You Pay More When Companies Get Hacked
Plus: Google delays the end of cookies (again), EU officials were targeted with Pegasus spyware, and more of the top security news.Continue Reading
2022-07-30
Mexico: new research shows the historic link between opening schools and falling murder rates
In Mexico an average of 94 people were murdered every day in 2021, an increase of 76% since 2015, demonstrating a rapid rise in killings across the country. Understandably, researchers and government officials are urgently looking for ways to bring down this number down. The rise in deaths is largelyContinue Reading
2022-07-30
Three ways to tackle the ‘Sunday scaries’, the anxiety and dread many people feel at the end of the weekend
Many people experience anxiety or dread when the end of the weekend rolls around. Nicoleta Ionescu/ Shutterstock Sunday is often a chance to catch up with friends, lost sleep, and recover from last night’s hangover. But for many of us, by the time Sunday afternoon rolls around, a feeling ofContinue Reading
2022-07-30
Three reasons concrete doesn’t live up to its environmental claims
A group of construction workers on site. Bannafarsai_Stock/Shutterstock Up to 8% of all global anthropogenic human-made emissions are due to just one material, cement. And our use of it is rising. The cement and concrete industry is encouraging this use, for example, by claiming that using concrete will reduce theContinue Reading
2022-07-30
New music from Selena Quintanilla is coming, 27 years after her death
S elena Quintanilla’s estate is releasing new music from the singer, 27 years after her death. It’s a huge moment for fans: the singer is a Tejano icon and has inspired dozens of musical artists including Jennifer Lopez and Selena Gomez. For those who are new to her story, QuintanillaContinue Reading
2022-07-30
Myanmar: death penalty the latest tactic for military junta’s murderous regime
Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s death penalty moratorium has been a myth. The junta has routinely targeted civilians for extra-judicial killing, including using army snipers to callously pick off peaceful protesters. There have been killings of prisoners too, with many of the dead reportedly exhibiting signs of torture on theirContinue Reading
2022-07-30
How the women’s Euros 2022 beat the sceptics to breathe new life into football
Along with 27,444 other people, I was in Milton Keynes for the Women’s European Championship semi-final between Germany and France on Wednesday night. It was a high-quality, hard-fought contest, the Germans eventually toughing it out over the more skilful French, winning through to the final where they meet the hostContinue Reading
2022-07-30
Watch Everton fan Paul Stratton score penalty in Dynamo Kyiv win after coming on to honour heroic work in Ukraine war
EVERTON honoured super-fan Paul Stratton for his heroic efforts helping Ukraine by handing him a scoring cameo against Dynamo Kyiv. Manager Frank Lampard brought on the Liverpool council worker to round off a 4-0 ‘peace friendly’ win at Goodison Park with a penalty. Everton supporter Paul Stratton was brought on to takeContinue Reading
2022-07-29
Pope Francis: perhaps it is time for him to retire – here’s what it could mean for the future of the papacy
Wenn Rights Ltd/ALamy Pope Francis was recently forced to deny rumours that he was about to retire, instead making clear that he has no plans to step down just yet. But the 85-year-old Catholic leader, currently in Canada, has again been filmed using a wheelchair. Indeed, in an interview beforeContinue Reading
2022-07-29
Young woman gang raped in car by three Dublin teens describes ‘cruel’ fight for justice
A young woman who was driven to a beach and gang raped in a car by three teenagers has described how she had to go through two trials and several days of “cruel” cross-examination in her fight for justice. Dion Genocky (23), Troy Ryan (24) and Daryl Rooney (24) wereContinue Reading
2022-07-29