Melania Trump 2018: FLOTUS Allegedly Worried Donald Trump’s Health Is Badly Affected by Stress
Dec 17, 2018 09:08 am UTC| Entertainment Politics
As the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump is expected to worry about many things concerning the initiatives and advocacies that her office supports. However, a recent report claims that she is also preoccupied...
WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media's danger to democracy
Dec 16, 2018 13:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Misinformation via social media was probably the main winner in Brazils October 2018 election, playing a troubling role in boosting far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to presidency. Bolsonaro did not win 55 percent of...
Neoliberalism has led to a crisis in care – and we urgently need to solve it
Dec 16, 2018 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Infant mortality is on the rise in the UK, while life expectancy for both men and women has stalled and is even dropping in some areas. In 2017, the number of homeless families and individuals placed in temporary...
Ramaphosa is missing an economic policy. What needs to be in it
Dec 16, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
As the entrails of the era under South Africas former president Jacob Zuma continue to be exposed each day before a commission set up to investigate corruption, so the country witnesses the consolidation of the political...
Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians
Dec 16, 2018 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
With confidence in politicians at an all-time low, it would be easy to assume criminal law-making is only ever about law and order bidding and winning elections. For example, when it emerged that Hassan Khalif Shire Ali...
Emission targets: If there's a (political) will, there's a way
Dec 16, 2018 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It seems like a day doesnt pass without the release of yet another study that shows human actions will inevitably increase the Earths average temperature past a tipping point that will lead to runaway climate...
Why politics shouldn't influence how much we pay judges
Dec 16, 2018 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Have you ever wondered who determines the salaries and benefits paid to judges, and on what basis they decide? Until I was asked by the Canadian Provincial Court Judges Association, an independent federation of provincial...
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