Slum health is not urban health: why we must distinguish between the two
Jan 08, 2017 03:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the worlds population of eight billion will be urban. Most of the...
How striking Kenyan medical workers are using social media to tell their stories
Jan 08, 2017 03:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The ongoing health workers strike in Kenya has taken a new dimension with medics adopting social networking sites to air their grievances. In the process they have forged a discussion in the new information spaces, and...
Do we all have a right to cross borders?
Jan 08, 2017 02:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In early December, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson was forced to deny reports that hed told a group of ambassadors he was personally in favour of the free movement of people across the European Union. Given his...
Dodgy claims for complementary medicines? Here's how the drug watchdog could have more bite
Jan 08, 2017 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Complementary medicine suppliers are getting away with breaching advertising requirements because Australias medicines regulatory authority has no bite, new data confirms. This means consumers can have little confidence...
Webcamming: the sex work revolution that no one is willing to talk about
Jan 08, 2017 02:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Life
The development of the internet has completely transformed the way we do business; and the oldest profession is no exception. In a world of online chatrooms, webcam performers can market anything from conversation to...
Why an oath to 'British values' just isn't British
Jan 08, 2017 02:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Politics
According to three-time British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin: An Englishman is all right, as long as he is content to be what God made him an Englishman. Three generations later, another Worcestershire Tory Cabinet...
Why Istanbul is struggling to become an international financial centre
Jan 07, 2017 07:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The prospect of Brexit has many wondering whether or not London will remain Europes main financial centre. Yet, for all the talk of Zurich or Frankfurt stealing Londons crown, Istanbul is a city thats doing its utmost to...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects