Hotels train staff to spot human trafficking
Getty Images The front line for preventing human trafficking might not be at airports, international borders or in police raids. It might be at the hotel check-in desk. An international hotel chain has completed a two-year project to train half a million staff with the aim of spotting potential victims of trafficking. Marriott’s workforce, in […]
More Anti-Russia action and Labour anti-Semitism row
Hello. Here’s your morning briefing: EPA/ Yulia Skripal/Facebook Sergei and Yulia Skripal remain critically ill Australia backs anti-Moscow action Russia has vowed to retaliate, just as it has with other nations who’ve already taken this step following the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. Labour anti-Semitism row rumbles on The anti-Semitism row is complex to say […]
Is Kylie Jenner really a ‘self-made’ millionaire?
Getty Images Social media backlash to a Forbes magazine cover has people questioning how ‘self-made’ Jenner really is. But what does the phrase even mean, and why is this narrative so appealing? Twenty-year-old Kylie Jenner, the youngest sibling in the Jenner-Kardashian dynasty, received quite the accolade this week. Forbes says Jenner currently commands a $900m […]
Cambridge museum celebrates history of women in computing
Getty Images The exhibition at Cambridge’s Centre for Computing History includes women from the earliest days of computing and includes events devoted to Victorian computing pioneer Ada Lovelace. She was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Centre for Computing History As […]
‘We’d be taken more seriously if we were brooding and aggressive’
Getty Images Such devoted sisters: (clockwise from top left) Este, Danielle and Alana Haim. It’s five weeks into lockdown, and the youngest member of LA rock trio Haim is pining for the rest of her family. “I’ve always loved being alone – but what I’m taking out of this whole experience is that I miss […]
The ‘paradox’ of working in the world’s most equal countries
Getty Images Even Europe’s most egalitarian countries struggle to put women on an even footing at work. In the Nordics, why do women still lag behind men in pay, management and company ownership? When Bolette Wrestroem moved back to Denmark after spending most of her twenties overseas, she was excited to experience the “gender equality” […]
Cardiff teens aim for glory in school competition
BBC Roha, Max, George, Hani and Maya are the only Welsh team to get to the world finals Five teenagers will head to Singapore after reaching the world finals of an internationally renowned Formula 1 (F1) competition. Team Firestorm, of St John’s College in Cardiff, are from the only school in Wales to make it […]
Horror film wins first-time director Rose Glass £50,000 award
Getty Images Danny Boyle with winning film-maker Rose Glass A film-maker who set her first feature in the traditionally male-dominated horror genre has won a £50,000 prize. Rose Glass, 30, was named the winner of the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award at a ceremony held on the eve of this year’s London Film Festival. Her […]
The 101 people, ideas and things changing how we work today
Piero Zagami and Michela Nicchiotti The world of work is in transition. Are you ready? The world of work is being struck by waves of change. Some are vast and visible – leaps in machine learning and artificial intelligence or the rise of ‘do anything from anywhere’ technologies. Other ideas are just beginning to emerge – […]
US officially repeals net neutrality rules
EPA FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said net neutrality rules held back innovation in telecom companies The US has officially repealed rules that governed the way net providers treated the data that travelled across their networks. The net neutrality rules said companies had to treat all data equally. Enacted in 2015, the rules sought to stop […]