A new Ghost in the Shell anime series will premiere globally on Amazon Prime Video, promising the most manga-faithful adaptation of the franchise.

British pop star Dua Lipa is suing Samsung Electronics for at least $15 million in damages alleging the South Korean electronics company illegally used a copyrighted image of her without permission.

The legal complaint filed Friday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleges Samsung used an image of Lipa for some of its television cardboard boxes in circulation last year. According to the lawsuit, Lipa accuses Samsung of violating her “right of publicity” as well as infringing on her copyright and trademark rights.

The image in question is allegedly taken from a performance at the Austin City Limits music festival in 2024. According to the lawsuit, Lipa and her team repeatedly asked Samsung to stop using the image for Samsung’s packaging after becoming aware of it in June 2025. In response, Samsung was “dismissive and callous,” repeatedly refusing the demand.

“Ms. Lipa’s face was prominently used for a mass marketing campaign for a consumer product without her knowledge, without consideration, and as to which she had no say, control, or input whatsoever,” the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit also states that Lipa would not have allowed the partnership in the first place as she is “highly selective” of her endorsements, which include Apple, Porsche, Versace, Bulgari and Nespresso.

Beyond the copyright issue, the lawsuit also addresses the mixed signals sent by the packaging, which might influence consumer spending in favor of the brand and its ties to a celebrity. For instance, Lipa’s lawyers also shared screenshots of users online sharing how her image influenced their purchase. 

“I’d get that tv just because Dua is on it. That’s how obsessed I am,” said another,” one social media post cited in the lawsuit says.

Since the lawsuit has become public, more users have taken to social media to share similar thoughts.
 “Dua Lipa deserves compensation,” one user  said on X, “The only reason I bought my Samsung TV back in 2019 was this woman’s face. It was nothing to do with the tv quality or the price or the features.”

At the conclusion of the Africa Forward Summit, French President Emmanuel Macron will answer questions from FRANCE 24, RFI and TV5Monde journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Watch the interview on FRANCE 24 on Tuesday, May 12, at 9pm (Paris time).

The Galaxy S26’s Device Care features handle battery health, background apps, and system optimization in ways that actually make a difference over time. Once it is set up, it mostly stays out of your way and simply lets you use your phone.

Climate change is making your allergies worse, in part by creating longer and more intense pollen seasons, according to a growing body of research from a number of scientists and physicians.

“We know that climate change is leading to greater amounts of pollen in the atmosphere,” says Paul Beggs, an environmental health scientist and professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, who published a 2024 paper on the link between climate change and asthma. “It’s changing the seasonality of the pollen. It’s changing the types of pollen that we’re exposed to.”

With pollen season already underway in many parts of the U.S., the AccuWeather 2026 US Allergy Forecast is predicting more high-pollen days this year, driven by variables like storms and temperature swings.

“The data is clear, and millions of seasonal allergy sufferers have noticed the changes,” AccuWeather climate expert and senior meteorologist Brett Anderson says. “The seasonal allergy season in America is expanding at both ends.”

Dr. Rebecca Saff, an allergist and immunologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, agrees that long gone are the days when allergies were restricted to merely spring or fall. As global warming creates shorter, milder winters and warmer springs, those allergy seasons start earlier and continue later.

And a 2022 study in the journal Nature predicts pollen season will start 40 days earlier and end 15 days later by the end of the century.

“Later frost dates mean the allergy season is ending later in many places,” says Anderson. “When warmth and moisture align, trees, grass and weeds can produce more pollen more often.”

According to Saff, those warmer temps are contributing to some plants migrating north, like ragweed—giving way to new allergens that weren’t previously seen in some parts of the country, like the Northeast.

At the same time, rising temperatures—the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says the past 11 years have been the 11 warmest on record—are triggering what experts call alarming extreme allergy events, the BBC reported.

Today, 30% of Americans over the age of 18 have seasonal allergies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Now, thanks to climate change, they could be seeing symptoms like watery eyes, sneezing, and coughing last longer.

Yinka Oyetade is pleased to welcome Paul Melly, Consulting Fellow of the Africa Programme, Chatham House. Emmanuel Macron is co-hosting the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya, the first time France has staged such a gathering in an English-speaking African nation. this comes on the heels of France’s unprecedented strategic setbacks across the Sahel. Melly argues that France’s eastward diplomatic turn is not merely an attempt to “bounce back” after recent reversals, but the continuation of a longer strategic project launched early in Macron’s presidency: one designed to “rebalance in geographical terms France’s engagement with the entire continent.”