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Why Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling’s wedding was turning point for the British royal family

Why Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling’s wedding was turning point for the British royal family

Published by Daniella Wilson

There are royal weddings, and then there are ROYAL WEDDINGS. From Prince William and Catherine’s spectacular big day at Westminster Abbey, to Prince Harry and Meghan’s ‘I dos’ at the incredible St George’s Chapel in Windsor, we’ve seen the royals put on some magnificent shows of pomp and ceremony as only the royals do. But the low-key All Saints Church in the honey-hued Cotswold village of Kemble couldn’t be a more unlikely setting for such an important day. This may have been Peter Phillips’ second marriage but there were way more to his nuptials than a happily ever after with his stunning bride Harriet Sperling. © Getty ImagesPeter Phillips and Harriet Sperling tied the knot on June 6 in Kemble It’s been four years since the last royal wedding – Princess Beatrice’s small-scale wedding during lockdown with just 20 guests – and it didn’t get more royal than this one. The King and Queen led the senior royals – William and Kate, Edward and Sophie, Princess Anne and Zara – who were all in attendance …

Knicks beat Spurs by one point for 2-0 lead in NBA Finals : NPR

Knicks beat Spurs by one point for 2-0 lead in NBA Finals : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama walks off the court as time expires during the second half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals basketball series as New York Knicks guard Landry Shamet (44), guard Josh Hart (3), and center Mitchell Robinson (23) celebrate, Friday, June 5, 2026, in San Antonio. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP SAN ANTONIO — Go crazy, New York. Or, perhaps more accurately, crazier. The red-hot Knicks are going home, two wins away from an NBA championship that the capital of the world has been waiting to see for generations. Jalen Brunson hit a go-ahead free throw with 9.5 seconds left after a turnover by Victor Wembanyama moments earlier, then Wembanyama missed a jumper at the end of New York’s 105-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals. “What a ballgame,” Knicks coach Mike Brown marveled. Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Brunson and Mikal Bridges each scored 20 for the Knicks. They have won …

Are we getting to the point where it’s safe to gene-edit babies?

Are we getting to the point where it’s safe to gene-edit babies?

Published by skeptic

Light micrograph of a human egg cell after fertilisation CC STUDIO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY When a rogue researcher in China revealed in 2018 that he had used CRISPR to create three gene-edited children, his actions were almost universally condemned by biologists around the world. The main objection was not that gene-editing babies is wrong in itself, but that the CRISPR technique used was not safe and had a very high risk of causing harmful mutations. Now, a team in the US has used an improved form of CRISPR, known as base editing, to edit healthy embryos and shown that it can be done without introducing unwanted mutations. So are we now at the point where we could consider allowing the use of the technique? The answer is no, because a major obstacle remains. Our DNA consists of two strands. The first form of CRISPR to be developed uses a protein called Cas9, which hooks up with a piece of guide RNA that helps it find a specific place in the genome. Once there, Cas9 cuts through both …

Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn

Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn

Published by skeptic

A bipartisan group of UK politicians is sounding the alarm over the country’s partnership with the data analytics company Palantir. In a report published Tuesday, the 11 members of Parliament’s Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee warned that the country’s ballooning reliance on Palantir’s technology “represents an unacceptable point of weakness” that could hand the company overwhelming bargaining power in future negotiations. “We know that with vendor lock-in, over time, we’ll get more expensive and worse services,” Dame Chi Onwurah, chair of the committee and member of Parliament, tells WIRED. “It’s a trap that has to be avoided.” In a worst-case scenario, a deeply entrenched supplier could threaten to withhold service as a way of imposing its will, Onwurah believes. “That could bring public services and our economy to a halt,” she says. “That’s a huge risk.” Though the committee says that its objections to Palantir are not ideologically motivated, the report also describes a “clear mismatch with UK values.” It points to politically charged comments by Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel—who in 2023 described the British …

📚 At a breaking point

📚 At a breaking point

Published by Jenni Sidey

Cindy Pham is a BookTuber (Read With Cindy) whose first novel, The Secret World of Briar Rose, is out today from Kokila. Below, she discusses how being an avid reader influenced the writing of her debut. In 2018, I started a YouTube channel where I talked about books. Most viewers tune in for the rants; besides the entertainment of watching someone dramatically read faerie smut, people also enjoyed my critical eye for prose and characterization. Naturally, when I announced my debut novel coming out in 2026, people were curious about how my own book would match up. I’m sorry to tell you the bad news: being a reader didn’t make me a good writer. Making that assumption sets both the reader and author up for failure. Writing is so incredibly subjective that no book is universally loved, and even the most popular ones have the biggest critics. Rather than strive to meet impossible standards and conflicting opinions, I wrote my book for one person: my 11-year-old self, who wished she could sleep forever and never …

7 Coronation Street spoilers for next week: Sam reaches crisis point

7 Coronation Street spoilers for next week: Sam reaches crisis point

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) takes a turn for the worse in Coronation Street next week. His hallucinations worsen to a point where he thinks Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale) is trying to kill him, and he envisions two versions of Roy Cropper (David Neilson). Will has his own troubles too, as abuser Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) lures him into a meeting at the Freschco carpark. Meanwhile, Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) makes a desperate attempt to get out of her prison confines, and the spotlight turns towards Gary Windass (Mikey North) once again. Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) has a meeting with a social worker, while Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) comes clean to wife Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) about his involvement in Carl Webster’s (Jonathan Howard) accident. Here’s everything happening in Coronation Street between Sunday 7 and Friday 12 June. 7 Coronation Street spoilers for next week 1. Summer Spellman is hospitalised Harriet Bibby as Summer Spellman and Gareth Pierce as Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street. ITV Shockwaves ripple across the cobbles when Todd receives a call from the prison …

Mamdani skipped NYC’s Israel Day Parade. Supporters say he missed the point.

Mamdani skipped NYC’s Israel Day Parade. Supporters say he missed the point.

Published by Sam Flores

NEW YORK (RNS) — An estimated 60,000 marchers and more than 100,000 spectators gathered on Fifth Avenue on Sunday (May 31) for New York City’s Israel Day Parade, an annual event that has drawn criticism from those who oppose Israel’s military actions and government. By not attending the event, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a pro-Palestinian activist and staunch critic of Israel, became the first sitting New York City mayor since the parade’s founding in 1964 to skip it.  The parade’s supporters say participation is foremost about supporting the New York Jewish community — which has faced escalating antisemitic incidents since the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in Gaza — rather than the actions of the Israeli government. The city is home to the largest population of Jews outside of Israel. Several other state and city leaders joined in the festivities and gave speeches, including Gov. Kathy Hochul and former NYC mayors Michael R. Bloomberg and Eric Adams. Jessica Tisch, the city’s Jewish police commissioner, was a marshal. “What an incredible display of unity, …

Verity Collective launches to point Gen Z to truth in a culture of confusion

Verity Collective launches to point Gen Z to truth in a culture of confusion

Published by Sam Flores

New organization leads a searching generation back to the unchanging foundation of Jesus PORTLAND, Ore. — As Generation Z increasingly rejects the idea of absolute truth, with 60% prioritizing individual beliefs and 57% saying religious and moral questions are not fact, a new initiative launched today offers this generation honest conversations about real truth. Founded by Rick and Naomi Anderson, Verity Collective is a movement rooted in the unchanging truth of the gospel. Created out of a desire to highlight truth in a culture constantly chasing trends, the cornerstone of the initiative is John 14:6: “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (New International Version). “Verity Collective was created in direct response to Gen Z’s search for truth,” said Naomi Anderson, co-founder and visionary of Verity Collective. “This generation has been told that everyone is entitled to their ‘truth,’ creating more confusion in one of the most pivotal stages of life: young adulthood. We want to create space for honest conversations and …

With Running Point, Rooster, Spider-Noir, Scott MacArthur Is Everywhere

With Running Point, Rooster, Spider-Noir, Scott MacArthur Is Everywhere

Published by Daniella Wilson

“Somebody on Twitter once wrote of me, and it was a friend who sent this, ’Whoever the hell this guy is, he’s really cornered the market on inept bad guys,” says Scott MacArthur. “That made me laugh.”  It’s been an hour into an April coffee with the actor and writer, and the conversation is only just turning to his career. The anonymous assessment of his earlier work holds some water. MacArthur’s been the kidnapping welder in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, the blackmailing stuntman in The Righteous Gemstones and, perhaps most memorably, the lovable dirtbag boyfriend to Kaitlin Olson’s character in cult Fox comedy The Mick. But before getting to all of that, or the hat trick of jobs that have made the Running Point actor hard to avoid in recent months, MacArthur first had to talk through some dog problems. Moose, his 18-month-old Ridgeback, has been picking fights with much larger peers in the local dogpark. MacArthur seems a bit concerned he may have waited too long to neuter the family pet. “Oh, God, you …