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The Know Daily - Friday 26 July 2024
💌 Your Friday roundup is here
Esther Hurst
July 26, 2024
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Dear readers,
The sun is shining, the Olympics are starting today, there literally couldn’t be a better start to the weekend. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ll be tuning in for the opening ceremony tonight, a glass of rosé in hand. I usually stay away from televised sports, but there’s just something so magical about the Olympics. Hands down, my fave event is gymnastics. I’m so excited to watch Simone Biles compete again (and she’ll no doubt crush it as per usual).
That being said, we have a special treat for you in this week’s edition: a roundup of the Olympics, complete with all the good news, goss and debates that’s come from the Games.
Happy Friday!
Love,
Hanna
Staff writer
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UK NEWS
❓PM Keir Starmer faced his first Prime Minister Questions on Wednesday. Get the lowdown here.
📈 Violence against women and girls in Wales and England is at “epidemic levels”, according to a new report.
🎶 The Mercury Prize, an annual prize for the best album, shortlist is out – see if any of your faves are in the running.
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
🇺🇸 US VP Kamala Harris is officially running for president after President Biden dropped out of the race, and raised $81m in the first 24 hours since she launched her campaign.
🖥️ A global IT outage that affected healthcare services, airports and businesses eased, but a full recovery could take weeks.
🪧 Climate activists protested across several European airports, disrupting and cancelling flights.
CULTURE
🎞️ Germany announced a new scheme in which cinephiles can have unlimited cinema trips for a monthly fee, in an effort to boost its film industry.
👔 A cravat museum, the world’s first, is opening soon in Croatia, the homeland of the fashion piece.
👗 The V&A museum in London is opening a new exhibit tomorrow featuring Taylor Swift’s costumes across 13 installations – the best part, it’s free!
WORK & INNOVATION
🤖 Tesla announced plans to use humanoid robots in production by next year.
🩸 3D-Printed blood vessels could transform the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, new research suggests.
🦠 HIV treatment made the headlines this week: a 7th patient was likely cured, and a new injection was found to give total protection against the virus.
UPLIFTING STUFF
🏴 Female entrepreneurs in Scotland are starting and running new businesses at the same number as men, for the first time in history.
🥚 Siamese crocodile eggs were found in Cambodia this week, giving hope for the survival of the species.
🌳 The Ojibe, a Native American tribe, received nearly 12,000 acres of their land back from the US government.
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The Paris 2024 opening ceremony takes place tonight in the French capital, marking the official start of the Games. From now until 11 August, Paris and 17 other sites will host over 300 events in 32 sports. And one to watch: breaking is making its Olympic debut 👀
The Olympic Games are one of the biggest sporting events in the world, and for the next 17 days all eyes will be on Paris. It’s a celebration of athleticism and comradeship, and organisers hope that this year’s Games will “unite the world in peaceful competition” and “leave a lasting social legacy”.
It hasn’t all been plain sailing, however. Paris residents have expressed anger at the enormous sum spent on hosting the Games (some even threatened to poo in the Seine river in protest 🫣). And up until very recently, it was unclear whether the Seine would be clean enough for Olympians to swim in (as of now, a massive clean-up operation appears to have paid off). On top of all that, there has been much debate over which athletes from which countries should and shouldn’t be allowed to compete.
But as the LA Times pointed out, the Games often generate controversy in the weeks and months beforehand – and then comes the opening ceremony. Once the competition begins, focus shifts towards “gold medals and world records”. And there’s already a lot of good news coming out of the Games…
👁️ The opening ceremony has been billed by organisers as “the most spectacular and accessible” in Olympic history.
🏅 Paris 2024 has achieved total gender parity, with the same number of male and female athletes competing.
🍃 Organisers hope that this year’s Games will be the greenest on record, pledging to halve the carbon footprint of the event.
👶 Paris 2024 is introducing new measures to be more inclusive to mothers – for example, the Olympic Village will feature a nursery and a dedicated breastfeeding space.
The opening ceremony will be shown live on the BBC from 5:45pm tonight. Enjoy!
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🎧 Listen to: Psychotherapist Esther Perel’s podcast, The Arc of Love. Each episode invites a different couple to chat about all things love from polyamory to affairs. ~ Hanna
📺 Watch: The Decameron (Netflix), Time Bandits (Apple TV+), Kleo (Netflix), Twisters (out in cinemas now).
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