4 d. ago Trump administration threatens to strip Harvard University of lucrative patents

White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded researchThe latest phase of the Trump administration’s offensive against Harvard University is a comprehensive review of the university’s federally funded research programs, and the threat to strip the school’s lucrative portfolio of patents.In a letter to the Harvard president, Alan Garber, posted online on Friday, Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, accused Harvard of breaching its legal and contractual requirements tied to federally funded research programs and patents. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago 'Please help us': Why Scotland must hear voices of Afghan women suffering under Taliban's gender apartheid

As Susan Dalgety listens to young Afghan women describe how they have been all but erased from society, she begins to cry. But her tears soon turn to anger

Politics

7 d. ago Afghan women turn to secret online coding courses to beat Taliban education ban

Women in Afghanistan are turning to secret online coding courses after their access to education was cut off following the Taliban’s return to power in 2021.

Politics

7 d. ago Afghan women secretly go online for education amid Taliban crackdown

The Taliban is increasingly banning women from the public sphere, but they refuse to give up on their dreams

Politics

8 d. ago Afghan women turn to online courses as the Taliban bans education

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, they have imposed severe restrictions on women and banned education beyond primary school

Politics

3 w. ago Inquiry launched after identities of SAS soldiers leaked in fresh data breach

Details about operatives in the secretive military unit have reportedly been available online for a decade

Events

3 w. ago Fury as secret identities of SAS troops are leaked online by army association magazine in fresh data blunder that could have put lives at risk

The fresh data blunder came last year when a Guards in-house publication included a rollcall of the names and deployments of its most senior officers.

Society