May 02, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Bibles Book of Job opens on an ordinary day in the land of Uz, where a man carefully performs religious rituals to protect his children. This routine has never failed Job, who is described as the most righteous person...
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
May 02, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the university president Nemat Shafik was saying she had no choice but to take...
Why it takes so long to simulate the climate in a supercomputer
May 02, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Climate models are some of the most complex pieces of software ever written, able to simulate a vast number of different parts of the overall system, such as the atmosphere or ocean. Many have been developed by hundreds of...
May 02, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Though a second Trump presidency is not a foregone conclusion, Nato members are gearing up to Trump-proof the organisation and reviewing their defence strategies. Natos concerns about Trumps re-election were heightened...
High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why
May 02, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...
Ensuring victims’ rights: The federal ombudsperson’s office is necessary but insufficient
May 02, 2024 05:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Are victims rights well protected in Canada? When the Act for the Recognition of Victims Rights, also known as the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights, was adopted in 2015, it raised expectations and hope among victims of...
The French identify as Europeans – and yet are also notoriously Eurosceptic
May 01, 2024 03:45 am UTC| Insights & Views
In less than two months, more than 400 million people will be eligible to vote in the European elections. If the record turnout of 2019 elections is anything to go by, many will be seizing their voting rights, allowing...
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