Julian Assange's extradition case is finally heading to court – here's what to expect
Feb 24, 2020 07:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The extradition hearing to decide whether to send Julian Assange to the United States to be tried for publishing classified military documents on Wikileaks is expected to finally begin today in London. Assange is...
Teen use of cannabis has dropped in New Zealand, but legalisation could make access easier
Feb 22, 2020 00:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
As New Zealand prepares for a referendum on legalising recreational cannabis, the latest surveys show opposite trends for cannabis use by adults and adolescents. Adult use of cannabis has risen sharply over the last few...
Execution for a Facebook post? Why blasphemy is a capital offense in some Muslim countries
Feb 22, 2020 00:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Junaid Hafeez, a university lecturer in Pakistan, had been imprisoned for six years when he was sentenced to death in December 2019. The charge: blasphemy, specifically insulting Prophet Muhammad on Facebook. Pakistan...
An unsent SMS, a message on a tractor, a poem: the courts say a valid will can take many forms
Feb 13, 2020 00:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
When a man died by suicide in 2016, a friend found an unsent SMS on his phone: Dave Nic you and Jack keep all that I have house and superannuation, put my ashes in the back garden with Trish Julie will take her stuff...
Feb 04, 2020 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In the first decade of the 20th century, Australians were focused on the future. It was the dawn of a new century, and of a newly formed nation. Perhaps this forward outlook was part of why fortune-telling was being...
Many countries regulate e-cigarettes. South Africa should too
Feb 04, 2020 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Opinions differ on how to regulate electronic cigarettes. But dozens of countries are taking action. In Africa, Kenya already taxes these products, and South Africa is preparing to follow. E-cigarettes dont contain...
Inside Mexico's war on drugs: Conversations with 'el narco'
Feb 04, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
I am from northern Mexico, one of the regions most affected by the global war on drugs. From 2008 to 2012 my hometown which Im not naming here for safety reasons went through one of the most violent times in its...
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