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Sustainable packaging trial launched by Deliveroo, Pho and Sheffield Hallam University
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Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian novelist behind Women Without Men, dies aged 80
Shahrnush Parsipur, the acclaimed Iranian novelist best known for Women Without Men, has died at the age of 80. A pioneer of women’s literature in Iran, she used subversive feminist fiction to challenge the country’s patriarchal culture, and was imprisoned four times under both the Shah and the Islamic Republic. Her death marks the loss…
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Prince Harry and Doreen Lawrence lose High Court hacking claim against Mail publisher
The High Court in London has dismissed in full the £50 million phone hacking case brought by the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, Doreen Lawrence and five other claimants against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday. The judge, Mr Justice Nicklin, accepted that every article the claimants complained about…
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Global famine deaths could reach millions without urgent action
Writing in The Conversation, University of Edinburgh epidemiologist Mark Woolhouse describes a newly published catalogue that ranks RNA viruses by their potential to spark a public health emergency. Given that scientists discover two or three previously unseen human viruses in a typical year, and that past discoveries such as HIV-1 and Sars-CoV-2 went on to…
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Prince Harry defeated in Daily Mail privacy court battle
Prince Harry has lost his long-running privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, in a significant defeat for the royal’s continuing campaign against the British press. Harry was among a group of seven high-profile claimants — including Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley, Sadie Frost, Doreen Lawrence…
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South Korean hacktivists deface US Army websites in protest against Trump
Two websites run by the US Army were defaced by hacktivists with pro-Kurdish messages and attacks on President Donald Trump, in the latest incident involving hackers compromising US federal government systems. The affected sites — the Open Innovation Lab and the AI Integration Center, which test and integrate AI and other emerging technologies — have…
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Ushida Findlay retrospective opens at V&A Dundee celebrating Kathryn Findlay
A new exhibition at V&A Dundee celebrates the work of the Scottish-Japanese architectural partnership Ushida Findlay, formed by Kathryn Findlay and Eisaku Ushida. The pair became known for a sensual, surreal style of building that fused Celtic and Japanese design traditions with an interest in nature, fractal geometry and chaos theory, producing striking works such…
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Mitch McConnell hospitalised three weeks as rumours grip Washington over his condition
Republican senator Mitch McConnell, 84, has been in hospital for three weeks after a medical emergency at his Washington home on 14 June, and the lack of updates from his office has fuelled intense speculation in Washington. Some of Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters are now demanding “proof of life”, reflecting how the information vacuum…
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Land dispute and forbidden desire drive Andy Malafaia debut Mesopotamia
Brazilian actors Maeve Jinkings, Bárbara Colen and Márcio Vito have been attached to star in “Mesopotamia,” the feature debut of director Andy Malafaia, being presented this week by Druzina Content at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM). The casting of three acclaimed performers associated with Brazilian auteur cinema has positioned the drama-thriller as one of the…
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England beat Mexico 3-2 as 9m watch BBC coverage overnight
The BBC has reported record-breaking viewing figures for its coverage of England’s 3-2 victory over Mexico in the FIFA World Cup round of 16, played in Mexico City. Despite a 2AM UK kick-off, a peak live audience of 9.1 million watched across BBC One and iPlayer, making it the biggest UK television audience ever for…