Gin for breakfast? Alcoholic yoghurt raises eyebrows
Getty Images Forget a dash of tonic with lemon and lime – gin has been spiriting its way into our mealtimes, with supermarkets now selling gin-flavoured foods, from yoghurt to fish. So does gin belong in the pantry as well as the pub? Tubs of gin-flavoured yoghurt – containing 0.25% alcohol – went on sale […]
How the world reacted to a Biden win
Reuters Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are projected to win Pennsylvania, sealing their bid for the White House The world is reacting to the projected victory of Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the US presidential election. For days, people around the world have been glued to the White House race. It is not just […]
Is this the world’s largest virtual fashion show?
Zepeto Zepeto is Asia’s biggest metaverse platform, with almost a quarter of a billion users With five minutes to kill on your commute, or between meetings, which app do you open? For many of us, it is Twitter, Instagram, TikTok or gaming apps. But for more and more teenagers, it’s a metaverse platform to check-in […]
Trump on Brexit deal and multiple emergency calls
Getty Images Brexit deal: Trump weighs in Theresa May has two weeks to persuade the House of Commons to back her Brexit deal with the EU. So the latest comments by Donald Trump on the subject might not be regarded as particularly helpful. The US president said the agreement thrashed out in Brussels seemed “a […]
What’s happening in Parliament next week?
BBC The law-making sausage machine is not turning smoothly. Thanks to this year’s dramatic turnover in prime ministers and secretaries of state, all kinds of bills are in limbo while their contents are rethought. And backbench Tory dissent about housebuilding targets and the resulting local planning rows has added the vast Levelling up and Regeneration […]
South Africa’s straight-talking Zulu king
Getty Images King Goodwill Zwelithini, the leader of the Zulu nation in South Africa has died at the age of 72. Pumza Fihlani looks back at his life. “Bayede” rings out the salute to the king as South Africans, young and old, use the phrase on social media to mourn his passing. He was a […]
Deepfake detection tool unveiled by Microsoft
Getty Images Microsoft has developed a tool to spot deepfakes – computer-manipulated images in which one person’s likeness has been used to replace that of another. The firm says it hopes the tech will help “combat disinformation”. One expert has said it risks becoming quickly outdated because of the pace at which deepfake tech is […]
How India went from one medal in 2012 to 29 in Paris
Reuters Navdeep Singh won a gold medal in the men’s javelin throw India had a lone shining moment at the 2012 London Paralympics when Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda won a silver medal in the men’s high jump. The country hadn’t won any medal at the 2008 edition in Beijing, so it felt special to millions of […]
New UK law to curb deforestation in supply chains
Getty Images UK businesses will have to show that their products and supply lines are free from illegal deforestation, under government plans. A proposed law would require larger companies operating in the UK to show where commodities such as cocoa, soy, rubber and palm oil originated from. It would be illegal to use products that […]
Wales commissioner on misogyny women face
Wales’ future generations commissioner Sophie Howe has said people who make misogynistic comments should be called out – particularly by men in senior leadership positions. It comes after politicians condemned the suggestion Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner tried to distract the prime minister in the House of Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. “Most […]