Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, stepped down, as CEO on Monday, replaced by chief technology officer Parag Agrawal as his successor. Dorsey. 45, said the company was “ready to move on from its founder” and in an email to staff he said he had a “bone deep” trust in Agrawal, who joined Twitter 10…
Disaster in a Siberian coal mine at Kemerovo region, sparked by a gas leak killed at least 52 people on Thursday. The director of the mine has been taken into police custody, along with five other administrators. Only days before his death in a mine explosion in Russia’s coal-rich Kuzbass region, Boris Piyalkin (55) said…
The UK advertising watchdog says the rules for adverts for cosmetic surgery including breast enhancements and nose jobs designed to change person’s physical appearance are to be banned targeting under 18s across TV programmes and social media. It is illegal to perform cosmetic procedures on under-18s but there have previously been no restrictions on…
Spotify is the latest app following TikTok’s successful design with a vertical video feed, a new feature in an early test build for iPhone reveals a new Discover tab being added to the app’s front page. It has vertical music video clips that users can swipe through rapidly, similar to TikTok’s interface. The feature…
Founder an d former team principal of the Williams Racing Formula 1 Team, Sir Frank Williams, CBD, has died aged 79, after being admitted to hospital on Friday passed away on Sunday morning surrounded by his family. William was a wheelchair user after suffering a spinal cord injury in a car crash in France in…
London’s Zenith was the era of Georgian town squares, during 1700-1800, an imperial city which finds itself at the centre of world’s trade, empire, finance and manufacture. Andrew Saint, an architectural historian, conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was at the height of its power, uniqueness and…
Tim Mak, NPR investigative reporter gives a blistering expose of the powerful US lobbying group, the National Rifle Association, revealing meticulously its people, power, corruption and ongoing downfall. The NRA once a grassroots club dedicated to gun safety, once compelled respect -even fear- from Republicans an Democrats alike, ballooned into a powerful lobbyist organisation…
Dubliner Vincent Keaveny (56) has been sworn in as the 693rd Lord Mayor of City of London. Mr Keaveny becomes first Irishman to hold the office in his first public engagement, led the Lord Mayor’s show from the Guildhall to the Royal Courts of Justice on Saturday November 13, where he swore allegiance to the…
Maxine Bedat tracks the path of a pair of jeans from manufacture to market and uncovers the alarming human cost of the pursuit of mass-produced fashion, exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, an our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet.Fashion has never been bigger, cheaper and more dangerous for the planet.…
The British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification, subject of public controversy Sathnam Sanghera, addresses many of the issues that are now urgent subjects of debate- such as Britain’s role in the slave trade and the links between empire and multiculturalism. Sanghera shows how our imperial past is everywhere including how we…