Tomorrow's 'new collar' jobs will be quite old-fashioned, our response should be too
Jan 23, 2017 06:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI), inequality and globalisation were central themes of the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. Fearing that AI will destroy jobs, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty called for a future where jobs are not...
Jan 23, 2017 06:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the world struggles to come to terms with the potentially monumental geopolitical changes Donald Trumps election threatens to unleash, its easy to lose sight of the fate of the small fry. Few places epitomise whats at...
Trump v Mourinho: masters of media distraction
Jan 23, 2017 00:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Sports
Is Jose Mourinho, the Donald Trump of football? Or is Trump the special one of world politics? Both are masters of diversion, both believe that dark forces the FA, the FBI, the media are plotting against them. They see...
Will Trump negotiate a better coal deal for taxpayers?
Jan 23, 2017 00:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Its here. The first week of the Trump administration. And it promises to be a busy one. On the energy front, Trump has an ambitious agenda for his first days in office. Some policy changes will take time to execute....
China steps up as US steps back from global leadership
Jan 23, 2017 00:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
Chinese President Xi Jinpings appearance at last weeks World Economic Forum shows global leadership is shifting, not drifting, toward Beijing. The most vigorous defense of globalization and multilateral cooperation was...
Food security looks very different depending on where you are sitting
Jan 23, 2017 00:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In 1974, the World Food Conference declared that: Every man, woman and child has the inalienable right to be free from hunger and malnutrition in order to develop their physical and mental faculties. The conference set as...
How night club bouncers police the social order - from Berlin to Johannesburg
Jan 23, 2017 00:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Across the world bouncers remain gatekeepers to the nightclub experience: controlling the queue at the door; curating the size and look of the crowd; and securing the institution from unwanted intruders. Indeed, door...
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