15 h. ago ‘You definitely felt disposable’: models – one 27, one 62 – discuss Botox, weight loss, creativity and the threat of AI

Modelling has changed hugely over the decades. Two models from different generations discuss the highs and lows of the industry, from the joy of travel and dressing up to predatory behaviour and physical pressuresIt’s easy to think of models as people whose lives are full of glitz and glamour, who “don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day”. But according to New York-based Danielle Mareka, 27, and 62-year-old Dee O, who lives in London, the reality for most models is a constant hustle to get noticed.That’s not to mention keeping up with the fashion world’s changing landscape: since O began modelling in 1983, the internet and social media have transformed the way the industry operates. And models are now navigating innovations such as AI models appearing in Vogue and the impact of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs on the sector. O and Mareka met to discuss their careers past and present. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago They tore down entire streets to build it, decades on it's changing again

A brand new chapter is on the horizon for one of the city centre's most recognisable buildings

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3 d. ago Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky

The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but howFor decades, “stopping climate change” has been the singular goal of climate politics. Across the political spectrum, from grassroots climate campaigners to elite UN negotiators, reducing carbon emissions to avoid future catastrophe has been the organizing logic of climate policies.Yet climate change has arrived and its material impacts are already being felt. This means that climate politics can no longer focus only on preventing future catastrophes. It must now also encompass struggles over how society manages climate impacts already reshaping economic and social life. Insurance markets, housing, water and land use policies, national labor markets, and local economies – all will need to be radically remade as we adapt to a changed and increasingly volatile climate.Leah Aronowsky is a historian of science and assistant professor at the Columbia Climate School Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mother keeps heartbreaking promise to her sons murdered by their father that no more children will die after decade of tireless campaigning

Claire Throssell, from South Yorkshire, has spent more than a decade fighting to change the law after her boys Jack, 12, and Paul, nine, were killed by their abusive father Darren Sykes.

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1 week ago Senegalese artist transforms Conakry's walls with captivating street art, in photos

Street art graffiti is spreading in West Africa. In Guinea’s capital, an artist from Senegal is transforming city walls and public perceptions. Omar Diaw says graffiti was seen as vandalism in Conakry not even a decade ago. He decided to change minds by starting with public awareness murals.

Culture

2 w. ago Bolivia to vote in presidential runoff that will turn it to the right

End of almost two decades of leftist rule could revive ‘war on drugs’ in change of approach to coca cultivationBolivians go to the polls on Sunday in an election that, whatever the result, will mark a complete shift to the right after nearly 20 years under the rule of the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).The country’s first-ever presidential runoff pits the centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 58, who won the first round in August, against the rightwing former president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, 65, who in recent weeks has overtaken Paz Pereira in the polls. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Marcus Rashford hints where blame lies in shot over 'inconsistent environment'

Manchester United have chopped and changed managers since Marcus Rashford debuted for the first team a decade ago, and inconsistency has thus plagued the England ace who's now thriving at Barcelona

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3 w. ago Samantha Womack reveals EastEnders axing 'changed' her after cancer diagnosis

Samantha Womack, who starred as Ronnie Mitchell on EastEnders for almost a decade, has revealed how she was 'changed' by her shock axing as she came to terms with a cancer diagnosis

Science

3 w. ago 31 brilliant retro photos of Hampden Park that show how the famous stadium has changed over the decades

Hampden Park will celebrate its 122nd birthday later this month.

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4 w. ago Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve.Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...

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