Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight
Apr 25, 2024 06:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the early hours of April 15 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Sudanese paramilitary force attacked the military airstrip in the town of Merowe and deployed troops across strategic locations in Sudans capital,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Apr 25, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...
Apr 25, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Have you ever felt sick at work? Perhaps you had food poisoning or the flu. Your belly hurt, or you felt tired, making it hard to concentrate and be productive. How likely would you be to tell your boss you were unwell...
Tech companies must help the fight aganst extremists using encryption: ASIO boss
Apr 25, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
ASIO is investigating a number of Australians in a nationalist and racist extremist network who are using an encrypted chat platform to communicate with offshore extremists. In a Wednesday speech to the National Press...
What kind of diner are you? 6 types of diners who avoid plant-based meat dishes
Apr 25, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Imagine having dinner at a restaurant. The menu offers plant-based meat alternatives made mostly from vegetables, mushrooms, legumes and wheat that mimic meat in taste, texture and smell. Despite being given that choice,...
What’s the difference between ADD and ADHD?
Apr 25, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Around one in 20 people has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Its one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and often continues into adulthood. ADHD is diagnosed when people...
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Apr 25, 2024 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...
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