Liz Truss resigns as prime minister: the five causes of her downfall explained
Oct 21, 2022 06:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only as long as the leadership...
Oct 21, 2022 06:23 am UTC| Politics
Asian Americans voted in record numbers in the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020, as well as in the 2018 midterm elections. They are also the fastest-growing racial group in the country, with the population...
Liz Truss: what happened in the night of Westminster chaos that triggered the PM's resignation?
Oct 21, 2022 06:23 am UTC| Politics
Many factors combined to cause Liz Trusss demise but it was a night of chaos in the British parliament that triggered her resignation. Events in the House of Commons on October 19 made it clear that the prime minister...
Ukraine war: Belarus is not yet committed to a closer military partnership with Russia – here's why
Oct 21, 2022 06:21 am UTC| Politics
Belarus could be edging closer towards more active participation in Russias war in Ukraine. Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko recently announced that troops from Belarus and Russia would form a new joint...
Republicans gain in US midterm polls with three weeks until election
Oct 21, 2022 06:17 am UTC| Politics
The United States midterm elections will be held in nearly three weeks, on November 8. All 435 House of Representatives seats are up for election, as well as 35 of the 100 senators. Democrats won the House by 222-213 in...
Chaos in Westminster: why Liz Truss finally lost control of MPs
Oct 21, 2022 06:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In a night emblematic of Liz Trusss chaotic premiership, confusion reigned in parliament as an opposition day motion on the contentious issue of fracking became a confidence vote in her leadership. Labour MPs reported...
Ukraine war: this conflict is just further evidence that Putin's Russia is now a rogue power
Oct 21, 2022 06:13 am UTC| Politics
Given where most of the fighting and dying is taking place it is easy to think that the current European security crisis is primarily about Ukraine. This tendency is reinforced by the fact that Russia and the west are keen...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects