Kanye West tries to shock Adidas execs with porn movie
Oct 11, 2022 23:37 pm UTC| Business Economy Life
Kanye West released a 0-minute documentary, Last Week, which includes footage of him shoving a phone displaying a pornographic video in an executives face in an apparent attempt to intimidate the man. In the new...
NZ police need better training in privacy and human rights law – here is what should happen
Oct 11, 2022 04:42 am UTC| Life
The New Zealand Police were recently found to have been routinely and illegally photographing young people and adults in public. Many might have expected this to see an end to the practice but apparently not. Despite...
Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides
Oct 11, 2022 04:28 am UTC| Life Politics
A friend and I were strolling through Tehrans streets one afternoon when she was approached by a member of the morality police, an agency tasked with enforcing modesty laws in public. First, the policewoman warned her to...
Iran: the hijab protests are now massive, but a revolution will need the military to change sides
Oct 11, 2022 04:26 am UTC| Life Politics
More than three weeks after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahmini for disobeying Irans strict laws, which make it compulsory for women to wear the hijab or Islamic headscarf protests continue to rage on the streets of...
Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song
Oct 11, 2022 04:26 am UTC| Life
Who invented music? Rom, age 7, Las Vegas, Nevada The short answer is: No one knows who invented music. No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or whistled the first tune, or...
Four ways to reduce your household energy use – proven by research
Oct 11, 2022 04:25 am UTC| Life
A particularly cold September has given us a glimpse of the winter to come. The cold will bite hardest for the 13% of Englands households that are already in fuel poverty. As the energy crisis intensifies, this is expected...
'Forever chemicals' are everywhere – here's what you need to know about them
Oct 11, 2022 04:25 am UTC| Life Health
Whether youve heard of them before or not, forever chemicals are all around us. Stain-resistant carpets, non-stick pans, mascara and even some food packaging all contain these chemicals. But while these products can be...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects