The Know Daily - Friday 9 June 2023

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POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

🇺🇸 Donald Trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House, in the first ever federal indictment of a US former president.

🇺🇦 Rescue efforts have continued in southern Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam was breached on Tuesday, causing widespread flooding. Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other for the attack.

📞 Prince Harry gave evidence at the High Court in London earlier this week as part of a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers for alleged phone-hacking.

CULTURE

📚 A third of UK adults said that reading books offers the best form of escapism when having a bad day, second only to watching television, according to a new survey from the Publishers Association.

🎭 Actor Jodie Comer ended a Broadway performance of her one-woman show, Prima Facie, early on Wednesday due to “hazardous” air pollution in New York. The city’s air quality reached record lows this week after thick smoke spread south from wildfires in Canada.

📰 The Telegraph Media Group - parent company of The Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and The Spectator magazine - is set to be put up for sale due to debts. The changes are not expected to affect the profitable papers’ day-to-day operations.

WORK & INNOVATION

🐊 Scientists documented the first-known case of a “virgin birth” by a crocodile, which had been living in isolation for 16 years at a zoo in Costa Rica.

📉 Crypto firms will be required to tell customers that they should not expect protection if their investment goes wrong under new rules from the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

🐦 Linda Yaccarino kicked off her role as Twitter CEO this week - an earlier state date than expected. She replaced Elon Musk, who said he plans to remain involved with the company.

UPLIFTING STUFF

🔬 Trial results have suggested that a new drug could reduce the risk of the most common form of breast cancer returning in patients by 25%.

🌊 Macquarie Island Marine Park in Australia is being expanded so it covers an area the size of Germany in a bid to limit fishing and protect vulnerable seabirds and animals.

🦋 A butterfly species which was thought to be extinct was spotted in the UK for the first time in nearly 100 years. Several black-veined whites were observed in south-east London.

🗞️ Read: The Guardian’s round-up of the best Seascape stories they’ve covered over the past year, published in honour of World Ocean Day yesterday. From south-east Asia’s fight to save its corals to the shipwrecks which hold “clues to humanity’s future”, we can’t recommend these “fascinating, troubling and heartening tales” enough.

🎧 Listen: This week, several sites have published round-ups of the best podcasts of 2023 so far, making it easier than ever for you to find your next fave listen. We especially rated these lists from Vogue and Vulture.

📺 Watch: Reality (out in cinemas now), Saint X (Disney+), Never Have I Ever season four (Netflix), Better (BBC iPlayer).

🍦 Make: Temperatures are set to soar this weekend, which can only mean one thing: ice cream! This sweet treat can often feel like a bit of a faff to make - especially if you don’t have an ice cream maker - but these easy yet delicious no-churn recipes from Nigella will see you through the weekend and beyond.

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