Record low turnout in polls as hardliners win
EPA Run-offs will be held for more than half of the 30 seats in Tehran after winning candidates failed to win 20% of the votes Hardliners have won a majority of the seats in the parliamentary elections in Iran, which saw a record low turnout of 41% after calls for a boycott. Most moderate and […]
The changing faces of Barbie
Mattel (Credit: Mattel) She’s been around for nearly 60 years, and taken on every form from a cheerleader to an astronaut. Katya Foreman takes a look at the enduring appeal of the plastic doll. Move over Hillary Clinton. Another female presidential candidate is set to enter the race this Autumn: Barbie. Make that Barbies, because, […]
What Google engineer James Damore got wrong
Getty Images Google sacked engineer James Damore after he wrote a memo saying the gender gap could be explained by biology. Social and cultural factors are likelier culprits, writes Angela Saini. In one of his most influential books, Charles Darwin made an observation about women. As far as he could tell, women appeared to be […]
Who is Katie Britt, the Republican who gave State of the Union rebuttal?
Getty Images Alabama’s Katie Britt, the youngest woman representing the Republicans in the US Senate, has given her party’s response to President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address. Sitting at her kitchen table, she accused the president of being out of touch and painted a dark picture of the US under his watch. […]
From Hollywood disaster to masterpiece
Rex Features (Credit: Rex Features) Critics thought the Western was Hollywood’s biggest disaster ever when released in 1980. But some today think it’s a masterpiece – and incredibly relevant – writes Nicholas Barber. Two-and-a-half hours into Michael Cimino’s epic Western, Heaven’s Gate, a band of townsfolk bustles into a hotel room to wake up a […]
Israeli tech billionaire hopes for peace despite daughter’s killing
Family photo Danielle Waldman was killed in the Hamas attack on the Supernova music festival Danielle Waldman danced the last dance of her young life some time before dawn on 7 October. Soon afterwards she and her friends had to run for their lives, but they never made it home. There is a record of […]
Tottenham Hotspur Women 1-0 Everton Women: Spurs return to third with hard-fought win
Tottenham returned to third in the Women’s Super League with a hard-fought victory over Everton at the Hive. Jessica Naz’s superb effort into the top-right corner proved the difference as Spurs moved within a point of second-placed Chelsea. Rehanne Skinner’s side had slipped to fourth after Manchester United’s 5-0 win over Aston Villa earlier on […]
Conservative ex-PM to stand down at next election
PA Media Mrs May said it had been an ‘honour and privilege’ to serve as MP for Maidenhead Former Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will stand down as an MP at the next general election. Mrs May, who led the country from 2016 to 2019 in the wake of the vote for Brexit, […]
China, Denmark, England, Haiti: A guide to Group D at 2023 Women’s World Cup
Manager: Frenchman Nicolas Delepine, 44, managed at numerous clubs in his home country including Nantes, Montpellier, Guingamp and Grenoble before being appointed Haiti head coach in 2022. A year after joining Haiti he guided them through qualification to their first World Cup. Star player: Reims midfielder Melchie Dumornay, 19, is widely considered one of the […]
Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh dies
PA Media Kids Company charity founder and social justice campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh has died aged 61. The Iranian-Belgian started the charity in 1996 in south London, to provide support to up to 36,000 deprived and vulnerable inner-city children and young people. She died on Monday – her birthday – having been ill for some time. […]