Has Angela Merkel made German integration issues worse by letting in a million refugees?
Aug 16, 2016 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Sex attacks in Cologne and other German cities; an attempted suicide bombing in Ansbach; a train stabbing spree in Wrzburg. These crimes have left a growing number of Germans thinking the previously unthinkable: that...
Vacuum bombs in Syria: the latest chapter in a long history of atrocity from the skies
Aug 16, 2016 14:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Imagine taking a deep breath then submerging yourself in water. Then imagine having all of the oxygen forced instantaneously from your body. Try to inhale again. But instead of cold water filling your lungs, toxic,...
Violence is normal is Brazil, as visitors to Rio 2016 are finding out
Aug 16, 2016 14:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
Every few days, there are news reports of some kind of violence encountered by athletes or journalists at the Rio Olympics. To understand why, we need to understand how prevalent violence is in Brazil. Within days of...
Cast adrift: Australia risks its international standing over asylum-seeker policies
Aug 16, 2016 14:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The Nauru files, which detail reports of abuse in Australias asylum-seeker detention centre on Nauru, have received global attention since their release. They should provide a flashpoint for the Turnbull government to...
Solar households to lose subsidies, but it's a bright future for the industry
Aug 16, 2016 13:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Solar households in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales will this year cease to be paid for power they export into the electricity grid. In South Australia, some households will lose 16 cents per kilowatt-hour...
So what do we really know about entrepreneurship?
Aug 16, 2016 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The first thing is that the term entrepreneurship means different things to different people. So the starting point of any discussion is to agree not to use the term. People often mean start-ups new businesses when they...
Is Erdoğan becoming a Turkish dictator?
Aug 16, 2016 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Turkey, which was once a model for democracy in the Middle East, is skirting dangerously close to autocratic rule under its current leadership. The recent failed coup attempt led to a massive crackdown on the governments...
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