By dragging out talks, Tehran aims to damage the US president politically, but some fear a bruised and weakened Trump could only prolong the conflict Tehran has set out a protracted negotiating timetable designed to keep Donald Trump embroiled in the Iran conflict until the midterm elections, in the hope ...
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With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner MüllerWith their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller
The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progress The Trump administration is waging an unprecedented war on institutions devoted to research and higher learning. While plenty of countries have harmed universities by imposing neoliberal logics on academia – creating artificial ...
Bari Weiss’ overhaul of CBS News has been rocky. But her 60 Minutes revamp will be the ultimate testBari Weiss’ overhaul of CBS News has been rocky. But her 60 Minutes revamp will be the ultimate test
Ten months into her tenure as editor in chief, Weiss’ biggest – and riskiest – bet is getting closer to taking flight Bari Weiss is 10 months into her tenure as editor-in-chief of CBS News, but her biggest test is right around the corner. The newest season of 60 Minutes ...
Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance VehiclesFlock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
Flock planned to use dashcams installed in hundreds of thousands Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers’ vehicles to scan license plates those drivers travelled passed, essentially turning Uber and Lyft drivers into roaming surveillance vehicles, according to a Flock presentation shared with 404 Media. The document provides more details on Flock’s ...
Academics call for independent inquiry into Jason Arday’s Cambridge appointmentAcademics call for independent inquiry into Jason Arday’s Cambridge appointment
Prof Priyamvada Gopal, who is part of the group, says Cambridge should not be “marking its own homework”. ...
‘These cooks ripped each other apart’: Dominic Sessa on playing Anthony Bourdain, kitchen bullies and the joys of being a 70s barfly‘These cooks ripped each other apart’: Dominic Sessa on playing Anthony Bourdain, kitchen bullies and the joys of being a 70s barfly
After his breakthrough in The Holdovers in 2023, Sessa has gone back to the 70s again for Tony, the biopic of bad-boy chef and Kitchen Confidential author Bourdain. And, he says, a big part of him would like to stay there Despite being just 23, Dominic Sessa is perhaps as ...
Feast Q&A: ask Guardian food writer Felicity Cloake anythingFeast Q&A: ask Guardian food writer Felicity Cloake anything
Felicity Cloake is the writer of the Guardian’s How to cook the perfect … and Masterclass cookery columns. If you’ve eaten it … she’s cooked it. Discuss her work or ask her a question below the line now. She’ll be online at 3pm BST to answer them Ask a question: ...
African football backs FIFA’s InfantinoAfrican football backs FIFA’s Infantino
The News FIFA President Gianni Infantino is leaning on Africa’s 54-member voting bloc to survive the fallout from his failed $20 billion World Cup commercial rights plan, with staunch ally Morocco leading the charge. The Confederation of African Football (CAF), led by South African billionaire Patrick Motsepe, said on Thursday ...
Tennessee Republican booted in primary upsetTennessee Republican booted in primary upset
Tennessee voters ousted Rep. Andy Ogles in Thursday’s primary, despite his endorsement by President Donald Trump. Ogles, elected in 2022, had struggled to raise money after a campaign finance fraud investigation and inflammatory social media posts about Islam and LGBT people. Ogles is the second House Republican to lose renomination ...
‘Her face was beaten in’: how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed‘Her face was beaten in’: how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed
An investigation into 231 femicide cases highlights the dire situation in Afghanistan, where men are empowered to murder and face no punishment while their crimes are covered up by the state In a voice message recorded weeks before she died, Liza Shams, 33, asks a relative to pray for her. ...