The Redmi Note 15 series has just debuted in China, creating excitement among smartphone fans worldwide. As always, global variants are expected to arrive with slight adjustments.
According to the source, the Redmi Note 15 Pro+ may see some noticeable hardware changes before its international launch. These differences could impact its camera setup and battery capacity, showing Xiaomi’s ongoing trend of tailoring devices for different regions.
According to recent findings from a firmware analysis, the global Redmi Note 15 Pro+ might skip the 50MP telephoto lens. The Chinese version includes this lens with 2.5x optical zoom, but the international model is set to rely only on a wide and ultrawide camera setup.
This mirrors Xiaomi’s approach last year with the Redmi Note 14 Pro+, which also launched globally without a telephoto sensor.
The report also claims that the global Redmi Note 15 Pro+ will ship with a 6,500 mAh battery, slightly smaller than the 7,000 mAh unit in the Chinese edition. However, there is some good news for users. Charging speeds are expected to climb to 100W, offering faster power-ups compared to the 90W support in China.
It remains uncertain whether Xiaomi will follow the same regional strategy as with the Redmi Note 14 lineup. That series kept the specs identical in China while scaling back features for other global markets. All eyes are now on Xiaomi to see if history repeats with the Note 15 series.
“It’s safe to say that Rihanna is the premier artist of the second half of the decade, with no signs of wear and tear,” Michael Menachem wrote in a review of her then-new single, “Disturbia,” in the July 5, 2008, Billboard issue.
“This latest is a sort of ‘Thriller’ for partygoers, with multilayered vocals cascading across Ri’s lower register, alongside fun scatting, a la ‘bum bum bi dum bum,’” the spotlight lauded. “In short order, Rihanna has become the trustworthy ‘it’ girl of our time.”
The same week, “Disturbia” debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Among Rihanna’s prior 11 entries, she had never opened in the chart’s top half (starting at a No. 51 best to that point with “Unfaithful” in May 2006).
Seven weeks after its arrival, “Disturbia” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Aug. 23, 2008. Beginning a two-week reign, it became Rihanna’s fourth leader, following “Take a Bow” (one week, May 2008), “Umbrella,” featuring Jay-Z (seven weeks, June-July 2007) and “SOS” (three, May 2006).
“Disturbia” and “Take a Bow” were released from the deluxe Reloaded edition, released in June 2008, of Rihanna’s 2007 album Good Girl Gone Bad. “Umbrella” introduced the original version.
Among the writers of “Disturbia,” Chris Brown earned his second of two Hot 100 No. 1s as an author. He previously led as a writer and recording artist with “Kiss Kiss” in 2007. That hit was penned with T-Pain, who produced it and is featured on it.
“Disturbia” was solely produced by Brian Kennedy, who crowned the Hot 100 with his first entry in that role. He’s since added two more top 10s: Kelly Clarkson’s “Mr. Know-It-All” (No. 10 peak, November 2011) and Brown’s “Don’t Wake Me Up” (No. 10, November 2012). He most recently reached the chart via The Weeknd’s “Here We Go… Again,” featuring Tyler, The Creator, in 2022.
“Disturbia” also topped the Pop Airplay and Dance Club Songs charts and was nominated for best dance/electronic recording at the Grammy Awards in 2009.
Rihanna has, of course, continued to fulfill the promise of the praise in Billboard’s review of “Disturbia.” The superstar artist and fashion mogul has upped her count to 14 Hot 100 No. 1s — the most among all acts over the first quarter of the 21st century.
Prince Edward to represent King Charles in Papua New Guinea and Japan in September
Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, representing The King, will visit Papua New Guinea Sept 14/17 to mark the 50th anniversary of its independence from Australia.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will also visit Japan between September 18 and 22 to highlight strong bilateral relations between the UK and Japan.
Justin Wayne Tkatchenko, Foreign Affairs Minister of Papua New Guinea, announced that Prince Edward will be in Port Moresby to officiate at the country’s 50th independence anniversary.
He said that the British royal will represent King Charles who is not able to make it to the celebrations.
“We look forward to the upcoming royal visit, which will be a defining moment in our golden jubilee celebrations, he said.
The minister also paid tribute to the king “whose steadfast leadership as sovereign of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth continues to inspire unity peace, and goodwill among all member nations, including Papua New Guinea.”
It’s been a while since Prince Edward is representing his youngest brother, King Charles, abroad.
Edward also sent to attend the funeral of former US president Jimmy Carter in Washington in January 2025 and and the inauguration of new Pope Leo in May.
GAZA CITY: The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is occurring in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and that it could spread south to Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.
The IPC determination comes after months of warnings by aid groups that Israel’s restrictions of food and other aid into Gaza, and its military offensive, were causing high levels of starvation among Palestinian civilians, particularly children.
Gaza City offensive could exacerbate hunger
The grim milestone — the first time the IPC has confirmed a famine in the Middle East — is sure to ramp up international pressure on Israel, which has been in a brutal war with Hamas since the militant group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it plans to escalate the war soon by seizing Gaza City and other Hamas strongholds, which experts say will exacerbate the hunger crisis.
The IPC said hunger has been driven by fighting and the blockade of aid, and magnified by widespread displacement and the collapse of food production in Gaza, pushing hunger to life-threatening levels across the entire territory after 22 months of war.
More than half a million people in Gaza, about a quarter of the population, face catastrophic levels of hunger, and many are at risk of dying from malnutrition-related causes, the IPC report said. Last month, the IPC said the “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding in Gaza, but stopped short of an official determination.
Israel disputes report of famine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied there is hunger in Gaza, calling reports of starvation “lies” promoted by Hamas. After the publication of images of emaciated children in Gaza and reports of hunger-related deaths, Israel announced measures to let more humanitarian aid in. Yet the UN and Palestinians in Gaza say what’s entering is far below what’s needed.
The Israeli military agency in charge of transferring aid to the territory rejected the report Friday, calling it “false and biased.” The agency, known as COGAT, rejected the claim that there was famine in Gaza and said that significant steps had been taken to expand the amount of aid entering the strip in recent weeks.
In a post on social media, Israel’s ministry of foreign affairs also rejected the findings, saying the IPC report was “based on Hamas lies.” It said that more than 100,000 trucks of aid have entered Gaza since the start of the war, including a massive influx in recent weeks with staple foods.
“A rapidly increasing number of people, especially young children, are dying preventable deaths from starvation and disease because Israel made starvation a core part of its campaign to control the strip,” said Chris Newton, an analyst for the International Crisis Group.
Israel’s plan to escalate the war in Gaza City weeks after a warning that famine was beginning there demonstrates how “intentional the famine is and how Israel wields starvation,” he said.
Netanyahu says more military pressure is needed to achieve Israel’s goals of freeing the hostages held by Hamas and eliminating the militant group altogether.
How a famine is determined
Formal famine determinations are rare. The IPC has previously determined famines in Somalia in 2011, South Sudan in 2017 and 2020, and parts of Sudan’s western Darfur region last year.
The IPC, a coalition of monitors tasked by the UN to warn of impending crises, says a famine exists in an area when all three of the following conditions are confirmed:
At least 20 percent of households have an extreme lack of food, or are essentially starving. At least 30 percent of children 6 months to 5 years old suffer from acute malnutrition or wasting, based on a weight-to-height measurement; or 15 percent of that age group suffer from acute malnutrition based on the circumference of their upper arm. And at least two people, or four children under 5, per 10,000 are dying daily due to starvation or the interaction of malnutrition and disease.
Israel’s offensive and its restrictions on access to Gaza have made collecting data difficult.
The data analyzed between July 1 and Aug. 15 showed clear evidence that thresholds for starvation and acute malnutrition have been reached. Gathering data for mortality has been harder, but the IPC said it is reasonable to conclude from the evidence that the necessary threshold has likely been reached.
The IPC warned that a third of Gaza’s population could face catastrophic levels of hunger by the end of September, and that this is probably an undercount.
Alex de Waal, author of “Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine” and executive director of the World Peace Foundation, said that had Israel allowed the IPC better access to collect data, a famine might have been determined months ago, which would have raised global awareness sooner.
“Sadly, it seems that it’s necessary for experts to shout ‘famine!’ before the world takes notice, by which time it is too late,” he said.
Israel has restricted aid to varying degrees throughout the war. In March, it cut off the entry of all goods, including fuel, food and medicine, to pressure Hamas to free hostages.
Israel eased those restrictions in May and says there’s currently no limit on how many aid trucks can enter Gaza. But it also pushed ahead with a new US-backed aid delivery system that requires Palestinians to travel long distances and pass through Israeli military lines to get aid.
The traditional, UN-led aid providers say deliveries have been hampered by Israeli military restrictions and incidents of looting, while criminals and hungry crowds overwhelm entering convoys.
Witnesses, health officials and the UN rights office say hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking aid from both providers, while Israel says it has only fired warning shots and that the toll is exaggerated.
A parent in Gaza City watches his children waste away
On the eve of the war, Gaza City was home to some 700,000 people, about the population of Washington.
Throughout the conflict, it has been the focus of regular Israeli bombardment and ground operations. Several neighborhoods have been almost completely destroyed. Hundreds of thousands fled under Israeli evacuation orders at the start of the war but many returned during a ceasefire earlier this year.
Doctors and nurses in Gaza in recent weeks have seen rising numbers of visibly malnourished patients.
Kirsty Blacka, an Australian emergency nurse who worked in Gaza City’s Al-Quds hospital through June, said emaciated men with no preexisting conditions were coming in looking like teenagers because they were starving.
She said the lack of food has been compounded by contaminated water causing diarrhea and infections, and that diseases are harder to recover from when people are malnourished.
If Israel evacuates people from the city ahead of its new offensive, thousands will be too weak to leave, said Blacka. “Because of the starvation it will put extra strain on already depleted bodies and will lead to the death of many of the Palestinians,” she said.
Families in Gaza City say they’re watching their loved ones waste away.
Yousef Sbeteh’s two teenage children were injured by shrapnel during an Israeli airstrike in June and have spent the last two months in the hospital. While there, they’ve both lost weight because there hasn’t been enough food, he said, adding that he can’t afford to buy more because prices at markets have soared. Doctors say the teenagers had no preexisting conditions.
His 15-year-old daughter Aya lost nearly 20 kilograms (44 pounds), or about 30 percent of her body weight, according to her doctors. Her 17-year-old brother Ahmad has lost about 15 kilograms (33 pounds). The lack of nutritional supplements and healthy food is slowing their recovery, doctors say.
“Doctors say she needs protein, meat and fish,” Sbeteh said while sitting beside his frail daughter. “But I can’t provide that now.”
Rozanolixizumab improved muscle weakness and fatigue for patients who had myasthenia gravis and for whom patient-reported outcomes were investigated in the phase 3 MycarinG study (NCT03971422), with results from MG Symptoms Patient-Reported Outcome (MG Symptoms PRO) scales complementing the Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) index for providing a comprehensive overview of the humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody’s impact on participants.1
Patient-reported outcomes evaluated by the MG Symptoms PRO scales are muscle weakness fatigability, physical fatigue, bulbar muscle weakness, ocular muscle weakness, and respiratory muscle weakness.
These results were published recently in European Journal of Neurology, and they echo previous research on the promise of MG Symptoms PRO to effectively and accurately measure myasthenia gravis symptom and disease severity.2
“These post hoc analyses of data collected in the MycarinG study provide further evidence for the added value of the MG Symptoms PRO for evaluating gMG symptoms that are meaningful to patients,” the study authors wrote, “including changes following treatment.”
In the MycarinG study, patients were randomized 1:1:1 to rozanolixizumab 7 mg/kg (n = 66), rozanolixizumab 10 mg/kg (n = 67), or placebo (n = 67). Ninety percent of these patients had anti–acetylcholine receptor antibody–positive (AChR Ab+) generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), and 11% of patients had anti–muscle-specific tyrosine kinase antibody positive (MuSK Ab+) gMG. The investigators compared results from each MG Symptoms PRO subscale with similar subdomain scores on the MG-ADL index and the Quantitative MG scale (QMG).
At baseline, mean (SD) MG-ADL and QMG scores were 8.3 (3.4) and 15.6 (3.6), respectively.
There were strong correlations between MG Symptom PRO’s ocular muscle weakness scale and bulbar muscle weakness and related MG-ADL scores at baseline, the study authors said. These correlation coefficients were 0.78 and 0.72, respectively. Moderate correlations were seen between MG Symptom PRO muscle weakness fatigability and MG-ADL limb/gross motor function (0.50) and MG-ADL bulbar weakness (0.52), MG Symptom PRO physical fatigue and MG-ADL limb/gross motor function (0.60), and MG Symptom PRO respiratory muscle weakness and MG-ADL respiratory fatigue (0.58).
Results were weaker between MG Symptom PRO and QMG, respectively. The strongest correlations were seen between the following:
Respiratory muscle weakness and QMG bulbar function: 0.23
Muscle weakness fatigability and QMG bulbar weakness: 0.35
Physical fatigue and QMG gross motor function: 0.38
Ocular muscle weakness and QMG ocular function: 0.45
Bulbar muscle weakness and QMG bulbar function: 0.50
Three of the MG Symptom PRO scales were considered secondary end points, and for these, patients were evaluated for their response by day 43 of treatment. More patients who received rozanolixizumab compared with placebo, as well as more patients in the higher- vs the lower-dose group, demonstrated improvements on:
Muscle weakness fatigability: 46.9% (7-mg/kg dose) vs 56.5% (10-mg/kg dose) vs 28.1%
Physical fatigue: 31.3% vs 48.4% vs 26.5%, respectively
Bulbar muscle weakness: 26.6% vs 32.3% vs 10.9%
These patients were also determined to be responders according to the MG-ADL index and QMG, with 69% to 73% of patients treated with rozanolixizumab showing improvement.
Drilling down to what the study authors called item-level analysis—for such things as worsening vision, breathing difficulty, eyelid drooping, heavy legs, lack of energy, no muscle strength, difficulty swallowing, and slurred speech—patients in both rozanolixizumab-treated cohorts also achieved superior outcomes vs placebo for muscle weakness fatigability, physical fatigue, and bulbar muscle weakness.
Finally, using the Rasch model, which evaluates difficulty of a task and individual ability,3 the authors determined that following treatment with rozanolixizumab, patients would report symptoms none of the time or a little of the time for muscle weakness fatigability and physical fatigue, and for bulbar muscle weakness, no symptoms.
About the strength of the MG Symptoms PRO, the authors wrote that its subscales “provide more granularity than existing tools,” and they noted their data show results similar to previous analyses of moderate to strong correlations between MG Symptoms PRO and MG-ADL and QMG. However, there were also limitations to their investigation, including patients with very mild disease or very severe weakness and no responder thresholds for the respiratory muscle weakness and ocular muscle weakness scales.
“To our knowledge, this type of analysis has not previously been utilized in gMG, with only one example in the literature of a similar graphical representation,” they concluded.
References
Kaminski HJ, Antozzi C, Habib AA, et al. Improvement in patient-reported symptoms of generalised myasthenia gravis with rozanolixizumab in the randomised phase 3 MycarinG Study using the MG Symptoms PRO. Eur J Neurol. 2025;32(8):e70231. doi:10.1111/ene.70231
Shaw M. MG Symptoms PRO potential new tool to evaluate mg symptom, disease severity. AJMC®. October 31, 2023. Accessed August 21, 2025. https://www.ajmc.com/view/mg-symptoms-pro-potential-new-tool-to-evaluate-mg-symptom-disease-severity
Rasch modeling. Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. Accessed August 21, 2025. https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/population-health-methods/rasch-modeling
Yoane Wissa has returned to training with the Brentford squad and the striker could face Aston Villa this weekend, head coach Keith Andrews says.
The 28-year-old missed last weekend’s Premier League opening-day defeat at Nottingham Forest as he had been training away from the squad after saying he wished to leave the club.
A second bid from Newcastle United worth up to £40m for the DR Congo forward was rejected this week.
Newcastle reopened talks with Brentford on Wednesday but sources have told BBC Sport that the latest bid of a £35m initial fee plus a further £5m in add-ons fell below the Bees’ valuation.
Earlier this week, the DR Congo forward removed all association with the Bees from his Instagram account, but Andrews now says he has a “decision to make” over whether Wissa will be involved on Saturday.
“He’s been training with the team,” said Andrews.
“In terms of being involved this weekend I’ll make a decision on the squad on Saturday. He’s been part of the group this week.”
Asked if Wissa will stay with the Bees beyond the transfer window, Andrews said: “He’s a Brentford player right now. My stance around Yoane all along is that I don’t want him to leave.
“I don’t want to lose a player of that quality and that hasn’t really changed throughout the whole episode. So hopefully he is here in the next 10 or 12 days. That is what I would like.”
Wissa’s 19 goals in last season’s Premier League has attracted interest from clubs higher up the league, and Eddie Howe is looking at ways to improve his squad with Newcastle returning to the Champions League this term.
Brentford had previously rejected Newcastle’s bid worth up to £30m.
BBC Sport were first to reveal that Wissa had flown home early from their pre-season camp in Portugal in July, after which he threatened not to play or train for the club again if they did not sanction his move to the north east of England.
Wissa expected a move to Newcastle to be agreed this week after Brentford completed a club-record deal of up to £42.5m for Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth.
Brentford have already lost another forward, Bryan Mbeumo, this summer to Manchester United.
New Delhi: Pakistanis have rallied in support of jailed former PM Imran Khan’s nephew, Shahrez Khan, after he was picked up by the Lahore police in connection with a case in which he allegedly had no role. They are calling out PMShehbazSharif and even the Army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, for making Pakistan “a lawless country”.
Shahrez, who is an Oxford graduate, triathlete, and a corporate executive, was arrested on Thursday by Punjab police in connection with the riots on 9 May 2023, in which Imran Khan was granted bail the same day.
The incident triggered a wave of outrage across Pakistani social media and political circles, with hashtags like #ShahrezKhan and #JusticeForShahrez trending nationwide. Apart from the usual supporters crying foul, journalists, activists, and even a few citizens found themselves asking: What exactly is going on in Pakistan right now?
It began with a home raid where Shahrez was reportedly “abducted from his bedroom,” according to his mother, Aleema Khan, sister of Imran Khan. She described a scene where men in plainclothes took her son in front of his two young daughters.
“This fascist regime has unleashed a reign of terror,” Aleema wrote in a post on X. “But they have failed to break Imran Khan.”
Who is Shahrez Khan?
Shahrez, the regional head of Simba Global (a major Australia-based textile company), has no known political affiliations. According to his friends, who took to X to condemn his arrest, he’s better known in professional circles for his business acumen and athletic pursuits, than any activism. Yet his connection to Imran Khan seems to have been enough.
Taimur Malik, a Pakistani X user wrote: “My friend @Shahrez_KhanPK is not just Imran Khan’s nephew or a triathlete, he is an Oxford graduate, a widely liked individual and an active member of various forward looking business communities in Pakistan and the region. His brazen abduction will send the signal that Pakistan is a lawless country. He should be released immediately and afforded due process and his legal rights.”
After public uproar, the Lahore police came out in defence and disagreed with the “abduction” narrative. Speaking to Dawn, DIG Investigation Zeeshan Raza stated that Shahrez was wanted in connection with the May 9 cases and will be produced before a court on Friday.
Raza doubled down, saying, “Those involved in anti-state activities do not deserve any leniency.”
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‘Silencing dissent’
PTI loyalists and civil rights advocates were quick to condemn the move, calling it unlawful and a deliberate act of political vendetta. Lawyer Rana Mudassar Umar, according to a Dawn report, said no FIR existed against Shahrez at the time of his arrest.
Munizae Jahangir, Pakistani journalist and filmmaker, said, in a post on X, that “the unlawful detention … .exposes the purpose of the new amendments made to existing laws which allows the state to detain anyone for 3 months on mere suspicion.”
“Silencing dissent by using terror laws is a violation of the right to fair trial & will be counter productive in the fight against terror,” she added.
Pakistanis are now ranting against the entire establishment.
Faryal Ishfaq wrote on X that “victimizing family members is the worst thing about politics in Pakistan.”
Another questioned the state’s priorities.
“While half the country floods, the state is busy abducting people and silencing dissent,” X user Areeb Khan wrote. Another user, Sadia agreed: “While half the country floods, the state is busy abducting its own people. Disaster outside, repression inside. Priorities couldn’t be clearer.”
Even PM Shehbaz Sharif was called out directly.
An X user, Dr Javaid Khan, wrote: “@CMShehbaz… what you are doing with children of political leaders will not be forgotten. Are you not scared of Allah?”
Another took a dig at Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir, calling him a “petty person” for being behind this, but without taking his name: “I wonder if a 3 or 5 star can be this petty. Truly amazing times to be alive in.”
Still, not everyone was sympathetic. Some insisted that anyone even remotely connected to the events of May 9 — when PTI supporters rampaged through military installations following Imran Khan’s arrest — must face justice.
“He may be an excellent athlete, but he cannot run from the law. May 9 will always haunt them,” X user Faisal Latif said.
Another disgruntled person, Zar Hussain, simply summed it up by saying, “Comedy state”.
São Paulo, Brazil, 21 August 2025 (PAHO) – Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean have advanced toward a regional strategy to address the growing health burden of accidents caused by venomous animals. From snakebites and scorpion stings to encounters with venomous spiders and caterpillars, these incidents claim hundreds of lives annually and leave thousands of survivors with lifelong disabilities, particularly among rural and indigenous communities.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health (PANAFTOSA), and with support from the Wellcome Trust, hosted the First Regional Meeting of National Programs for Venomous Animal Accidents (REDPEVA) on August 21–22 at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil.
In a video addressed to the participants, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Director of PAHO, stressed the urgent need for a unified response to avoid “preventable deaths and disabilities” caused by envenoming by venomous animals.
Many survivors are left with permanent disabilities—such as amputations, neurological and psychological conditions—often resulting in job loss and decreased productivity. The health and economic consequences are also significant, particularly for vulnerable populations, and place significant strain on public health systems.
A silent and underreported public health threat
The statistics are sobering. In Latin America and the Caribbean, over 57,000 snakebite cases are reported each year, although the real number is likely higher due to underreporting in remote areas with limited healthcare access.
According to a recent PANAFTOSA survey conducted across the Americas, cases of scorpion and spider envenoming significantly increased between 2021 and 2024—averaging 198,647 and 48,345 cases per year, respectively. Snakebite and caterpillar incidents remained stable at 10.9 and 1.2 per 100,000 inhabitants but still exceeded figures from previous years.
Each year, snakebites alone affect 5.4 million people worldwide, killing over 80,000 and leaving three times as many with disabilities.
Climate change, Dr. Barbosa noted, is exacerbating the problem by shifting ecological patterns and exposing new communities to venomous species. “This demands a coordinated and sustained regional response,” rooted in a One Health approach,” he urged, calling for collaboration across human, animal, and environmental health sectors.
REDPEVA: A blueprint for action
The REDPEVA meeting laid the groundwork for a regional roadmap with clear priorities: building a collaborative network to share expertise, using technology to map high-risk areas, standardizing surveillance, and improving antivenom access.
PANAFTOSA also introduced new guidelines on snake envenoming and a virtual training course to equip healthcare workers with critical skills.
This regional effort aligns with global momentum to address snakebite envenoming, recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the most lethal neglected tropical diseases. In 2018, the World Health Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging member states to reduce snakebite deaths by 50% by 2030. The following year, WHO launched its Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming.
In line with this strategy, International Snakebite Awareness Day, observed each 19 September, raises awareness about the scale and impact of snakebite envenoming, especially in underserved communities.
REDPEVA is the first formal technical platform for regional coordination on venomous animal accidents—an area often overlooked in public health policy.
The US Open officially kicked off earlier this week with a newly revamped—and reinvigorated—mixed doubles tournament, ahead of the singles draw. Hundreds of thousands of fans have flocked to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens to see the sport’s biggest names—Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka—compete in teams at a Grand Slam.
Jack Draper, the world’s No. 5 and Britain’s top men’s player, was in the thick of it. Paired with American Jessica Pegula, the world’s No. 4, he notched early thrills with wins over Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu in the first round, then Daniil Medvedev and Mirra Andreeva in the second, before the pair bowed out to Casper Ruud and Iga Świątek in the semifinals on Wednesday night.
Less than 24 hours later, Draper swapped match points for martinis, joining Burberry to host an intimate dinner at downtown Manhattan’s The Corner Store to toast the start of the Open. Co-hosting with him: American star Tommy Paul, world No. 14.
“I feel on top of the world when I wear Burberry,” Draper—an ambassador for the house—told Vogue during cocktails. “I feel like I’m walking on a cloud. The materials are so solid and I love the patterns and what the brand is about. I believe in it, and it’s good to be a part of it.”
Draper arrived in full Burberry: a black Harrington jacket and trousers with Burberry Check Terrace sneakers. His fashion motto? “Owning your own style,” he said. “Just be yourself and be true to who you are, not caring what others think. Whether it’s business, sports, or life, if you believe in what you believe, you’ll look good in whatever you wear.”
The 36 guests—including Draper’s brother, Ben, and coach, James Trotman, plus Paul’s fiancée, Paige Lorenze, and his coach, Brad Stine—gathered in the restaurant’s dimly lit private dining room at two long tables dressed with white roses and long-stemmed lilies. At each place setting sat a tall green box; inside were white tennis balls monogrammed with Burberry’s Equestrian Knight Design for guests to take home.
Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open women’s singles champion, was among the first to arrive, mingling at the bar as servers passed tomato martinis and small bites—Wagyu French dips, vegan ratatouille, and lobster rolls crowned with caviar. She soon linked up with Paul. “I’m not somebody who’s always super dressed up because of how much I’m playing,” Paul—wearing a Puddle Beige Burberry corduroy jacket and trousers—told Vogue. “But when I have the opportunity to put on some amazing clothes like tonight, I feel amazing, confident, and stylish.”
