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Threads: new Twitter rival looks like a shrewd move but Meta lacks credibility
Ascannio / Shutterstock Mark Zuckerberg’s new social media platform, Threads, has been released in smartphone app stores (although not in the EU). Zuckerberg, who is chief executive of Threads’ parent company Meta, says that at least 30 million users signed up in the app’s first day. According to some speculativeContinue Reading
Bruce Springsteen still The Boss despite downpours at Hyde Park gig
B ruce Springsteen led thousands of adoring fans in a rapturous chorus of “Let it rain” as the skies opened during his headline gig in Hyde Park. The US rocker proved he is still The Boss despite intermittent downpours as he delivered a three-hour journey through his back catalogue inContinue Reading
Sunak to urge Nato allies to up defence spending amid ‘unprecedented’ challenges
R ishi Sunak will use the Nato summit in Lithuania to urge allies to increase their defence spending as he warns they face “unprecedented” security challenges. The Prime Minister will meet with leaders in Lithuania on Tuesday for talks that will feature support for Ukraine and its future membership ofContinue Reading
Protester condemned for trying to disrupt George Osborne’s wedding
A protester has attempted to disrupt the wedding of former chancellor George Osborne to his long-term partner by throwing orange confetti at them as they left the church following the service. The woman ambushed Mr Osborne, 52, and his new bride Thea Rogers, 40, outside the 14th Century St Mary’sContinue Reading
Bride-to-be among revellers arriving for day two of Trnsmt music festival
A bride-to-be celebrating her hen weekend was among revellers to arrive at the second day of the Trnsmt music festival in Glasgow. Vanessa Newbury, from Inverurie, arrived at the Glasgow Green festival on Friday for her hen weekend, joined by friends Claire Knox and Morag Smith. Ms Newbury, soon toContinue Reading
Sunak ‘discourages’ cluster bomb use after Biden agrees to send them to Ukraine
R ishi Sunak has made clear Britain “discourages” the use of cluster munitions after Joe Biden agreed to send the bombs to Ukraine to aid the fight against Russia. The Prime Minister on Saturday highlighted that the UK was one of 123 signatories of a convention banning their use afterContinue Reading
Ukraine memorabilia, a red-light row and Barbie
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Abdulwahab Tahhan, Julia O’Driscoll and Emma Smith. You can subscribe to The Week Unwrapped wherever you get your podcasts: In this week’s episode, we discuss: War trophies One unexpected side-effect ofContinue Reading
Pandemic babies behind on communication at age two – but other developmental areas remain unaffected
Prostock-studio/Shutterstock The world changed for all of us when we were suddenly plunged into a pandemic in 2020. COVID sent us into a series of lockdowns in a bid to control the spread of the virus until a vaccine could be developed. Most of us knew that a vaccine wouldContinue Reading
Physicist who found spherical meteor fragments claims they may come from an alien spaceship – here’s what to make of it
Anybody out there? Triff/Shutterstock, CC BY-SA Avi Loeb, a physicist from Harvard University in the US, has recovered 50 tiny spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that he claims may be material from an interstellar alien spaceship. Loeb is linking his finding with the passage ofContinue Reading
MPs call for better aftercare for women who have traumatic births
M Ps have called for greater support for women dealing with traumatic births after a Conservative shared her “terrifying” experience. Theo Clarke, the MP for Stafford, told The Times the care after two hours of surgery without general anaesthetic for a serious tear while giving birth to her first childContinue Reading