Ford workers willing but unlikely to find decent jobs: study
Oct 06, 2016 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
When Ford closes the doors on its vehicle manufacturing operations today about 600 workers will walk out of the factory gate for the last time at the Broadmeadows assembly plant in Melbournes northern suburbs and at the...
In Syria, from fighting to blogging, the many roles of women
Oct 06, 2016 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Life
The face of a Syrian woman in Aleppo crouching in the rubble of a bombed hospital did not garner US President Barack Obamas public acknowledgement in the manner of child survivor Omran Daqneesh. But the issue of women in...
How ISIS terrorists neutralise guilt to justify their atrocities
Oct 06, 2016 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Torture, suicide bombings, beheadings, mass killings, sex slavery these are among the horrors that ISIS uses to terrorise people and countries. While most people feel this is just a new genocide with brutal criminality...
What's the difference between 'hard' and 'soft' Brexit?
Oct 06, 2016 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Britains prime minister, Theresa May, has been keen to reiterate that Brexit means Brexit. But, despite her insistence, at least two types of Brexit are being discussed: hard and soft. They relate to the type of deal that...
Why is the United Nations still so misunderstood?
Oct 06, 2016 13:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The UNs next secretary general has apparently been chosen. Once confirmed as Ban Ki-Moons successor, António Guterres will take the helm of one of the worlds great institutions albeit one thats constantly maligned,...
The truth about meritocracy: it doesn't make society fairer
Oct 06, 2016 13:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
At the core of Theresa Mays reasons for lifting the ban on new grammar schools in September was, the prime minister argued, her desire for Britain to be the worlds great meritocracy. Reiterating this again at the...
Can we really say that giving money to people begging makes their problems worse?
Oct 06, 2016 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A council in England was recently reprimanded for running an advertising campaign against begging. In a series of posters displayed throughout Nottingham, the city council claimed that beggars arent what they seem, that...
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