Explainer: what are the origins of today's Hindu nationalism?
Mar 03, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In early February, a video claiming to show an anti-India rally being held at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi went viral. Police entered the campus, arresting the president of the student union,...
Why doesn't China want any more 'weird' buildings?
Mar 03, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Chinese State Council is seeking to curtail the construction of oversized, xenocentric, weird architecture. This kind of weird architecture first appeared in China after further economic liberalisation in the 1990s....
Mar 02, 2016 23:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Barclays has announced it is to withdraw from Africa. It will gradually reduce its 62% stake in Barclays Africa Group over the next two to three years and, naturally, this raises questions about the prospects for banking...
Power plants needn't be ugly – let's make them green and beautiful
Mar 02, 2016 23:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Energy suppliers often refer to their industry as being caught in a trilemma, as people demand electricity that is both secure and cheap, while also being clean. But maybe its time to add a forth consideration to the...
It takes a lot of water to feed us, but recycled water could help
Mar 02, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Australians eat a lot of water the water that is used to produce our food. New findings from our Foodprint Melbourne study estimate that more than 475 litres of water is used to grow each persons food every day. This...
Out of the ashes of Afghanistan and Iraq: the rise and rise of Islamic State
Mar 02, 2016 23:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Since announcing its arrival as a global force in June 2014 with the declaration of a caliphate on territory captured in Iraq and Syria, the jihadist group Islamic State has shocked the world with its brutality. Its...
Mar 02, 2016 23:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Is it time to think the unthinkable? Could Donald Trump actually become the next president of the United States? He already looks a certainty to become the Republican nominee something not many pundits were willing 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’
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