Assessing the risk from Africa as Libya loses its chemical weapons
Sep 26, 2016 05:08 am UTC| Insights & Views
Libyas remaining chemical weapons left over from the Gaddafi regime are now being safely disposed of in a German facility. This eliminates the risk of them falling into the wrong hands. But can these same hands acquire...
Beyond the war of words: how might the Australian media's coverage of China affect social cohesion?
Sep 25, 2016 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The Australian governments Public Diplomacy Strategy points to the importance of diaspora diplomacy. It promises to take steps to engage diaspora communities drawing on their linguistic skills, social networks and cultural...
Will Colombia's peace deal get the people's vote?
Sep 25, 2016 23:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On Sept. 26, 2016, the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) are expected to sign a formal agreement to end 50 years of conflict. More than eight million Colombians have been...
Will the hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts get everyone to protect their passwords?
Sep 25, 2016 16:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Yahoo has confirmed that account information of around 500 million users was stolen by hackers in 2014. This hack, which Yahoo blamed on a foreign state-sponsored actor, could have been part of, or following on from, an...
How kids can benefit from boredom
Sep 25, 2016 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
From books, arts and sports classes to iPads and television, many parents do everything in their power to entertain and educate their children. But what would happen if children were just left to be bored from time to...
Don't call Mark Zuckerberg unrealistic – philanthropists are uniquely free to shoot for the moon
Sep 25, 2016 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have announced an impossible-sounding goal. They are investing $3bn (2.3bn) of their fortune in a new initiative to cure, prevent or manage all disease within...
Clinton and Trump get ready to rumble – but do the debates actually matter?
Sep 25, 2016 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The upcoming televised presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are undoubtedly the most eagerly anticipated for many years. No doubt there are various surprises in store this has been, after all, the...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects