3 things cities do to foster innovative local government
Dec 08, 2023 16:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Heavyweight international players from the OECD to Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United Nations have in recent years prescribed innovation as a solution for the many challenges city governments face. Innovation is a...
Dec 08, 2023 16:06 pm UTC| Politics
This year, unusually, North Korea allowed more than one candidate on the ballot for the recent local elections. Under new laws introduced in August this year, voters are now asked to choose between two candidates for North...
Ukraine war: Russia's hard line at European security meeting ratchets up tensions another notch
Dec 06, 2023 07:55 am UTC| Politics
After many months of diplomatic wrangling, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was granted another lease of life at the annual ministerial council meeting last week in a messy compromise between...
Dec 06, 2023 07:50 am UTC| Politics
From the time of the founding era to the present day, one of the more common things said about American democracy is that it is an experiment. Most people can readily intuit what the term is meant to convey, but it is...
What is the hospital funding agreement politicians are talking about today?
Dec 06, 2023 07:47 am UTC| Politics
National Cabinet meets today to discuss three big issues in Commonwealth-state financial relations: GST allocation, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding, and a Commonwealth government proposal to kick-start...
Dec 05, 2023 09:22 am UTC| Politics
Javier Milei, who was elected as Argentinas new president on November 19, has promised to withdraw from the South American common market, Mercosur. This decision could have significant economic and social repercussions...
Government's preventative detention for ex-detainees who pose serious risks set to pass this week
Dec 04, 2023 12:49 pm UTC| Law Politics
The government on Wednesday will introduce its legislation to enable preventative detention of former immigration detainees judged to pose a high risk of committing serious violent or sexual crimes. The legislation will...
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