenya is no stranger to highly contested elections, including those pervaded by political and ethnic violence. When there is no finality to elections, or if some parties refuse to …
P&O Ferries: how some companies can afford to break the law: reppans/Alamy Stock Photo A week after 800 P&O Ferries workers lost their jobs without notice, the CEO of the company is now facing calls to lose his. Peter Hebblethwaite is under pressure from the UK government to resign after he admitted the company had …
Tackling inequality will break the gridlock on what to do about climate change: Inequality polarises societies and makes them less inclined to act for the common good. Getty Images/ Stock photo There have been a lot of discussions on the urgency of climate change. But it’s universally accepted that the steps that have been agreed …