Donald Trump social media ban: Twitter suspends account publishing ex-POTUS' statements
May 10, 2021 06:10 am UTC| Politics
Former President Donald Trump has been out of social media for several months following his permanent or indefinite suspensions from most social media platforms, most especially Twitter. Recently, the platform suspended...
World War 3 threat: Experts warn US and China may engage in military conflict in Africa
May 10, 2021 06:00 am UTC| Politics
Over the years, relations between China and the US have been rocky, especially over certain issues. However, fears of possible world war have been stoked as experts have warned that Africa may be the continent that gets...
The budget is a window into the treasurer's soul. Here's what to look for Tuesday night
May 09, 2021 09:13 am UTC| Politics
What in America they call the State of the Union, in Australia we call the federal budget. As surprising as it may seem, Australian budgets arent really about money theyre about values. As a case in point, a key...
May 09, 2021 09:09 am UTC| Politics
In what is widely being interpreted as a popular verdict on Narendra Modis handling of the COVID crisis in India, voters in West Bengal have returned the incumbent chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, and her regional...
China does not want war, at least not yet. It's playing the long game
May 09, 2021 09:03 am UTC| Politics
Talk of war has become louder in recent days, but the drumbeat has been heard for some time now as Chinas military capabilities have grown. China does not want war, at least not yet. Its playing the long game and its...
Trump's Facebook ban upheld – but the future of the oversight board is in doubt
May 09, 2021 08:50 am UTC| Politics
Referred to by some as Facebooks supreme court, the oversight board tasked with reversing or upholding Facebooks content moderation decisions has ruled that the social media companys ban of Donald Trump should be...
Scottish election: how Brexit and independence referendums split voters into four tribes
May 06, 2021 04:46 am UTC| Politics
The previous Scottish parliament election, in 2016, came less than two years after the countrys historic referendum on independence from the rest of the United Kingdom. That contest a Pyrrhic victory for the pro-union...
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