Duterte talks big, but the Philippines won't break ties with the US any time soon
Sep 27, 2016 14:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will visit Russia and China to open alliances with the two states. His announcement follows weeks of toxic rhetoric from the president about relationships between the...
Trump slammed by musicians for appropriating music, but pop and politics have a long history
Sep 27, 2016 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the most fractious US election in living memory enters its final furlongs, Bono and Springsteen are the latest music stars to launch broadsides at the Republican candidate. But hes far from alone. Barbara Streisand...
Sep 27, 2016 13:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In recent months, lone offender attacks sometimes called lone wolf attacks have regularly populated news headlines. Just in the past week, weve seen a single shooter killing people in a mall in Washington state and...
Group work gets kids more engaged in STEM
Sep 27, 2016 13:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Shortage of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals has been an important concern in the United States. It is estimated that over the next 10 years, the nation could face a shortage of one million...
When did Che Guevara become CEO? The roots of the new corporate activism
Sep 27, 2016 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Target recently staked out a position in the culture wars by announcing that it will build private bathrooms in all its locations, after earlier allowing transgender customers to use whichever room corresponds with their...
Bangladesh is building a dirty and expensive coal plant next to the world's largest mangrove forest
Sep 27, 2016 13:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
A controversial new coal power plant being built in Bangladesh is already running out of friends. Environmentalists worry it will spell disaster for the worlds largest mangrove forest, while locals worry about pollution...
No wonder prisons are getting more violent, they're full to the brim
Sep 27, 2016 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Overcrowding, staff cuts and a growing drugs problem have all created a toxic mix in English and Welsh prisons. So its hardly surprising theres been a surge of violence on an unprecedented scale. In 2015, there was a...
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