Trump nods to Cuban exiles, rolls back ties: Experts react
Jun 21, 2017 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Editors note: President Donald Trump announced on Friday a partial reversal of former President Barack Obamas policy of engagement with Cuba. Trump restored travel restrictions and prohibited financial transactions with...
Twenty years after the handover, Hong Kong proves itself a headache for China
Jun 21, 2017 15:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Hong Kong had suffered more than a century of vicissitudes. So declared Jiang Zemin on July 1, 1997, at the return of the colony to the motherland. Twenty years on from the handover of the British Crown colony, the people...
Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories
Jun 21, 2017 15:50 pm UTC| Technology Insights & Views
Letting your child use social media is like giving them cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes all at once, or so were told. If you have been following recent press reports about the effects of social media on young people, you...
Zambia slides towards authoritarianism as IMF props up government
Jun 21, 2017 15:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The speaker of the Zambian National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, has suspended 48 opposition legislators for 30 days as a punishment for unauthorised absence from the parliament. Their offence? To have been missing for...
Psychogeography: a way to delve into the soul of a city
Jun 21, 2017 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Psychogeography, as the term suggests, is the intersection of psychology and geography. It focuses on our psychological experiences of the city, and reveals or illuminates forgotten, discarded, or marginalised aspects of...
Amazon poses a double threat to Australian retailers
Jun 21, 2017 15:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
E-commerce giant Amazon has struck a deal to acquire Whole Foods Market, an American supermarket chain with more than 400 stores. The move has put even more pressure on Australian retailers as Amazon sets up shop in...
'The way they manipulate people is really saddening': study shows the trade-offs in gig work
Jun 21, 2017 15:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Uber driver Michelle, thinks her job is fantastic when shes only after part-time hours. But shes given it a couple of months and she says shes not getting anywhere. To be able to earn A$800 she has to actually pull in...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects