How can we make the world's cities safer for women and girls?
Oct 24, 2016 04:31 am UTC| Law
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private...
Crown: the trials of a tributary state
Oct 19, 2016 10:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Of all the indicators of Australias evolving relationship with China, Crown Casinos current problems are some of the most striking, unexpected and revealing. They present an unflattering but painfully accurate vignette of...
Crown employee arrests show danger of assumptions about China
Oct 18, 2016 05:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The arrest of several Australian and non-Australian Crown Resorts employees is a stark example of how foreign businesses arent always successful in navigating a system where the rule of law doesnt apply. Its impossible to...
Facebook Plays US Political Game To Skirt Net Neutrality With Free Basic Internet
Oct 10, 2016 01:49 am UTC| Technology Law Politics
Facebook is at it again. Using its political contacts in Washington, the social media giant is trying to skirt the rules of Net Neutrality by trying to provide Free Basic internet connection. This is another step by...
Oct 07, 2016 01:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its been a busy week for the easily offended. On Tuesday, it was reported the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria banned local actress Rahama Sadau from making movies because of an offensive hug she had...
Eager homebuyers still falling victim to shadowy rent-to-buy deals
Oct 06, 2016 14:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Real Estate
Those looking to get a piece of the Australian dream of buying a home are still falling victim to the shadow property market of rent-to-buy deals, a new report shows. In a typical rent-to-buy deal, the buyer agrees to...
Yahoo Calls Reuters Article About Email Scanning ‘Misleading,’ EU Gets Involved
Oct 06, 2016 13:07 pm UTC| Technology Law
Reuters recently published an article accusing Yahoo Inc. of helping the U.S. government spy on its users by scanning hundreds of millions of emails. The online entity has since responded to the allegations, saying 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