The Know Daily - Friday 6 December 2024

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Happy Friday!

Hanna here – hope you’ve all had lovely weeks 🥰 It’s been a hectic one for me. I moved to Hull last weekend with boyfriend, so I’m up to my neck in boxes right now 😵‍💫 Shoutout to any of you based in Yorkshire too, it’s absolutely gorge.

Keep reading for the usual roundup of the week’s headlines, culture recs and a special treat 👀

Hanna x
Staff writer

UK NEWS

🗣️ PM Keir Starmer unveiled his “plan for change”, pledging extra police officers, more homebuilding and higher living standards.

🚆 South Western Railway is set to become the first train company to be renationalised under Labour. 

😃 The happiest places to live in the UK have been revealed.

GLOBAL AFFAIRS

🇰🇷 South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol faces impeachment after his short-lived declaration of martial law this week. 

🇫🇷 France’s government collapsed on Wednesday night following a no-confidence vote in the PM.

🇳🇦 Namibia elected its first female president in disputed elections.

CULTURE

🥤 Drinkable mayo has launched in Japan – unsurprisingly, it’s divided the internet.

🗞️ Journalists at the Guardian newspaper went on strike over the proposed sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media. 

👗 Stars hit the red carpet for the British Fashion Awards on Monday night – check out the best looks.

WORK & INNOVATION

💰 Bitcoin topped $100k to hit a new record high. 

📱 Vodafone and Three were given the green light to merge and create the UK’s largest mobile phone operator. 

🌑 Artificial solar eclipses could be on the horizon. 

UPLIFTING STUFF

🪸 Multivitamins could help save coral reefs, a new study found.

🇧🇪 Sex workers in Belgium gained historic labour rights.

🐝 Bumblebee numbers increased 116 times over in a “remarkable” rewilding project in Scotland.

🗞 Read: Brain rot is Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year, and this Vogue piece delves into the light-hearted entertainment – and surprising knowledge – it can can bring us.

🎧 Listen: The best songs of 2024, according to Pitchfork.

📺 Watch: Black Doves (Netflix), Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Disney+), Sabrina Carpenter: A Nonsense Christmas (Netflix) + The Sticky (Prime Video).

🧑‍🍳 Cook: These moreish matcha white chocolate cookies. I made a few batches of these for my book club the other week and everyone had seconds (and thirds). Pro tip: brown that butter! ~Hanna, staff writer

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