Trump accuses the UK of spying again – but intelligence agencies have learnt to ignore him
Apr 27, 2019 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump has repeated unverified claims that Britains intelligence agencies spied on his 2016 presidential campaign, a day after Buckingham Palace confirmed he would make a three-day state visit to the UK in...
How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes
Apr 27, 2019 06:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Its pleasing that the latest World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters without Borders rates the state of press freedom in South Africa as satisfactory. Satisfactory is the second best category after good. South...
Lies, obfuscation and fake news make for a dispiriting – and dangerous – election campaign
Apr 27, 2019 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The integrity of Australias electoral processes is under unprecedented challenge in this federal election. The campaign has already been marred by fake news, political exploitation of social media falsehoods and...
The Green Party wave could spread across Canada
Apr 27, 2019 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
There isnt a bigger environmental politics story in the world right now than the extraordinary results by the Green Party in the recent Prince Edward Island election. For some observers, the eight seats nabbed by Peter...
Why New Zealand needs to translate its response to Christchurch attacks into foreign policy
Apr 27, 2019 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
During his two-day royal visit this week, Prince William has met with survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings and has praised New Zealands response to the attacks. To the people of New Zealand and the people of...
Donald Trump 2019: The Problems Facing the POTUS’ Proposed Nuclear Pact with Russian and China
Apr 26, 2019 05:29 am UTC| Politics
A new plan of Donald Trump involving a nuclear deal with Russia and China has a lot of people worried that it might spark an arms race. The reason behind this drastic plan is the supposed desire of the POTUS to bring...
Vladimir Putin Critic Calls Russian President ‘F***wit’ Online, Gets Fined for 30,000 Rubles
Apr 25, 2019 11:19 am UTC| Politics
Calling Vladimir Putin names can really cost a hefty amount of money. A 34-year-old man in Russia becomes one of the first people to be penalized for unfavorable remarks on the Russian President. A local court ordered him...
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