Mirror newspaper publisher admits invasion of Prince Harry’s privacy and obtaining information illegally
Turning to details of the targeting of Harry that is admitted, Mr Green said a private investigator was instructed by a journalist at The People to unlawfully gather information about a night at the Chinawhite nightclub in February 2004. A payment of £75 was made for “Enquiries made regarding Harry & Chinawhites” in February 2004.
Former Zimbabwe president’s daughter in noisy, messy divorce tussle with husband over ex-first family’s massive wealth
The variety and value of the assets listed in the counterclaim is likely to upset many Zimbabweans, as the country struggles with entrenched poverty, chronic power cuts and extreme inflation. On the list are 21 farms and more than 25 residential properties in upmarket Harare suburbs, including one valued at $40 million, and an $8 million Dubai mansion.
Loneliness epidemic just as chain smoking is ravaging American youths, cause of 30 per cent deaths
Research shows that Americans, who have become less engaged with worship houses, community organisations and even their own family members in recent decades, have steadily reported an increase in feelings of loneliness. The number of single households has also doubled over the last 60 years.
Prince Harry sues leading British paper in wake of revelations owner secretly paid Prince William for phone hacking
Prince Harry says the deal was made because the palace wanted to keep members of the royal household from having to testify in court. In his witness statement, Harry said the royals wanted to avoid recounting “specific details of private and highly sensitive voice mails” in court, and he referenced the “intimate telephone conversation that took place between my father and stepmother in 1989, while he was still married to my mother.”
Enduring brotherhood: Why Josky Kiambukuta turned down Franco’s family’s request to take over TPOK Jazz
Kiambukuta was born and raised in Bakongo culture before a chance meeting later with another doyen of Rumba, Le Poete Lutumba Simaro Massiya – Franco’s most trusted lieutenant and Orchestra TPOK Jazz assistant band leader.
Why GMO food activists in East Africa say the debate on modified maize in Kenya won’t be won or lost in courts
Kenya is in the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In the parched north of the country, rivers have run dry and millions of livestock have perished due to lack of food. Around 5.4 million Kenyans don’t have enough to eat, and the situation will worsen if this...
Richard Branson: When hiring, avoid requiring minimum education and experience; look for skill and character
Thank you, as ever, to everyone who shared such great questions for my Ask Richard Newsletter this month. I chose this question from Karen Morgan, as I have a lot of thoughts on the matter. I also paraphrased her question a little bit to fit into a headline, but I...
New evidence details how drug made by Merck pharmaceuticals triggers Covid mutation, resistance
A drug widely used to treat Covid-19 might be spurring the evolution of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. The drug, molnupiravir, works by introducing a flurry of mutations to the viral genome; this helps to clear infections. But a study of more than 13 million SARS-CoV-2 sequences has uncovered sequences that bear...
Why the hippie weed is gaining approval in medicine for squashing anxiety, spurring appetite and salving seizures
The 1960s was a big decade for cannabis: Images of flower power, the summer of love and Woodstock wouldn’t be complete without a joint hanging from someone’s mouth. Yet in the early 1960s, scientists knew surprisingly little about the plant. When Raphael Mechoulam, then a young chemist in his 30s...
America registers world’s highest incidence of drug resistant gonorrhoea with 700,000 new cases every year
To an unfamiliar eye, the press release from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in the US two weeks ago looked pretty routine. Its language was a little unnerving, maybe, but phrased carefully: Analysts had discovered a resident with a strain of gonorrhoea that showed “reduced response to multiple antibiotics,”...
