Is Google's eagerness to answer questions promoting more falsehood online?
Jan 06, 2017 04:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
When people have questions, they often ask Google. They expect high-quality, accurate answers. Late last year, it emerged that the top answer Google gave to Did the Holocaust happen? linked to a neo-Nazi, white...
Does nonpartisan journalism have a future?
Jan 06, 2017 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The nonpartisan model of journalism is built around the norm of covering politics as though both parties are equally guilty of all offenses. The 2016 campaign stressed that model to the breaking point with one candidate ...
Ethiopia's political ripple a big test for infrastructure-led Chinese approach
Jan 06, 2017 02:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Nearly three months into the state of emergency declared by Ethiopia, the atmosphere on the streets of its bustling and impressively modern metropolis and capital, Addis Ababa, feels tense. At 2,355m above sea level,...
Why Russia, Turkey and Iran are natural allies
Jan 05, 2017 19:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The ceasefire in Syria brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran has opened the way to peace talks in Kazakhstan between the Syrian government and opposition. The Kazakh president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, will play peacemaker and...
Ramaphosa has what it takes to fix South Africa's ailing ANC. But ...
Jan 05, 2017 19:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
South Africas deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed his availability to contest the presidency of the governing ANC at its 54th national conference later this year. He has already secured the endorsement of the...
Why a 'soft Brexit' is in the interest of both London and Brussels
Jan 05, 2017 16:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
London accounts for 85% of the EUs hedge fund assets, 78% of its foreign exchange turnover, 74% of over-the-counter interest rate derivatives, 64% of private equity assets and 59% of its international insurance premiums....
Combining daycare for children and elders benefits all generations
Jan 05, 2017 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
We live in a society where care of young and old is increasingly segregated, with very limited opportunity for the two age groups to interact. If we just thought a little more socially, however, these book end generations...
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